Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th March 2010, 02:37 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th March 2010, 09:33 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th March 2010, 06:01 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2010, 12:44 AM
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it looks bad, but I have seen some amazing...
it looks bad, but I have seen some amazing restorations done by professional japanese blade polishers to blades in worse condition. I wonder what this would look like given a traditional polish.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2010, 12:42 AM
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you never know. I saw a WWII piece on a youtube...
you never know. I saw a WWII piece on a youtube video of someone who found a kris from a relative who brought it back from the war, and it had Swassa and silver on the hilt, with some Aluminum bands...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2010, 06:17 AM
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Indeed. This is why I enjoy this particular...
Indeed. This is why I enjoy this particular forum. FMA sites tend to derail into petty bickering, as the rules are never clearly stated or enforced, and people in other forums have a habit of being...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2010, 06:10 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th February 2010, 08:16 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th February 2010, 08:25 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th February 2010, 06:21 PM
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Great observation.
I find that a lot of...
Great observation.
I find that a lot of Phillippine martial arts takes into account the range in terms of distance between fighters (Largo, medio, corto ranges; or Long, Medium, and close ranged...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th February 2010, 05:50 PM
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Sorry, I should have explained.
Often times...
Sorry, I should have explained.
Often times a barong will have a chinese symbol stamped onto it near the base of the blade which, according to Cato (I think. It could have been from another...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th February 2010, 05:30 PM
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I must be missing the point as well... Said...
I must be missing the point as well... Said foreign traders could have sold/given the datus or the swordsmiths steel billet blanks as oppposed to making a blade beforehand. This way, the forging...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th February 2010, 09:28 AM
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Hmm.
The barong pictured in this page is...
Hmm.
The barong pictured in this page is reminiscent of something made by Jimmy Lubian, a man in Sulu who i believe still makes barong (and more often times than not restores them). I believe...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th February 2010, 09:00 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st February 2010, 05:59 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th February 2010, 06:59 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th February 2010, 04:12 AM
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Yeah, I'm not too enthused about stainless...
Yeah, I'm not too enthused about stainless blades. They're okay for EDC folding knives, but even in balisong knives I'd probably want ball bearing/carbon steel of some sort if I wanted one. They'r...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th February 2010, 03:38 AM
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It's good to know they're not just making ones...
It's good to know they're not just making ones with the blade serrated at the back and with a bottle opener. you know, the "rambo" ones that were so popular a while back?
I quite like the simpler...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th February 2010, 06:49 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th February 2010, 03:05 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th February 2010, 02:53 AM
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I love suasa (Second only to my affinity for...
I love suasa (Second only to my affinity for silver); it's such a gorgeous metal to work with. That red hue is just beautiful.
I wonder, do you think the suasa part of the Punto was a later...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th February 2010, 02:50 AM
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Very interesting. It seems, according to...
Very interesting. It seems, according to Yuanzhumin's endorsement, this movie seems fairly historically accurate in terms of the details.
Also, I agree with Miguel, the cinematography looks great...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th February 2010, 09:10 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th February 2010, 03:14 AM
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Miguel,
I found footage of the Panday...
Miguel,
I found footage of the Panday Balisong you posted pictures of. This man is FAAST! I have an uncle from Banagas, who carried a beinte-nueve all of his life, and he was nowhere near as fast...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th February 2010, 08:17 AM
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