Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th June 2014, 01:53 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th June 2014, 01:37 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th June 2014, 03:02 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th June 2014, 09:33 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th June 2014, 09:15 PM
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Jim,
I noted that you reference Medieval...
Jim,
I noted that you reference Medieval Sinhalese Art", (A.K. Coomaraswany, 1956)
in that post. I remember getting 2 copies of that from the book shop in Sri Lanka and passed one along to a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th June 2014, 09:07 PM
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Hi David,
Agreed. Belly Dancing swords are...
Hi David,
Agreed. Belly Dancing swords are normally curved for balancing on the head.
Keep in mind the example in the thread above is off the charts in terms of detail and quality. Artzi has...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th June 2014, 02:30 PM
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Well,
I decided to go back to the seller and...
Well,
I decided to go back to the seller and ask him for more details about this thing. Turns out it was part of a lot that was sold for a widow who brought it back from Sri Lanka with her husband...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th June 2014, 08:48 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th June 2014, 07:20 PM
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I noticed that the photos give it a brass hue....
I noticed that the photos give it a brass hue. Its more silver alloy with what may have been a gold wash at some point that has worn off a lot.
The bottom of the scabbard was left silver by design...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th June 2014, 06:19 PM
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Hi Spiral,
It may be hard to tell from the...
Hi Spiral,
It may be hard to tell from the pics, but the scabbard is all hand work, with a good bit of detail, but not quite like the typical patterns in Sinhalese art. Its much more similar (to me)...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th June 2014, 03:11 PM
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Curious Kastane - Thoughts?
Hi guys,
Been a while, glad to see so many familiar names still here.
I rarely pick up new items these days, but this one caught my eye and the price was right.
I've done my homework on blades...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th March 2013, 11:17 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th March 2013, 12:13 AM
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Nice Shotel
Hi Taff,
I've been away for ages (seriously, years now) but Ethiopia was one of my collecting passions. That's a very good shotel with a locally made blade. Many, as someone else has noted, were...
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Forum: Swap Forum
20th August 2009, 02:37 PM
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Forum: Swap Forum
14th August 2009, 02:17 PM
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Forum: Swap Forum
12th August 2009, 04:26 PM
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Afghan Choora
Offers welcome. Email me at derekulf@gmail.com.
Thanks
http://www.ancient-east.com/collection/new_choora.jpg
http://www.ancient-east.com/collection/new_choora3.jpg
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Forum: Swap Forum
11th April 2009, 05:43 PM
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Forum: Swap Forum
11th April 2009, 03:26 PM
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Excellent African / Ethiopian Dagger with silver
I haven't seen another one quite like it. The blade looks to be European, but made for this dagger, not a cut down sword. The silver is far more pure than anything I've seen on a comparable dagger of...
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Forum: Swap Forum
23rd February 2009, 04:03 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th February 2009, 07:17 PM
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pihakaetta.com updates
Hi guys,
I'm planning/hoping to do a few updates to pihakaetta.com soon. It's been a LONG time since I've touched it.
I've been focusing more on things that go bang vs. things that go clang...
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Forum: Swap Forum
14th February 2009, 07:13 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th March 2008, 04:54 AM
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Hi Rich,
Great info. I've got Lester...
Hi Rich,
Great info. I've got Lester Ristinen's The Knives of Finland, but surprisingly I don't see this maker in his lists. Where did you find that?
(pic from one of my old archive posts).
-d
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th March 2008, 05:18 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th March 2008, 07:09 PM
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Hi,
These are usually described as (Tibetan)...
Hi,
These are usually described as (Tibetan) Khampa work knives: wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khampa) on the Kham region/people.
They usually have a bit of ray skin below the throat.
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Forum: Swap Forum
26th March 2008, 04:09 AM
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Wanted for Sale or Trade: Kastane
Hi,
Anyone have a kastane they would consider selling or trading?
I have a lot of swords and/or knives that might be of interest: Ethiopian swords, a quality Ethiopian dagger with silver wrap,...
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