Forum: European Armoury
11th September 2014, 01:15 AM
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Were in luck!
I found the book forts place I...
Were in luck!
I found the book forts place I looked.
Beato's title to this image is:
"Head Quarter Staff- Pegtang Fort, between August 2-12, 1860."
This is one of his staged photos. He...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th September 2014, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,401
Interesting question.
I would look at early...
Interesting question.
I would look at early photographs by Beato of the Taku Forts after battle. Somewhere I have a book with these images, but my books are still in disarray since my move...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th September 2014, 12:00 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,521
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th September 2014, 04:04 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,521
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th September 2014, 04:02 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,521
Greek? Knife ID help needed
One more from my storage of Katrina flooded things was retrieved today and conserved. The grip is bone I payed with red and blue plugs of an unknown material. It's pretty well made and about 9 1/2"...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th September 2014, 01:41 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 13,542
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th September 2014, 05:16 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,881
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th September 2014, 04:19 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,881
Hurricane Katrina damaged blade restored
This sad case is a Persian jambiya that took a long bath during Katrina nine years ago.
Fortunately this is one of only three or four pieces from my collection that got wet. I was really, really,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th September 2014, 04:07 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 13,542
Polished and etched!
I had a little time on...
Polished and etched!
I had a little time on my hands today and cleaned, polished and etched the blade.
I used some circuit board etching solution about 50/50 strength for about 30 minutes. Next...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th September 2014, 03:56 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 13,542
Mongolian? Knife/sword
Unpacking some stuff from storage and this guy turned up.
I bought it when I was in XiAn, China in 1987, at a "free" market that was built up series of stalls on the burial mound of Qin Shi Huang...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th September 2014, 03:17 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 23,471
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Forum: European Armoury
6th September 2014, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 26,937
I don't mean to be a sceptic, but the "vent"...
I don't mean to be a sceptic, but the "vent" appears to be nothing more than a hole for fastening a haft into the socket, the "barrel" being the socket.
How can something be hafted and also be a...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th September 2014, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 16,777
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Forum: European Armoury
5th September 2014, 04:09 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 16,777
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Forum: European Armoury
5th September 2014, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 16,777
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th September 2014, 02:57 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 34,984
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
4th September 2014, 12:34 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 43,428
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
3rd September 2014, 12:03 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 43,428
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st September 2014, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 7,859
Sudanese haladie help
Help!!!
I acquired this when I bought a large collection, and it's been in a box, sealed up for about fifteen years.
Do any of you know of a restorer who is capable of redoing the bead work?
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
31st August 2014, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 43,428
Oliver,
Good advice on seeing multiples....
Oliver,
Good advice on seeing multiples. Someone is cranking them out by the boatload!
Anything a seller says should be taken with a grain of salt. His job is to sell, sell, sell.
Buy from...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
31st August 2014, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 43,428
DW,
It's something that you build on over...
DW,
It's something that you build on over time.
1. Learn how to differentiate between hand filing/stoning and power grinding/polishing.
2. Hot work is also a key to spotting differences in...
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Forum: European Armoury
31st August 2014, 03:36 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 7,851
Old powder flask
This old guy came to me through eScrew about ten years ago.
I think it's German, French or possibly Spanish.
It came from a seller in Utah, but it's old enough that it had to be brought there...
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Forum: European Armoury
31st August 2014, 02:40 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 42,275
Around the world, no matter what we hold...
Around the world, no matter what we hold important or what the driving philosophy behind each culture may be, we are all bound by the laws of nature as far as the materials we need to shape into...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st August 2014, 01:37 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 12,209
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Forum: European Armoury
30th August 2014, 11:40 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 103,727
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