Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th February 2021, 05:30 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th February 2021, 01:23 PM
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Badik for comments
I recently got this Badik.
Is it from Java?
Van somebody make sense of the inscription and punch mark?
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd February 2021, 02:19 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 13,432
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd February 2021, 10:22 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st February 2021, 07:47 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 9,127
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st February 2021, 11:51 AM
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African weapons for ID
Hello,
I have two African weapons to ID.
First, 40 cam long axe.
Second, 51 cm long mace.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th February 2021, 10:37 PM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th February 2021, 06:37 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,899
Mughal India, yes.
However, from all I know...
Mughal India, yes.
However, from all I know by 19th century the production of quality wootz pretty much stopped in India, and this blade displays a very nice Kara Taban pattern.
So my guess is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th February 2021, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: European Armoury
13th February 2021, 09:32 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 26,116
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Forum: European Armoury
13th February 2021, 06:46 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 26,116
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Forum: European Armoury
12th February 2021, 09:40 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 26,116
Capital letters or not, they are of different...
Capital letters or not, they are of different height and I believe that's because they signal the beginning of a new abbreviated word.
And to make everything more complicated, one must first guess...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th February 2021, 09:19 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 26,116
You are in fact making my point!
Swept hilt,...
You are in fact making my point!
Swept hilt, Pappenheim, cup hilt, clam shell hilt and ring hilt are ALL typical and DEFINING rapier hilts.
Moreover, some later 17th century Spanish rapiers...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th February 2021, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 26,116
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Forum: European Armoury
12th February 2021, 08:29 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
12th February 2021, 07:39 PM
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Even if it is 92 cm long blade, that doensn't...
Even if it is 92 cm long blade, that doensn't make it a rapier, but a large smallsword. And yes, the new photo shows better the proportions... but more images may shed more light.
The lower line...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th February 2021, 06:38 PM
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Replies: 33
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It is Cupid!
two hearts and two names Simon...
It is Cupid!
two hearts and two names Simon and Vio (from Violetta).
And it is a smallsword all day (look at the proportions between the length of the hilt and the length of the blade). :cool:
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th February 2021, 07:38 AM
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Replies: 17
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th February 2021, 10:26 PM
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Replies: 17
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th February 2021, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 11
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th February 2021, 06:50 PM
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Replies: 31
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th February 2021, 05:44 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 66,936
Great!
It would be interesting to see the...
Great!
It would be interesting to see the pattern you have on your new blade and see how does it compare to the antique wootz.
Is it from the Finnish blacksmith who claims to have reproduced the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th February 2021, 01:53 PM
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Replies: 31
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I have the suspicion it is the same guy I...
I have the suspicion it is the same guy I contacted about 7 years ago about making a blade for me.
At that time he claimed he can make wootz with the antique type of pattern. However, he only had...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th February 2021, 04:22 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 66,936
Ivan Kirpichev (see more below)
Yes,...
Ivan Kirpichev (see more below)
Yes, it looks like, but I doubt that it is genuinely made in modern times.
Or it may be the pattern weld I was talking earlier, that was practically...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th February 2021, 11:02 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 66,936
PPS:
It should be noted that even antique...
PPS:
It should be noted that even antique 19th century Indian or Persian wootz did not display the old watery patterns anymore as 19th century wootz looked more like the crystalline wootz that is...
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