Forum: European Armoury
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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Replies: 33
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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.
As for the dispute between long or short...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd December 2012, 01:50 AM
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Replies: 27
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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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Replies: 27
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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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Replies: 27
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