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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st July 2009, 02:00 PM
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Posted By kisak
The katars have always struck me as parrying...

The katars have always struck me as parrying weapons, in much the same vein as European trident main gauches.

Swords with split tips from Islamic regions would seem to be a reference to Zhulfiqar,...
Forum: European Armoury 26th July 2009, 03:19 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 10,569
Posted By kisak
Interesting to see a pipe-back blade with such a...

Interesting to see a pipe-back blade with such a late date.
Forum: European Armoury 23rd July 2009, 01:30 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 46,173
Posted By kisak
Perhaps an idea which came form the same cultural...

Perhaps an idea which came form the same cultural soil as many of the "creative" ideas we still have floating abound concerning old arms an armour? If it was around in the days of Wyatt Earp then...
Forum: European Armoury 22nd July 2009, 12:27 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 8,757
Posted By kisak
A while back I had the chance to search for...

A while back I had the chance to search for material on wootz in a rather large database of scientific papers. Amongst what little I found was one account of Indian steelmaking procedures, describing...
Forum: European Armoury 22nd July 2009, 12:22 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 8,757
Posted By kisak
Materials science seems to be progressing at...

Materials science seems to be progressing at decent rate overall right now. On the other hand, I suspect that there's not much money in making a betetr blade (especially not sword-sized ones)...
Forum: European Armoury 19th July 2009, 03:46 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 10,812
Posted By kisak
It seems to me that many poisons would be rather...

It seems to me that many poisons would be rather slow acting in a fight, ie when compared to stabbing someone through the jugular, especially as it would appear that the amount administered by a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st July 2009, 07:28 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 7,416
Posted By kisak
Question Is this the case of all bladed weapons seen with...

Is this the case of all bladed weapons seen with this kind of jade & MoP grip (thinking of the pesh here, not the newly bought one)? It's a rather distinctive style, and I've seen it quite often, so...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th June 2009, 10:54 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 7,957
Posted By kisak
From what I can recall the salt helps through...

From what I can recall the salt helps through increasing nucleation, no?
Forum: European Armoury 26th June 2009, 08:12 PM
Replies: 107
Views: 122,582
Posted By kisak
To start with a question then, I quite commonly...

To start with a question then, I quite commonly see swords at auctions which are on the whole quite akin to smallswords, both in hilt style and in overall mass (perhaps slightly heavier there, but...
Forum: European Armoury 26th June 2009, 06:08 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,683
Posted By kisak
There's some weights for swords, shields, and...

There's some weights for swords, shields, and armour listed here as well: http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/shield_and_weapon_weights.html
There's some bits there about SCA rule peculiarities,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th June 2009, 05:54 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 7,957
Posted By kisak
Rather neat to see this type of work being...

Rather neat to see this type of work being carried out, even though the final results may not have revealed anything major. I'm not so sure if I really agree on the heat transfer coefficients being...
Forum: European Armoury 15th June 2009, 08:11 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 8,251
Posted By kisak
More of a good, honest blade than a general's...

More of a good, honest blade than a general's jewellery, yes.

As for the others, I can't recall seeing anything matching in style to either labelled as Swedish (SB, Seitz' Svärdet och Värjan, The...
Forum: European Armoury 14th June 2009, 10:10 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 8,251
Posted By kisak
I would date it to 1770-1809, based on the hilt...

I would date it to 1770-1809, based on the hilt type. In 1770 a new saber type was adopted for Swedish naval officers, which seems to have called for a hilt shaped like yours, with the details of...
Forum: European Armoury 26th May 2009, 09:58 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 21,290
Posted By kisak
Hessink had one for sale a while ago:...

Hessink had one for sale a while ago: http://hessink.nl/Webalbum/thor/wapens/1396_frame.htm

There's also one on display in the Army Museum in Stockholm. I'm not sure if I forgot to take a picture...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th May 2009, 02:26 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 6,447
Posted By kisak
To my eyes, it seems you can rather see where the...

To my eyes, it seems you can rather see where the yokote should have been. A shobu zukuri blade would probably have had a more gradual transition into the kissaki area. And neither hada nor hamon...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th May 2009, 03:41 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 6,447
Posted By kisak
My guess is that the polish, or rather lack...

My guess is that the polish, or rather lack thereof, makes it rather difficult to make a proper assessment.

As the yokote is gone, perhaps someone's tried to touch it up a bit? Hopefully any such...
Forum: European Armoury 12th May 2009, 10:14 PM
Replies: 424
Views: 724,609
Posted By kisak
I think I can help a bit with that.

I think I can help a bit with that.
Forum: European Armoury 10th May 2009, 08:29 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 4,387
Posted By kisak
You'll find a few old books on the subject here: ...

You'll find a few old books on the subject here:
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Armor%20--%20History%22...
Forum: European Armoury 8th May 2009, 04:06 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 22,337
Posted By kisak
Question Regarding this bit about heavy war-rapiers and...

Regarding this bit about heavy war-rapiers and light civilian version, how is the distribution between light and heavy? Do we have two somewhat distinct groups, or is is perhaps just a bell-curve...
Forum: European Armoury 6th May 2009, 10:25 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 22,337
Posted By kisak
As far as I can tell, cup-hilts never seem to...

As far as I can tell, cup-hilts never seem to have been common in Sweden (the usual problem fo proving the absence of something popping up here). There's none on display in the permanent collections...
Forum: European Armoury 6th May 2009, 04:37 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 53,183
Posted By kisak
First of all, I'm assuming that the European...

First of all, I'm assuming that the European sword-breaker here is the "saw-like" ones, and not the trident main-gauche. (I have seen the latter described as a sword-breaker before, so it felt best...
Forum: European Armoury 5th May 2009, 06:37 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 29,963
Posted By kisak
According to the sign in the museum, it's a...

According to the sign in the museum, it's a "värja" (sword/rapier) ca 1600, "of a type used by Pappenheim's cavalry in the Thirty Years War".
Forum: European Armoury 5th May 2009, 06:28 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 22,337
Posted By kisak
My opinion (currently at least) is that the...

My opinion (currently at least) is that the rapier was by no means a civilian weapon, but rather simply a weapon, used by military and civilians alike.

While by no means a proper study, some...
Forum: European Armoury 27th April 2009, 07:02 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 6,063
Posted By kisak
Most likely a ceremonial 19th century sword for...

Most likely a ceremonial 19th century sword for some orden (Freemasons for example).
Forum: European Armoury 19th April 2009, 01:26 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 8,658
Posted By kisak
Last one.

Last one.
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