Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd April 2024, 05:15 AM
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Early 20th century Greek knife for translation
I acquired this small Greek knife recently and was hoping to have the motto engraved on the blade translated. I took a couple pictures of the motto but neither of them are that stellar. I would also...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2023, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 5
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A Maasai Bowie Knife?
I wanted to show my Maasai weapons to possibly get some age estimations on them. To me the smaller seme and the club are probably all mid 20th century or earlier while the largest seme with the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th October 2023, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,753
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th October 2023, 05:31 AM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th October 2023, 05:21 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,753
Possible Surmene/Laz Kindjal
I won this kindjal on LiveAuctioneers a little while ago and I thought the leather wrap at the throat of the scabbard looked very similar to my other Surmene style knives. Although my other large...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th September 2023, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,588
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Forum: European Armoury
25th September 2023, 03:54 AM
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Replies: 3
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Tanged Spearhead Identification
Tonight I purchased this spearhead from fellow forum member RSword. It was described as possibly being of European origin in the description. It appears to be quite old and was described as...
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Forum: Swap Forum
15th August 2023, 03:33 AM
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Replies: 0
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LF/WTB Albanian knives/shortswords
I have a family friend from Albania. I've talked with him before about my collection and he asked me if I have anything from his home country, which I do not. I haven't seen much discussion online or...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th July 2023, 05:22 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,960
That one photo makes it look that way. It...
That one photo makes it look that way. It actually doesn't have either of it's bolsters remaining. I would rather have no bolsters than just one. Ideally both bolsters would still be attached but...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th July 2023, 10:56 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,960
The thought that this was from Crete did pop up...
The thought that this was from Crete did pop up in my head. I'm used to seeing the touristy Cretan knives that have the engravings on the blade, this knife is so plain that I thought that it must be...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th July 2023, 04:10 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,960
Balkan knife
This knife found it's way into my collection recently. There don't seem to be enough definitive characteristics to attribute it to one particular area, so it will simply be a Balkan knife or Ottoman...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2023, 05:09 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,839
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th June 2023, 06:17 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,839
A Very Humble "Shashka"
I acquired this shashka a short while after acquiring that military example I posted. This post would serve as a companion to my "A Very Humble Kindjal" thread but the kindjal posted in that thread...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th May 2023, 03:53 AM
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Replies: 1
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A Very Humble Kindjal
I recently purchased this very workmanlike kindjal. The seller is located is in Turkey so it is safe to assume that it is a Turkish kindjal. There don't seem to be any distinct characteristics that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd May 2023, 01:58 AM
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Replies: 4
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Thanks for telling me what the cartouches mean....
Thanks for telling me what the cartouches mean. I've seen examples of other shashkas before with these markings before and knew that the "KKB" was related to the Kuban Cossacks. The other examples...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd May 2023, 03:32 AM
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Replies: 4
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My first Shashka
I stopped at one of my regular antique malls to see if they had anything I would be interested in and I found this shashka. I think this is a military model based on the markings, but I will let you...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th May 2023, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 541
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th May 2023, 05:47 AM
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Replies: 541
Views: 1,964,620
Adding some photos of Sardinian weapons being...
Adding some photos of Sardinian weapons being carried/worn. These are mostly photos of people wearing the iconic Sardinian leppa but a few are photos of people holding the unique Sardinian style of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th May 2023, 09:08 AM
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Replies: 3
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My Talibong/Garab Family
I have only been collecting for about 8 years so far, but I have managed to pick up quite a few of these over those years. If my memory serves me right, the first ethnographic arms I ever purchased...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th April 2023, 12:55 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,362
Forgot to post my findings yesterday, the grip...
Forgot to post my findings yesterday, the grip scales do seem to be made of some type of bakelite/plastic type of material. In the recesses of the carving on the handle there seems to be traces of a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th April 2023, 12:23 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,362
This dagger didn't come with a scabbard, so we...
This dagger didn't come with a scabbard, so we are unable to use that as an identifying factor. When I held it the grip kind of felt like wood, I'm not at home at the moment so when I get back in the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd April 2023, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,362
Thin kindjal
After obtaining my unusual (and my fiirst) kindjal that I displayed in a previous thread, I felt the urge to get more. I purchased this one recently and it too exhibits some unusual characteristics....
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Forum: European Armoury
29th January 2023, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,259
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Forum: European Armoury
29th January 2023, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,259
I received the three swords the other day. They...
I received the three swords the other day. They all appear to use recycled sabre blades, one of which still has some very faded engraving which looks similar to the engraving found on some Spanish...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd January 2023, 09:21 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,259
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