Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th December 2022, 04:26 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd October 2022, 01:38 AM
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Replies: 6
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Thanks everyone!
Very helpful information and...
Thanks everyone!
Very helpful information and interesting thoughts.
Regarding the missing bit from the pommel - it may be this occurs on many examples of this type of sword simply because the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th October 2022, 03:52 AM
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Replies: 6
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African sickle sword
Hello, good people!
I recently picked up this item. I'm quite certain it is African. The pommel and use of brass tacks is a style I have seen, but I can't place. Nor, can I remember the correct...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th October 2022, 03:26 AM
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Replies: 22
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I knew there was a note in the book regarding...
I knew there was a note in the book regarding prices, but couldn't locate it yesterday. See the attached picture.
In 1967, the conversion was 1:1 (1920 marks to 1967 dollars)
Per this website (...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th October 2022, 04:35 AM
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Replies: 13
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Forum: European Armoury
13th October 2022, 04:31 AM
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Replies: 22
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Forum: European Armoury
13th October 2022, 12:09 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,996
Hi Cathey,
A couple years ago, I created a...
Hi Cathey,
A couple years ago, I created a thread depicting illustrations from the Nuremberg Chonicle. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=26105&highlight=Chronicle
The very first...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st September 2022, 03:06 AM
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Replies: 9
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Thanks so much to everyone for the comments and...
Thanks so much to everyone for the comments and insights. I didn't think this piece would generate such discussion. Colonial Moroccan for tourists wanting an air of the exotic does make sense. Found...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th August 2022, 02:24 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 12,573
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th August 2022, 02:19 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 10,007
GREAT question. I have several recent...
GREAT question. I have several recent acquisitions that came with rusty blades inside of scabbards or sheaths. So, like you, I have rust inside sheath and I'm stumped how to get it out.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th August 2022, 03:37 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 12,573
Chimera sword??
This thing intrigues me. The blade seems South Asian (khanda-like). The brass guard...I feel like I've seen something like it before, but I'm not sure where. North African context, maybe?
The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2022, 09:40 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 19,649
Thanks again for the feedback from the other...
Thanks again for the feedback from the other month.
I have the item in my possession (I have for a while now). The hilt does seem to be rhino, but I have struggled to get a picture that shows the...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd May 2022, 08:32 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
22nd April 2022, 02:18 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 17,332
Thank you Jean, David, and Detlef!
Makes...
Thank you Jean, David, and Detlef!
Makes sense that a wood insert would be necessary if the marrow cavity of the bone was larger than the pesi. Thank you for teaching me this detail as it seems it...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
17th April 2022, 12:12 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 17,332
Thank you, Jean and David,
Below are the...
Thank you, Jean and David,
Below are the additional photos.
Additional details, the hulu is 1.5 ounces in weight
The blade with mendak is 8.5 ounces
In total, the entire assemblage is 16...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th April 2022, 05:57 AM
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Archaic Sgian Dubh??
Good day, fine folks!
I am hoping to get your feedback on the following piece I picked up recently. I initially thought this was a patch knife from the Amercan frontier. But, upon recieving it,...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
15th April 2022, 06:15 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 17,332
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
15th April 2022, 06:13 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 17,332
Missing "gems"
Hello everyone,
It has been a while since I last had something to share with you, but I would appreciate your opinions. I very recently acquired this keris, and I am curious if the holes drilled...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2022, 04:42 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 140,485
At the risk of resurrecting a zombie thread, I...
At the risk of resurrecting a zombie thread, I want to post this new article (https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/king-tuts-meteorite-dagger-unsheathes-193343647.html) about Tutankhamun's dagger....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2022, 01:01 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 19,649
Thank you Saracen and Kai!
This is great...
Thank you Saracen and Kai!
This is great news, and is close to what I had hoped, even if my knowledge is lacking.
I also had a degree of confidence it might be a rhino hilt.
A few...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th February 2022, 01:54 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 27,312
Well...you sent me down a rabbit hole! Reading...
Well...you sent me down a rabbit hole! Reading thru threads on here, it seems the origin of the yao knives was never really agreed upon (despite museum designations). I see the similarities to my...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th February 2022, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 19,649
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th February 2022, 04:30 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 19,649
My first yatagan
I recently acquired my first ever yatagan that seemed to go unnoticed by anyone else. I have never had any first hand experience with these, so any feedback and impressions are welcome.
Some...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th February 2022, 03:44 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 27,312
Thank you all for the brilliant insights. I had...
Thank you all for the brilliant insights. I had never given many thoughts to blades from the Burmese region. I love when a new acquisition leads to discovering something new, and I truly appreciate...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th February 2022, 03:55 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 27,312
Thanks, Detlef!
I was surprised I was able to...
Thanks, Detlef!
I was surprised I was able to win it. You are absolutely right- it has a distinctly 'dha-esque' look to the scabbard, and the rest feels consistent with a Thai/Southeast Asian...
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