Forum: Swap Forum
22nd February 2022, 11:03 PM
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Forum: Swap Forum
3rd February 2022, 08:04 PM
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Serbian Chetnik qama/kinjal dagger
For sale a WWII Chetnik qama or kinjal dagger. Traditional style dagger, used by guerilla forces. Sturdy construction, steel fullered blade, aluminium hilt decorated with royal cypher on one side and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th May 2020, 09:40 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,396
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th May 2020, 11:47 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,396
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Forum: European Armoury
28th May 2020, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 9,738
Exactly, thank you both for your comments. I’ve...
Exactly, thank you both for your comments. I’ve been towards Prague, because of the Bohemian Lion head, but there is ni sword on the gates. Same for Zagreb, the doors are closed and there is no sign...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th May 2020, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 5
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Sword for comment - Austrian?
I’ve been offered this sword recently. It strikes me as austrian. Probably a pubblic official sword of some kind.
The coat of arms is probably the key for a further and more acurate...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th May 2020, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 8
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Yataghan inscription for translation
I've bought that yataghan recently.
It is inscribed, but I can figure out only the date, wich should be 1238 AH - 1822 or 1823 AD.
Can anybody translate the islamic script on the back of the...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th March 2019, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 1
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Ceremonial axe for identification
I've got this one at a militaria show yesterday. It apears to be a ceremonial piece of some kind. Small axehead and long shaft, suggests a shepherd axe origin, but I'm not sure. It is engraved...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd May 2018, 10:16 AM
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Replies: 6
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Ottoman or Caucasian pistol for comment
Arrived today. I'm happy :D The best gun in my collecton.
Profusely decorated stock, ball pommel, Scandella lock.
Scandella was a gunsmith active in Florence 1725-1740, according to Gaibi.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th July 2016, 03:39 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,574
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th July 2016, 08:57 AM
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Views: 11,574
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th July 2016, 06:14 PM
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Views: 11,574
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th July 2016, 06:12 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,574
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th July 2016, 06:11 PM
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Views: 11,574
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th July 2016, 06:10 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,574
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Forum: European Armoury
25th January 2016, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 9,052
Caveat emptor!
The sword is a 100% repro...
Caveat emptor!
The sword is a 100% repro without any doubt and it is not even a good one.
Always be suspicious of October 1813 dates. Used by the Discriminating General...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th January 2016, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 11,219
Greetings from Ljubljana, Slovenia.
I'm...
Greetings from Ljubljana, Slovenia.
I'm pretty sure that this is a miners/hunters/fireman/postal or similar organisation parade axe, around 1850. Fairly common in Austro Hungaric associations.
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Forum: European Armoury
25th January 2016, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 0
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th November 2015, 02:42 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,375
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th November 2015, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,375
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Forum: European Armoury
8th November 2015, 01:23 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 10,491
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Forum: European Armoury
7th November 2015, 02:05 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,353
Hi, Tnx for the answer.
I checked and yes,...
Hi, Tnx for the answer.
I checked and yes, it is very similar to Wurttemberg grenadier hilts. Sice the country was part of the Rhine Confederation - Napoleon allies, maybe Klingenthal factory...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th November 2015, 02:42 PM
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Replies: 2
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Kingenthal Napoleonic briquet - special type
Hello, I've recently bought this Briquet. Marked on the back of the blade: "Manufacture Imperiale de Klingenthal janvier 1813" and the classics proofs for Lobstein, Bisck and Krantz.
To me is na...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
31st July 2015, 08:43 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 8,194
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Forum: European Armoury
11th June 2015, 11:20 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 16,250
Hello,
Thank you for your replies.
The...
Hello,
Thank you for your replies.
The mace weights a little less than 2kg.
The flanges are attached correctly, each inserted to its individual slot.
The reiforced points are also...
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