Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd January 2007, 01:20 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd January 2007, 01:17 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd January 2007, 11:30 AM
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Henk -
There are no question marks in my...
Henk -
There are no question marks in my post giving the translation. If
you're seeing some, then probably you don't have the Japanese
language character set engaged on your browser. Go to the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st January 2007, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 18
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Henk -
It's a full translation. Commonly...
Henk -
It's a full translation. Commonly several Kanji are combined into one
word in the English (Romanji) translation.
I'm afraid way too many brain cells have been killed off over the years...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st January 2007, 02:22 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st December 2006, 10:58 PM
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Replies: 18
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Henk -
It's a WW II sword; has a Seki tang...
Henk -
It's a WW II sword; has a Seki tang stamp. Smith is Kane something,
but I can't translate it all off the top. (Have had a couple and killed
a few brain cells this evening). I'll get back...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th December 2006, 06:06 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th December 2006, 10:12 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th November 2006, 05:13 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd November 2006, 10:31 PM
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The smaller one is a Finnish Leukopuuko, could...
The smaller one is a Finnish Leukopuuko, could have been made by a
variety of makers; Iisakki Jarvenpaa, Marttiini, etc. The sheath is
a homemade replacement. The handle is curly birch. Common...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th November 2006, 09:38 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd November 2006, 02:24 AM
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Attributions are always, at best, an educated...
Attributions are always, at best, an educated guess based on a person's
knowledge and research. With Japanese swords, there is an expert
panel (Shinsa team) with a zillion years of examining,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th October 2006, 07:33 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th October 2006, 10:35 AM
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Actually, that's not a "crooked knife". It's a...
Actually, that's not a "crooked knife". It's a late 19th-early 20th C
farrier's hoof knife. I've four of them, all made by George Wostenholm, IXL,
Sheffield, but most major English makers made...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th October 2006, 07:16 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th October 2006, 10:35 PM
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On Nihonto (Japanese swords), the tsuba (hand...
On Nihonto (Japanese swords), the tsuba (hand guard) is not meant to
prevent the opponents swords from striking the hand, but rather to
prevent the users hands from slipping onto the blade. Hence...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd October 2006, 07:40 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st October 2006, 10:21 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th October 2006, 03:08 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th October 2006, 02:55 AM
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Beautiful knives all !
Congoblades:...
Beautiful knives all !
Congoblades: definitely a puukko in a Kalavala style sheath. Made by
Iisakki Jarvenpaa post about 1950's (after they switched to the ink stamps
on the blade flat).
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th October 2006, 09:58 AM
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Replies: 8
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VVV is correct. "puukko" is a type of Finnish...
VVV is correct. "puukko" is a type of Finnish knives. Among my other collections
of sharp, pointy things, I also collect puukko and other Nordic knives; Morakniv,
Staskniv, etc. Here's a few pics...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th October 2006, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 16
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I believe the terminology is incorrect. A...
I believe the terminology is incorrect. A shuriken is a straight, small knife.
A throwing star is properly termed a "shaken" I think. We went thru this
terminology thing here (Virginia) a couple...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th October 2006, 10:33 AM
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Replies: 10
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The Japanese had the same problem with their...
The Japanese had the same problem with their blades are cold temps during
the Manchurian invasion/occupation in the 1930's-40's. That's why they
developed the Koa Isshin Mantetsu blades, to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th September 2006, 08:52 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th September 2006, 10:23 PM
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