Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2017, 01:57 AM
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Replies: 32
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th May 2017, 12:25 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 35,406
Guilty Pleasure
I guess that I must confess that watching Forged in Fire is one of my guilty pleasures. However, I tend toward liking blade smiths in general and this program often seems like merely a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2017, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 15,122
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th April 2017, 05:43 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 68,225
Samurai swords in the Old West
I have always liked the photos presented in Peter Bleed, “ Indians and Japanese Swords on the North Plains Frontier, ” Nebraska History 68 (1987): 112 - 115...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th April 2017, 11:41 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 12,517
Paraloid B-72
Here is one procedure (https://www.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/01-04.pdf) for insuring removable ink or paint markings from the National Park Service.
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Forum: European Armoury
18th April 2017, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 24,422
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Forum: European Armoury
16th April 2017, 09:26 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 24,422
Another Medieval Mystery Sword?
Here is what has been another mystery sword to me defying confident classification; I am beginning to suspect that it might also be Couronian.
Overall length is 26.6 inches in the present state...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th April 2017, 09:12 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 20,318
Literature Citations
Many thanks Reventlov, you have opened a crack in my ignorance of Baltic sword forms and much information is now pouring through!
I have found the following academic writings to be especially...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th April 2017, 02:43 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 12,897
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th April 2017, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 12,897
Yet another translation request...
Here is another example that belonged to Lew Waldman and has since been sold by his Estate. I doubt enough of the paper label remains to decipher most of what it says, but I've been curious if there...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th April 2017, 06:51 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,706
Nostalgia
Off topic - sorry - but the picture at the top of the thread does call up a lot of nostalgia for and pleasant memories of the old Higgins Armory Museum. A number of items (~5000) were retained and...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th April 2017, 03:00 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 10,990
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Forum: European Armoury
8th April 2017, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 20,318
The Internet can be amazing...
So, off I went searching for 'Couronian sword' and I found a picture of this very hilt featured on the Hurstwic site; following that clue and having to rely on Google's cache of an old SFI thread...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th April 2017, 02:34 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 20,318
Caught by the 'raindrops'
Mark,
I find your attribution most compelling! Thank you! Though not included with my photos, the aperture for the tang at the top of the pommel is very similar to that in the second photo that you...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th April 2017, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 20,318
Couronian Sword?
It is always frustrating to find a sword that does not fit into the classification schemes that one knows and this is one of those swords. The fairly heavily encrusted double edged blade does not...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th March 2017, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 12,416
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th March 2017, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 16,798
Upgrade Issues
Such an accommodation will ultimately come with the eventual upgrade mentioned in my previous post. One question is whether to start the active forums anew as we did 11 years ago, leaving this online...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th March 2017, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 15
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Of course prices have since risen...
When this project began in 1997 the focus of the site was European medieval swords with a special emphasis on the swords of the Viking Age. If you go to the root directory...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th March 2017, 02:49 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 16,798
If wishes were horses...
1. This site has never had, nor ever been configured for, a security certificate. It has always been under the regular old http (hypertext transfer protocol.) The secure protocol (https) is essential...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
24th March 2017, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 23,732
A further thought
A noted antique arms dealer once told me that he was considering offering a collection dispersal service oriented around publishing a very high quality catalogue of a collection that would serve not...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd March 2017, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 24,284
But beware: 465 mb!
Mr. Elvis has most generously made the PowerPoint file of his presentation "COLLECTING ARMS AND ARMOR OF THE SOUTH INDIAN WARRIOR" available for your review!
It is a large file - 465 mb - so...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
21st March 2017, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 23,732
Some Harsh Realities
The happiest situation, of course, is when the collector has deserving and interested relatives and or friends who would appreciate and maintain the collection, but I fear this is not a common...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st March 2017, 04:29 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 35,238
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th March 2017, 02:51 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 44,933
Sad news
Barry has been a mainstay of this community since its inception and he and his extensive freely shared knowledge will be greatly missed.
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
16th March 2017, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 15,549
Silly Season
I think the problems start with those animal rights pressure groups lobbying from the wrong-headed thinking that ivory, etc. must be made despicable and stigmatized to destroy all demand. This is...
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