Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th January 2013, 09:42 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th January 2013, 09:57 PM
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Hi Weapons,
this does seem...
Hi Weapons,
this does seem to be a 'marriage' of parts. The hilt does indeed look like one from a Kora. The knuckle guard seems a total 'mis-match' .... and looks like it would...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th December 2012, 04:55 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th December 2012, 07:58 PM
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Hi Graeme,
thanks ....there is...
Hi Graeme,
thanks ....there is a bent over nail approx. 1/2" below the top of the club driven in from the side ...it is 'aimed' at the lead 'insert'. (as arrowed in pic)
All the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th December 2012, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 28
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th December 2012, 03:35 PM
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Hi Congoblades,
thank you for the links....
Hi Congoblades,
thank you for the links. The picture of the knives and sheath are almost identical to mine :cool:
I read that the 3 knife set was worn around the neck (as shown in your...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th December 2012, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 28
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Hi Brian,
have to agree with...
Hi Brian,
have to agree with Lou, not as old as suggested by the seller.
I have a set of these which I believe are early 20th C ...maybe late 19th ?
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd December 2012, 07:06 PM
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A genuine WW1 Trench Club ?
Hi,
my research suggests that this trench club is a genuine WW1 relic (there are a lot of fakes made with vicious spikes and dubious Regimental markings).
Lathe turned, lead filled with...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th November 2012, 07:08 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th November 2012, 03:21 PM
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Nice Kaskara,
I am...
Nice Kaskara,
I am intrigued with the diamond patterning on the hilt.....very similar to one I own. As to the reference to the 3rd Crusade ....it was falsely believed that some...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th October 2012, 07:09 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st October 2012, 01:19 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2012, 01:47 PM
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If British, could be the 1846 pattern .....this...
If British, could be the 1846 pattern .....this had long langets which could have been 'cut down'. I cannot source a picture (close-up) of the 1846 'head' to confirm the shape/size etc. Later British...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2012, 01:26 PM
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Hi Colin,
I would say that this is a...
Hi Colin,
I would say that this is a lance head.
Lancers were used in many campaigns in Africa and were still used during WW1 by European Armies.
The European pike was...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st August 2012, 11:31 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd August 2012, 01:02 AM
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As Colin has posted, with the addition of a...
As Colin has posted, with the addition of a number of Masai groups. Many modern spears are made by a group of blacksmiths that supply both the Samburu and the Masai, therefore the only attribution...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th August 2012, 02:54 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th July 2012, 10:26 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th July 2012, 01:15 PM
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Indeed an interesting subject..... skeletons of...
Indeed an interesting subject..... skeletons of ancient archers are easily identified due to the 'abnormal' and unequal development of the bones of the left arm (if right handed). Demonstrating the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th July 2012, 12:27 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th July 2012, 12:56 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th July 2012, 02:25 AM
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I've read references that state that Zulu...
I've read references that state that Zulu spearheads are forged with a shoulder at the base of the 'head' . Such as Thinreadline's example. Many 'provenanced' spears I have seen support this...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th July 2012, 07:22 PM
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Replies: 25
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Hi Aris,
very informative, thank...
Hi Aris,
very informative, thank you.
typically the troubles in the Sudan are rarely reported in the UK or, I suspect, the US ..... why ? Sudan's lack of oil perhaps :(
All the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2012, 12:26 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
20th June 2012, 10:33 PM
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