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		11th December 2012, 09:51 AM
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			Forum: European Armoury
		
		 
		11th December 2012, 04:16 AM
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				the handle could be polish... 
				 
				the handle could be polish http://www.kismeta.com/diGrasse/images/philts.jpg  
  
But it could equally be Russian or Austrian http://www.kismeta.com/diGrasse/images/sabreHandlechart.jpg  
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			Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
		
		 
		8th December 2012, 12:59 AM
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			Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
		
		 
		6th December 2012, 12:52 AM
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				The second image down is Jim's kart[r]ika... 
				 
				The second image down is Jim's kart[r]ika (Tibetan gri-gug) the vajra is not shown (Tibetan Dorje). Vajra means "diamond" in Buddhist Sanskrit, but is usually mistranslated as "lightning bolt"....
			 
		 
		
		
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			Forum: European Armoury
		
		 
		5th December 2012, 02:42 PM
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				If one does a google image search for " czekan... 
				 
				If one does a google image search for " czekan husarski " one will see the typical hussar axe/hatchet with a hammer opposite the axe head, but czekan with a bec de corbin were also used by the...
			 
		 
		
		
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			Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
		
		 
		3rd December 2012, 02:14 PM
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				May be completely wrong, yet this looks like a... 
				 
				May be completely wrong, yet this looks like a practical tool rather than a ritual item. Tibetans were great herders of yak, dzo (mixed breed of yak and cattle),  cattle and sheep. Hides or pelts for...
			 
		 
		
		
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			Forum: European Armoury
		
		 
		3rd December 2012, 03:42 AM
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				TY Swordfish for posting this. There's another... 
				 
				TY Swordfish for posting this. There's another illustration of these "hand hammers" in a Czech manuscript showing Jan Zizka  with a date of 1424 under it.  
  
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			Forum: European Armoury
		
		 
		3rd December 2012, 01:50 AM
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				Editing format 
				 
				Thank you for the correction, but I think it's in error. We were discussing the 13th century and neither the crannequin or windlass existed (OK the windlass existed for balistae, but not for...
			 
		 
		
		
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			Forum: European Armoury
		
		 
		2nd December 2012, 12:01 AM
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			Forum: European Armoury
		
		 
		1st December 2012, 11:10 PM
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			Forum: European Armoury
		
		 
		1st December 2012, 11:06 PM
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			Forum: European Armoury
		
		 
		26th November 2012, 01:43 PM
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