Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2025, 02:40 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th June 2025, 09:47 AM
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ausjulius, I see where you are coming from....
ausjulius, I see where you are coming from. However, Yuri has gone to some trouble to show us why this isn't "just another tourist piece." While the workmanship is low quality, Yuri has identified a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th June 2025, 12:54 PM
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Hello Donna,
Welcome to the forum!
For...
Hello Donna,
Welcome to the forum!
For confident identification of your knife, we will need more pictures. Details are best observed on a plain background, with full length views of each side,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th June 2025, 09:50 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th June 2025, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 12
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Rob,
Coming back to your knife at the start...
Rob,
Coming back to your knife at the start of this thread, I think it might be an example from the area where the s'boula and shula coexist on Waelty's map. In other words, a local hybrid of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th June 2025, 07:39 PM
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Jim and Detlef,
Hans Waelty's book offers...
Jim and Detlef,
Hans Waelty's book offers some insight into the S'boula/Shula distinction. The online selection has the following map and I reproduce it here under the principle of "fair use" for...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th June 2025, 06:31 PM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th June 2025, 03:08 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th June 2025, 12:29 AM
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Replies: 10
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Forum: Swap Forum
7th June 2025, 12:25 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 8,007
Over to Swap ...
Hi Gsingh.
Welcome to the Forums.
Requests to purchase items are confined to the Swap Forum, so I'm transferring your thread over there. Members will not be able to respond directly in that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th June 2025, 02:05 PM
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Replies: 10
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd June 2025, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 35
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That's much better. :):):)
Those both look...
That's much better. :):):)
Those both look older examples. The more elongated, less "globular," pommel on the bottom one looks like an older style, and the top one has a brass/bronze ferrule that...
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Forum: Swap Forum
2nd June 2025, 11:41 PM
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Replies: 1
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Moving to Swap Forum
Hello OAC.
Since your post involves purchasing items, it is best displayed in the "Swap Forum" area of this site. I'm moving it over there. If people have comments to make, they can be sent to you...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st June 2025, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 10
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I have been looking up these umbrella (mostly...
I have been looking up these umbrella (mostly parasols) silver handles.
Silver parasol hilts were popular in Victorian times into the early 20th C. Antique British, European, and Asian (Chinese,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th May 2025, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 8
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Hi Richard,
Thanks for posting pictures of...
Hi Richard,
Thanks for posting pictures of this sword. This is an Indian sword, one of a group of swords that are generally referred to as tulwar. The style of your blade derives from the Ottoman...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th May 2025, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,106
Picture of whole sword needed ...
nihung11,
Welcome to the Forums! We hope you enjoy your stay here.
Please note the requirements when asking for a translation. These are listed in a "sticky" towards the top of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th May 2025, 02:21 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th May 2025, 02:15 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th May 2025, 02:51 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th May 2025, 12:13 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th May 2025, 07:04 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 14,253
Rob,
Attached is the Table of Contents for...
Rob,
Attached is the Table of Contents for the Waelty book. As shown, it includes discussion of the Firearms of Morocco, plus Sabers (nimcha), and "Other Arms." Quite a comprehensive coverage....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd May 2025, 11:58 PM
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Replies: 11
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Jim,
Your pata seems a little unusual in...
Jim,
Your pata seems a little unusual in orientation to me. The grip and forearm protection appear to be at a distinct angle to the orientation of the blade. If the blade tip pointed upward when...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd May 2025, 11:41 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 14,253
gp,
Thanks for posting access to this...
gp,
Thanks for posting access to this excellent thesis. It is very well illustrated and the French is fairly easy to navigate, even for someone with a few years of secondary school instruction in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th May 2025, 07:47 PM
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Replies: 6
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Iain,
Thank you again for your knowledge on...
Iain,
Thank you again for your knowledge on these swords. Scott Rodell has noted that hilts of circular cross-section, resembling daab from Laos and Thailand, are found on southern Vietnamese...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th May 2025, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,294
Thanks guys. You confirmed my suspicions about...
Thanks guys. You confirmed my suspicions about the hilt. This is now the second example of a fancy umbrella handle added to a daab that I have come across. Any ides what the two small rings may have...
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