Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th March 2024, 04:52 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
12th March 2024, 07:21 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
12th March 2024, 12:17 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th March 2024, 11:16 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th March 2024, 06:40 PM
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Like clicking HERE...
Like clicking HERE (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=222800&postcount=57).
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Forum: European Armoury
9th March 2024, 04:46 PM
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Forum: Swap Forum
5th March 2024, 02:39 PM
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2nd March 2024, 01:16 PM
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Little pistol for sale
For sale a boxlock percussion pistol with turn off barrel, signed by British dealers RABONE BROTHERS & Cº. in London. Both British proof marks. With a little blank silver escutcheon on the butt....
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Forum: European Armoury
28th February 2024, 10:00 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2024, 09:56 AM
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If you don't mind the assault, Peter ...
I have gathered a story when i searched about one example i once had. The only name in Arabic on the pommel is definitely that of the owner. The tiny script underneath the hilt base would be in...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th February 2024, 09:22 AM
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26th February 2024, 09:55 PM
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26th February 2024, 07:51 PM
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26th February 2024, 06:45 PM
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26th February 2024, 06:44 PM
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26th February 2024, 06:44 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
26th February 2024, 06:35 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
25th February 2024, 09:37 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
24th February 2024, 11:04 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd February 2024, 04:39 PM
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Regarding the lateen sail, several authors have...
Regarding the lateen sail, several authors have suggested in the past that it was introduced to the Mediterranean by the Arabs, possibly having originally appeared in India. However, the discovery of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd February 2024, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 46
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Some touch ups.
The sword shown in post #39 by Peter is superb. An interesting feature is that the blade is marked (SIC) "four times on both sides"; way too many for what we usually see out there. Also in the main...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd February 2024, 02:23 PM
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Crowned Pi ...
The "Pi", as it is read, is a Greek symbol attributed to Milanese workshops, although some authors suggest that it might be a Styrian mark, as often found in blades of the Zeughaus at Graz in Styria....
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Forum: European Armoury
21st February 2024, 09:51 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th February 2024, 01:05 PM
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Just 'en passant' ...
So it seems as 'lingua franca' had its variants ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_franca
"Portuguese served as lingua franca in the Portuguese Empire, Africa, South America and Asia in the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th February 2024, 02:26 PM
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Replies: 46
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