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Forum: European Armoury 24th March 2026, 12:50 PM
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Posted By Lee
Here are instructions for adding images:...

Here are instructions for adding images: http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=13631
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th March 2026, 09:11 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 26,729
Posted By Lee
Here is a comparable African "head" club from...

Here is a comparable African "head" club from Lew's collection:
http://vikingsword.com/lew/w1040/w1040.html
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd February 2026, 01:40 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 8,619
Posted By Lee
Not wootz, but coarsely laminated steel (often...

Not wootz, but coarsely laminated steel (often called pattern-welded or Damascus). Handout from a demonstration I did years ago. (http://vikingsword.com/patterns.pdf)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th January 2026, 06:39 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 25,773
Posted By Lee
No apology desired. For the record, I agree...

No apology desired. For the record, I agree entirely. One of the advantages of this archaic social media format is keeping related information together rather than having it roll off into oblivion in...
Forum: European Armoury 29th January 2026, 03:28 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 12,303
Posted By Lee
My understanding is that the "leaf-shaped" blade...

My understanding is that the "leaf-shaped" blade form reflects the properties of the bronze they were made from and that this form is not so relevant to steel blades. It is only rarely that any early...
Forum: European Armoury 27th January 2026, 10:19 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 12,303
Posted By Lee
That pretty much dismisses the possibility of a...

That pretty much dismisses the possibility of a theatrical or film prop sword!
Forum: European Armoury 26th January 2026, 07:59 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 12,303
Posted By Lee
I think that you are correct in your attribution...

I think that you are correct in your attribution of the styles of the various components. I do not recognize the whole, perhaps something along the lines of an militia infantry sword of the early...
Forum: European Armoury 24th January 2026, 06:15 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 12,303
Posted By Lee
Instructions as to how to attach photos to...

Instructions as to how to attach photos to threads are provided here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=13631
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 12th January 2026, 11:19 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,551
Posted By Lee
Here is another purely functional variation:

Here is another purely functional variation:
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th December 2025, 01:23 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,993
Posted By Lee
The small one is Danish. I acquired it in a...

The small one is Danish. I acquired it in a souvenir shop decades ago, where someone had hafted actual prehistoric fragments - this was the best (most complete) of the bunch. A more intact and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th December 2025, 09:17 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,993
Posted By Lee
Two Stone Axes

Another thread on Oceanic artifacts (http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=31086) brought up the subject of Mount Hagen, Papua, New Guinea axes and that brought to mind these two axes, the...
Forum: European Armoury 24th December 2025, 06:53 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 95,781
Posted By Lee
Ewart Oakeshott would surely have approved of...

Ewart Oakeshott would surely have approved of your grip reconstruction! It looks nice and also lets you "feel" the sword in your hand as a sword.

Thank you for the link to the article and the...
Forum: European Armoury 21st December 2025, 06:20 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 95,781
Posted By Lee
Here is an image of one end of the guard of...

Here is an image of one end of the guard of another Oakeshott type Xa sword, specifically Xa.3 in Oakeshott's Records of the Medieval Sword. Unfortunately, this image really does not well represent...
Forum: European Armoury 21st December 2025, 02:10 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 95,781
Posted By Lee
I suspect this sword is, at this point, one of...

I suspect this sword is, at this point, one of the most closely examined and analyzed swords out there, with nothing yet denting my enthusiasm towards it. :)

Below are the remains of a sword of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th December 2025, 12:36 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 16,856
Posted By Lee
I enjoyed the video, thank you Werecow. I did...

I enjoyed the video, thank you Werecow. I did have an opportunity to hold that (Bashford Dean) Alexandria Arsenal sword several years ago. I neither swung or flexed it though.

Another Alexandria...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd November 2025, 03:57 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 22,415
Posted By Lee
I collected these sort of things for about three...

I collected these sort of things for about three decades. When I started in the 1980s, I only encountered examples in the market occasionally and although I was truly a noob, wet behind bat ears, I...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd November 2025, 05:35 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 24,642
Posted By Lee
I will entirely agree that the strapping on my...

I will entirely agree that the strapping on my sheath is designed for left side carry and right side cross draw. Maybe it may actually have been used with the knife in the past as the knife is narrow...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd November 2025, 07:08 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 24,642
Posted By Lee
Indeed, the sheath is much too well made to have...

Indeed, the sheath is much too well made to have been anyone's first or early attempt, so I began to consider just what blade profile that 'reversed polarity' would fit. I laid the knife over the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd November 2025, 12:02 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 24,642
Posted By Lee
Below is a picture of the sheath and knife...

Below is a picture of the sheath and knife oriented as they would be looking down if belted to the wearer's left side. With the decorated face out, the distal curve of the sheath is reversed compared...
Forum: European Armoury 21st November 2025, 02:03 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 21,345
Posted By Lee
My heavy ("shot proof") example is not lined, at...

My heavy ("shot proof") example is not lined, at least in its present state. While the pictures of the reverse may suggest leather, this is hard partially delaminated iron, confirmed to be such with...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th November 2025, 12:20 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 36,232
Posted By Lee
I think that this thread has run its legitimate...

I think that this thread has run its legitimate course and the better part of wisdom is to now close it.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th November 2025, 12:16 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 24,642
Posted By Lee
Thank you gentlemen for your comments and...

Thank you gentlemen for your comments and insights. Though the knife and the sheath clearly did not start together, both show some age and neither shows evidence of meddling that I can discern aside...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th November 2025, 08:49 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 13,324
Posted By Lee
Exclamation My suspicions

The regular html pages and forum images are on one server along with the scripts for Vbulletin while the SQL database is on a different server. I believe that we see these various errors when the two...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th November 2025, 03:13 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 24,642
Posted By Lee
Question Knife with a Spanish Influence?

I acquired this knife in 1973 in a general antiques shop in Laguna Beach, California for $75, described on the receipt as a "Spanish knife" and presented, if I recall correctly, as a relic of Old...
Forum: European Armoury 3rd November 2025, 06:41 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 21,345
Posted By Lee
My curiosity finally overcame fears of the hassle...

My curiosity finally overcame fears of the hassle of taking my shield down from where it has hung undisturbed for at least a decade. It weighs 15.2 pounds (6.9 kg). I found marks, pictured below,...
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