Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st March 2023, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 8,172
Hello Roano, your new knife comes from Algeria...
Hello Roano, your new knife comes from Algeria and is called "Bou Saadi" from the name of a city where it is produced, or Khodmi; it was used by the shepherds of the Kabilya tribes to slaughter the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd November 2022, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,165
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd November 2022, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,165
Hello everyone,
just to stay on the subject,...
Hello everyone,
just to stay on the subject, just today I received this, and I don't know whether to place it among my African weapons or find a place for it in the kitchen... Frankly, it seems a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd March 2022, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,136
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd March 2022, 12:25 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,494
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th February 2022, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 25,092
Thank you very much, Kronckew, for the thorough...
Thank you very much, Kronckew, for the thorough technical explanation, it is always a pleasure to learn something new. Too bad my khukuri isn't interesting at all ... I'll use it to peel potatoes....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd February 2022, 06:31 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 25,092
Hello everyone,
I would like to know from...
Hello everyone,
I would like to know from khukri experts if this purchase of mine is just tourist stall stuff or not. I was curious about the horn handle, carved in a rather unusual shape. For the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th January 2022, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,889
Hi Pitt,
the daggers in the photos you posted...
Hi Pitt,
the daggers in the photos you posted are actually Sardinian "Leppa de chintu" (belt blades); they are blades of variable length from 20-30 cm up to 50-60, with the handle typically made of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th November 2021, 10:03 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 10,678
Well, I don't think so ... first of all, the...
Well, I don't think so ... first of all, the beidana was a weapon (like almost all "poor" weapons) derived from a work tool, a billhook, simply by forging the much longer blade, but always of scarce...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th November 2021, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 10,678
I have now noticed a curious detail that can be...
I have now noticed a curious detail that can be seen in the blade of the ax (recade) and which is almost always present in a very particular weapon (it is called "beidana") that was distinctive of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th November 2021, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 10,678
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th November 2021, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 62,922
Ciao Kai,
you are the first on the list!
When...
Ciao Kai,
you are the first on the list!
When I decide to part with it, I'll warn you first, rest assured.
But you have to take away a curiosity: why are you interested in a knife that, it seems...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd November 2021, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 62,922
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd November 2021, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 62,922
Speaking of goloks from Tjikeroeh, I would like...
Speaking of goloks from Tjikeroeh, I would like to know if any expert on this type of object can give me some information on the golok of which I am attaching some photos:
it is a knife with a very...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th August 2021, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 9,800
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st August 2021, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 9,800
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st July 2021, 03:24 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 9,800
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th July 2021, 03:53 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 9,457
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th July 2021, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 9,457
Dear Martin,
I must confess that my experience...
Dear Martin,
I must confess that my experience as a collector is very limited, so I don't pretend to teach others at all, I just throw a few hypotheses there, to discuss them together. In this case,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th July 2021, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,670
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th July 2021, 11:00 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 9,457
Hi,
I think Marc is right: the first is...
Hi,
I think Marc is right: the first is definitely Konda and the second is definitely Yaka; I'm pretty sure the bottom left knife is a Kuba, the handle decoration is typical.
You can see a very...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th May 2021, 09:15 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,709
The blade is certainly very beautiful and...
The blade is certainly very beautiful and interesting, but I like to emphasize the beauty of the hilt and the fact that it is in perfect condition, which happens very rarely!
Congratulations, a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th May 2021, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,865
Without a doubt an Afar Gile, every detail is...
Without a doubt an Afar Gile, every detail is absolutely coherent: shape of the blade, shape of the handle, materials and decoration of the scabbard, everything, in short.
And also the fact that it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2021, 04:45 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,323
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2021, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 27,008
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