Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2025, 05:28 PM
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Thank you for a well thought out reply, as...
Thank you for a well thought out reply, as always. I will double back on my tumpal research, start over, reassess, and try to understand more. I know that they are old from before the Hindu conquest...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th April 2025, 03:36 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd April 2025, 11:12 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st March 2025, 01:27 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
25th February 2025, 01:28 PM
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Two ideas cross my mind. 1) Part of a set of...
Two ideas cross my mind. 1) Part of a set of later dueling swords. 2) Someone shortened a practice foil either where it snapped or to where it appeared to have enough rigidity to penetrate...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th January 2025, 02:24 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th January 2025, 01:09 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
8th January 2025, 01:13 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th January 2025, 01:26 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th December 2024, 01:23 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 37,254
Not at all Jeff. Lots of discussion and...
Not at all Jeff. Lots of discussion and datapoints are the dream. I was having trouble seeing the differences between examples. I created this tread to help understand regional differences in the...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th December 2024, 01:15 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th November 2024, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 37,254
No worries. I am glad your insomnia is more...
No worries. I am glad your insomnia is more productive than mine. I am sorry that I can't give you dimensions of the last blade. I have been preoccupied with adulting lately and it slipped through my...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
26th November 2024, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 23
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May I ask a few remedial follow up questions...
May I ask a few remedial follow up questions about the feelings this piece gives? Do you think the fluted body is related to the drapery folds on some Madurese donorikko hilts or 18th century...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd November 2024, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 37,254
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Forum: European Armoury
15th November 2024, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 19,993
Here is another Al Pendray link...
Here is another Al Pendray link https://youtu.be/RDyU-15fzog?t=469 speaking about a carbide former and thermocycling rather than a quench. 7:49-10:25 They say 0.005 Vanadium needs to be present in...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th November 2024, 04:26 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
13th November 2024, 07:40 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
13th November 2024, 03:32 PM
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A photo of the back edge from the butt of the...
A photo of the back edge from the butt of the handle to the point of the blade would be helpful.
Some of the information here may be of help to you. The tapered blade and tang at cues for me....
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
12th November 2024, 06:11 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 32,942
I thought it was an interesting game of...
I thought it was an interesting game of speculation and seeing if the elements fit neatly into one of the larger systems of thought. I think the answer is, "no they do not." It also served as a...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
11th November 2024, 07:02 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th November 2024, 05:58 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
8th November 2024, 02:40 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th November 2024, 03:11 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 37,254
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
7th November 2024, 02:57 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 32,942
Based on post #9, third picture down. If the...
Based on post #9, third picture down. If the bottom left is a clear crystal it could represent water in the Chinese system and Aether/Askha in the other systems. If the three o'clock item is flint or...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th November 2024, 04:33 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 32,942
Sorta. I have seen some scholars who associate...
Sorta. I have seen some scholars who associate the vegetal pattern of David's hilt with traditional animist forest spirits. Both are pretty hilts! I have a particular affinity for the North Coast...
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