Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th June 2011, 08:22 PM
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Hey Dimasalang,
I'd be down... I have a...
Hey Dimasalang,
I'd be down... I have a few pieces I think you'd be interested in including. :)
Hit me up with an email, as my PM box is kind of full (which I guess is like being "kind of"...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th June 2011, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 43,695
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th June 2011, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 27
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th June 2011, 07:28 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 29,848
Hi David,
Thank you for posting the pics...
Hi David,
Thank you for posting the pics of the nakago. I am at a loss... :shrug:
The patina looks legitimate and old, and as been mentioned, along with the three mekugi ana, seems to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th June 2011, 06:10 PM
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Replies: 10
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th June 2011, 08:35 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 29,848
Hi David,
Re: drawing blood, you and I...
Hi David,
Re: drawing blood, you and I both! Sliced my thumb deep a couple days ago on a tanto I was remounting in koshirae after photographing it. I always look at such acts of carelessness...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd June 2011, 05:51 AM
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Replies: 5
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th May 2011, 09:13 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 29,848
Hi David,
Thanks for posting these...
Hi David,
Thanks for posting these additional photos... :)
The scratches on the surface look much more superficial in these photos than in the earlier pictures. The shinogi, while it does...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th May 2011, 08:59 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,351
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th May 2011, 10:36 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,351
Question re: significance of design of u'u clubs
So our local maritime museum (www.sdmaritime.org) has just launched a nice exhibit covering the three voyages of Cook, as well as those of Melville and Gauguin, and featuring examples of Gauguin's...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th May 2011, 03:13 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 29,848
Hi David,
While not by any means a...
Hi David,
While not by any means a statistically valid sampling, I nonetheless measured the kasane on my kai gunto and two nihonto (I had not previously taken this measurement). Of the two...
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Forum: Swap Forum
25th May 2011, 08:40 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,584
BUMP for the masses.
And by "masses," I am...
BUMP for the masses.
And by "masses," I am of course speaking of the majority of the population, who finds themselves without - and in desperate need of - an ethnographic cane dagger. ;)
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th May 2011, 08:17 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 29,848
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th May 2011, 08:00 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 29,848
Hi David,
FWIW, all three kai gunto I have...
Hi David,
FWIW, all three kai gunto I have owned (only one of which is still in my collection) had ihori mune. :shrug:
Of these, two were of pre-war production and the other had a mei and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th May 2011, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 29,848
Something else that caught my attention - the...
Something else that caught my attention - the bent kissaki and ha (edge)... Normally, these will chip due to the hardness of the tempered edge (including the boshi). While my exposure is admittedly...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th May 2011, 06:10 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 29,848
Hi David,
Fuller & Gregory cover this...
Hi David,
Fuller & Gregory cover this variant of late-war production, leather-covered shin-gunto, which according to them, "may be encountered without tsuba or kabuto-gane." These late-war...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th May 2011, 06:24 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 16,335
Hi 'Nando,
It these Days of Distraction I...
Hi 'Nando,
It these Days of Distraction I have been trudging through as of late, I mistakingly read this thread as having been started by Michael, not yourself. While it is always a pleasure to...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th May 2011, 09:00 PM
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Replies: 11
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Hi Michael,
You'll encounter these often...
Hi Michael,
You'll encounter these often in estate collections here in the Southwest. I've seen them described in multiple curatorial collections as "Spanish Colonial" and have represented them...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th May 2011, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 69,007
Hello Miguel Diaz,
Great and fascinating...
Hello Miguel Diaz,
Great and fascinating post - thank you for sharing it. :)
While I am no expert on the kris, Moro or otherwise, as Gustav so eloquently put it in an earlier post in another...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th May 2011, 03:21 AM
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Replies: 26
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th May 2011, 07:12 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 24,950
Hi Spunjer,
Never did find out who the...
Hi Spunjer,
Never did find out who the lucky recipient was, though I do know what they paid for it... Upon further consideration, I figured I could count out the most likely local (potential)...
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Forum: Swap Forum
14th May 2011, 06:38 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,584
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th May 2011, 06:35 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 24,950
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th May 2011, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 13,962
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2011, 05:37 AM
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Views: 18,447
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