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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th September 2017, 08:24 AM
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Posted By Iain
Hi Teodor, Yep you are right, not sure why...

Hi Teodor,

Yep you are right, not sure why its not in Denham's two volumes of his travels but at least I found a copy. It provides a nice benchmark for us to assume these cuirasses were used at...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th September 2017, 04:20 PM
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Posted By Iain
Thanks, I'll do some detailed images of the...

Thanks, I'll do some detailed images of the riveting and materials when I get a chance.

I had thought there was a sketch in a period account showing one of these. However having looked in Barth,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th September 2017, 10:50 AM
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Posted By Iain
Hi Teodor, most maille in the Sahel was...

Hi Teodor,

most maille in the Sahel was sourced from Egypt, other Ottoman territories, Persia or of course to some degree Europe. Bivar's Nigerian Panoply illustrates this variety nicely. So you...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th September 2017, 10:46 AM
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Posted By Iain
Thanks Eric, this is my first venture into the...

Thanks Eric, this is my first venture into the armour side of things, I guess for many armour doesn't evoke the same reaction as a sword.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th September 2017, 11:30 AM
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Posted By Iain
Thanks Colin, a maille hauberk is another thing...

Thanks Colin, a maille hauberk is another thing on my long term list. Not easy to find one of the good old riveted ones!

I'll hopefully have time and good enough light this weekend for an...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th September 2017, 08:26 AM
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Posted By Iain
Well after quite a few years I am finally in...

Well after quite a few years I am finally in possession of one of these. I need to do a proper photo session in the coming weeks and it needs a little clean on the inside of the cuirass but I thought...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th September 2017, 09:48 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 57,014
Posted By Iain
Hi Jim, Regarding thuluth, I'm not implying...

Hi Jim,

Regarding thuluth, I'm not implying they are all post 19th century junk, but there are certain standardized patterns of quite short kaskara without fullers, sheet metal blades and thuluth...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th September 2017, 09:25 AM
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Views: 57,014
Posted By Iain
Thanks Colin, when we have sources I think its...

Thanks Colin, when we have sources I think its important to make use of them. Luckily there was a lot of travel to the region and occasionally valuable tidbits like that quote emerge.

I am still...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th September 2017, 09:23 AM
Replies: 42
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Posted By Iain
The short thuluth inscribed blades commonly seen...

The short thuluth inscribed blades commonly seen with brass guards belong in the tourist category I believe. They are exceptionally uniform. So, I don't think the items are always that simple, but...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th September 2017, 10:32 AM
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Posted By Iain
Hi Colin, yes that's exactly what I'm getting at....

Hi Colin, yes that's exactly what I'm getting at. Accounts like the following from 1932 in Khartum (The Mahdi of Allah: A Drama of the Sudan) make it seem like weapons done up to appeal to tourists...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th September 2017, 09:25 PM
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Posted By Iain
Friend of mine had a look and said it was a...

Friend of mine had a look and said it was a typical Koranic verse, "Victory from God"
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th September 2017, 07:28 PM
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Posted By Iain
Perfect, I knew I'd seen that style of work...

Perfect, I knew I'd seen that style of work before but wasn't coming up with anything in my notes.

I'd be curious if there are any firmly dated examples or bring backs exhibiting this type of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th September 2017, 06:38 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 57,014
Posted By Iain
Thanks, on another look at the pictures I think I...

Thanks, on another look at the pictures I think I see a ricasso at the base of the blade as well...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th September 2017, 04:56 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 57,014
Posted By Iain
Have any images? I'm always happy to be wrong and...

Have any images? I'm always happy to be wrong and certainly unusual ≠ 'fake' necessarily. But I'm a natural skeptic. :) certainly the hilt is not 'new' but i think the blade and cross guard pre date...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th September 2017, 01:41 PM
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Posted By Iain
Thanks, I'm well aware of the process. The...

Thanks, I'm well aware of the process.

The images depicting swords with hilts can of course be simply interpretation and don't necessarily reflect in anyway tempered blades being ground (i.e....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th September 2017, 08:28 AM
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Views: 57,014
Posted By Iain
Better photos would help, but the blade could be...

Better photos would help, but the blade could be European with the later addition of the half moon marks in Sudan (notice how the one mark overlaps the fuller). However, it could also be local....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th September 2017, 08:22 AM
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Posted By Iain
Just to point out that grind wheels were also...

Just to point out that grind wheels were also standard in medieval Europe as the attached 14th century illustrations from the Romance of Alexander and English Luttrell Psalter attest to.

Differing...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd September 2017, 12:38 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 11,571
Posted By Iain
Not a problem, while I understand the desire to...

Not a problem, while I understand the desire to narrow down the attribution as much as possible, with fairly common and utilitarian items like this knife it can be hard to get something exact as the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st September 2017, 01:07 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 11,571
Posted By Iain
Hi Johan, I'd have a go through the Pitts...

Hi Johan,

I'd have a go through the Pitts River Museum online collections. I don't really collect these myself, however I'm confident its from Northern Nigeria, Mali or Niger, generally speaking...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st September 2017, 09:22 AM
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Views: 11,571
Posted By Iain
Looks like the sort of small knife common to Mali...

Looks like the sort of small knife common to Mali and Niger, particularly the leatherwork strikes me as from that area.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th August 2017, 03:03 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 17,659
Posted By Iain
Not a bad write up for Wikipedia but I think...

Not a bad write up for Wikipedia but I think looking towards early pilgrims etc. does little for the kaskara form in particular. Certainly swords were a known weapon in these regions far before Islam...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd August 2017, 08:40 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 17,659
Posted By Iain
Dates appearing in text on these blades are often...

Dates appearing in text on these blades are often tricky, they often don't indicate age but rather refer to historical events. The one pictured in Stone certainly is nowhere near that age but does...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd August 2017, 07:06 PM
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Views: 17,659
Posted By Iain
The British museum has a very good example with...

The British museum has a very good example with an at least early blade.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16814

The Met has a quite interesting example with a Persian blade.

I...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd August 2017, 09:02 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 17,659
Posted By Iain
Hi Jim, as always a very succinct and informative...

Hi Jim, as always a very succinct and informative post. I have to admit I have spent much less time researching the kaskara, although the name as you rightly point out is simply down to the fact that...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st August 2017, 04:12 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 17,659
Posted By Iain
Thankfully I think the crusader connection is by...

Thankfully I think the crusader connection is by and large recognized as a red herring these days. Although there is a grain of truth to it through trade blades even if these are hardly of crusade...
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