Forum: European Armoury
26th October 2024, 08:03 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
4th July 2024, 05:10 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd July 2024, 02:23 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2024, 07:40 AM
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Replies: 19
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2024, 02:56 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2024, 05:38 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 15,487
Hi Yuri,
Many thanks for the links....
Hi Yuri,
Many thanks for the links. Unfortunately they are in Cyrillic script, so I will have a difficult time in reading them. Do you know of an English translation?
Cheers
Chris
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2024, 05:27 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 15,487
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st May 2024, 03:11 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st May 2024, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 15,487
Hi,
Thanks for the links, but I could not...
Hi,
Thanks for the links, but I could not find the article that the first like was supposed to take me to and got an error message on the second one. What am I doing wrong?
Cheers
Chris
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th April 2024, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 10,338
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th April 2024, 09:02 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 10,338
Hi tbird914
I did some more searching on the...
Hi tbird914
I did some more searching on the internet and found a similar knife being discussed and the poster claims that the brand MCA MH RDA is in fact an abreviation of `MARCA MARTINEZ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th April 2024, 05:06 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 10,338
Hi,
It is a “cuchillo criollo”, (creole...
Hi,
It is a “cuchillo criollo”, (creole knife) pertaining to the Pampean flat grasslands of Sth America extending from southern Brazil to Uruguay and Argentina. These days it is classified as a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th April 2024, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 15,487
Hi,
A fairly high carbon content is...
Hi,
A fairly high carbon content is what made Wootz crucible steel possible, that is to say, by lowering the melting point. Upon solidification, the excess carbon formed carbides, the presence...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th April 2024, 02:47 AM
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Replies: 19
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Hi mariusgmioc,
Good obeservations!
...
Hi mariusgmioc,
Good obeservations!
Well, the toughness test results of the Wootz tested by Larrin is rather poor, so I imagine that the antique variety can't be much worse.
A note here...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th April 2024, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 15,487
Properties Of Wootz
Hi Folks,
Over the years there has been much discussion on this forum about the properties of Wootz, and recently the metallurgist Dr Larrin Thomas has posted a very informative video on this...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2024, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 1
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd November 2023, 04:59 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 131,159
Hi Gavin,
Sorry to disappoint, but I plead...
Hi Gavin,
Sorry to disappoint, but I plead ignorance on this one as it could have come from anywehere, though it does have a Latino look about it, and your suggestion of it being a Sorocaban has...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th April 2023, 03:52 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 11,266
Hi Gunar,
Thank you for posting details of...
Hi Gunar,
Thank you for posting details of the knife and congratulations on your new acquisition.
The horn seems identical to the one with the `EBERLE', so my guess is that it was marketed by...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st March 2023, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 11,266
Hi Gunar,
I forgot about that post, and yes,...
Hi Gunar,
I forgot about that post, and yes, they do look very similar. and please post again when it arrives.
Regarding your other questions, this type of knife was widely used in the Pampean...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th March 2023, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 11,266
Hi `gp'
Going by the maker's brand and the...
Hi `gp'
Going by the maker's brand and the `boton', I have the feeling that your knife was made by the Brazilian cutler Eberle which went out of business in 1984, being taken over by another...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th February 2023, 02:13 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 78,845
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th February 2023, 03:09 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 78,845
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd February 2023, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 14,888
Hi folks,
For those who are interested in...
Hi folks,
For those who are interested in these knives, I highly recommend Domenech's
Dagas De Plata, a magnificent work of 393 pages and in my opinion, by far the best work on the subject..
...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th February 2023, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 14,888
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd January 2023, 04:36 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 14,888
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