Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
28th January 2011, 05:24 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,689
Thank you David and (Dr.) David...
So aside...
Thank you David and (Dr.) David...
So aside from spending money I can't really afford to spend anyway on a project deemed unworthy of doing so, I still might like to "tinker." ;)
Any...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
27th January 2011, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,689
When Good Kerises Go (to) Bad (Owners)
Some genius decided what this keris needed was a stag hilt. So I picked this up yesterday, and am wondering... in the collective opinion of the kerisphiles here, is it worth investing the time and...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th January 2011, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 24,885
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th January 2011, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 13,858
Your Kershaw Leek dates to the early 21st...
Your Kershaw Leek dates to the early 21st century, ca. 2007-2009, and comes from an obscure coastal hill people in the Northwest continental United States known as the "Tualas," a sub-tribe of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th January 2011, 04:20 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,079
Hi Spunjer,
I'm glad to have been able to...
Hi Spunjer,
I'm glad to have been able to be on the contribution-end of a translation request for once... ;)
Regarding the script, she's fairly positive (98+%) - if not absolutely certain -...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th January 2011, 03:38 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,079
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Forum: European Armoury
7th January 2011, 05:07 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 37,065
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd January 2011, 04:27 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 37,065
I have it on good authority from a friend who...
I have it on good authority from a friend who viewed your photos that the sword is most likely of 18th Century origin (as indicated by the striated clamshells and hilt/pommel style) and is indeed...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd January 2011, 12:57 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 37,065
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd January 2011, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 19,507
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd January 2011, 06:14 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 19,507
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd January 2011, 02:30 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 46,899
Hi Maurice,
I'm a little late to the game...
Hi Maurice,
I'm a little late to the game here, but the shape/proportions of your barong remind me of one I acquired in August that was one of four Moro blades acquired by a U.S. officer...
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Forum: European Armoury
31st December 2010, 10:53 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 19,507
Hi Michael,
Wonderful examples of period...
Hi Michael,
Wonderful examples of period bird's head pommels that do recall the "mystery dagger" as well as the much (much ;) ) later Bucks... You know, I have to admit - I never have once...
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Forum: European Armoury
31st December 2010, 06:34 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 19,507
Hi Michael,
My appreciation of aesthetics...
Hi Michael,
My appreciation of aesthetics of form (of edged weapons) were in no small part influenced by the vintage hunting knives I was exposed to while growing up... :)
I am particularly...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st December 2010, 03:23 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 9,908
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Forum: European Armoury
31st December 2010, 03:06 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 19,507
Hi Michael - I appreciate your input. I have...
Hi Michael - I appreciate your input. I have attached below three images from one of Bosch's better known works, The Garden of Earthly Delights, dating to ca. 1490-1510. This 7' x 12.5' (2.2 x...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2010, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 9,684
Small Dress Katars Reflected in Mughal Art
This painting was commissioned by Maharana Sangram Singh (II) in 1734 to commemorate the meeting of six Rajput kings in Rajasthan (a rather remarkable effort of collaboration at the time) to discuss...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th December 2010, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 19,507
Here's a close-up of the hybrid ballock-rondel...
Here's a close-up of the hybrid ballock-rondel dagger shown in The Arrest of Christ... What I find interesting about this is we see style elements of the earliest pre-Jacobite dirks (e.g., disc...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th December 2010, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 19,507
So am I to assume from these posts that you two...
So am I to assume from these posts that you two are of the opinion his caricature-like depictions extended to include the weapons he painted as well?
I ask as in the few other examples of his work...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th December 2010, 01:34 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 19,507
Strange Dagger in 16th Century Dutch Painting
In making the rounds at a local museum yesterday, I saw and photographed some interesting examples of weapons depicted in 16th century European art. Here is a painting by Dutch artist Hieronymus...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th December 2010, 05:03 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 10,583
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th December 2010, 02:16 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 22,579
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Forum: Swap Forum
23rd December 2010, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,905
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Forum: Swap Forum
21st December 2010, 05:46 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,905
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th December 2010, 05:51 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 10,537
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