Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th May 2012, 01:07 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th May 2012, 11:33 PM
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The angle of dangle
With numerous blade shapes, profiles, curvatures, types of steel and the differing forged constructions of weapons we see......are there common blade edge angles ....do they vary even with weapons...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2012, 01:54 AM
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Salaams Ibrahiim,
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Salaams Ibrahiim,
I too cannot find a definative reference to scissor daggers being a genuine weapon. I do find that references refer mainly to Ottoman or Persian...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th April 2012, 03:21 PM
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Hi Colin and Stan,
thanks for your input ...
Hi Colin and Stan,
thanks for your input :)
I appreciate that 'any' scissors could be used as a weapon, and know that in several murder cases .......scissors were the weapon...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th April 2012, 12:51 AM
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Scissor Dagger ??
Hi,
was watching an antiques programme on UK TV and this item appeared described as a unusual pair of scissors possibly of Damascus origin.
To me it looks like a 'concealed dagger' when...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
21st April 2012, 02:15 AM
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Hi Henri,
thats a very nice...
Hi Henri,
thats a very nice example :) , are the fittings silver ? Mine only has a brass collar (broken) as shown in the original pictures in my first post.
Can you have a...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
21st April 2012, 02:09 AM
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Replies: 16
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Hi Detlef,
that's great, thank...
Hi Detlef,
that's great, thank you. :)
Does the type of wood, Kemuning have any significance or spiritual 'power' ? What does the design of the Sumartran hilt represent ?
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th April 2012, 11:20 PM
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Hi Colin,
thanks for your...
Hi Colin,
thanks for your informative post :) . Nearly every knobkerrie, spear and axe with the same wirework seems to be labelled 'Zulu' ....making ID'ing this difficult.
Shaka...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th April 2012, 05:25 PM
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Replies: 16
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Hi Detlef,
thank you for the...
Hi Detlef,
thank you for the quick reply :) Nice handle, it seems to be made from a similar 'striped' wood, do you know what it is called ? Can I assume that this Keris is not a...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th April 2012, 04:53 PM
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Replies: 16
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Sumantran Keris ??
Hi,
I don't often post on this forum, but just acquired this Keris. Heavily rusted, pictures show blade after a 'good' initial clean. Is the parmor a recognised type ?
Please, any ideas...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th April 2012, 04:41 PM
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Thanks Nathaniel :) ,
just to show...
Thanks Nathaniel :) ,
just to show the craftsmanship and skill of the wire work ....a magnified picture , top scale of rule inches, lower...cms . The wire is around 0.2 mm diameter.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th April 2012, 01:30 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th April 2012, 05:12 PM
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Zulu wire wrapped Knobkerrie
Recently acquired this knobkerrie, some losses to the wire-work ....you can see on the head 'spiral' colouration, presumedly two differing metal wires were used (iron and copper ??) . Facinating how...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th March 2012, 09:37 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st March 2012, 07:33 PM
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Salaams Ibrahiim,
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Salaams Ibrahiim,
very interesting, several thoughts .....any idea why sharpening the blade honours the ancestors, after all the dance sword is symbolic of a weapon...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st March 2012, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 47
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Hi Iain,
thanks for the input, I...
Hi Iain,
thanks for the input, I was thinking of a 'supply' in modern times, say the last 2 or 3 decades .... it was just a thought, as the blade on this Saif seems an anomaly ie not...
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Forum: European Armoury
21st March 2012, 02:56 PM
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Replies: 74
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st March 2012, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 33,180
Salaams Ibrahim,
I...
Salaams Ibrahim,
I have looked at the blade of this saif to determine functional or not. The blade is comparable to the Takouba both in length and the spatulate tip. I...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th March 2012, 09:12 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th March 2012, 01:13 AM
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Hi Josh :) ,
IMHO not a throwing...
Hi Josh :) ,
IMHO not a throwing weapon, as you said all edges are sharp, not conducive to be held and thrown by hand, a large sling shot would be cut to pieces in a very short time...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th March 2012, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 47
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Hi A.alnakkas,
thanks, I'm...
Hi A.alnakkas,
thanks, I'm quite pleased with it ....much better quality than I thought it would be (only had pictures before)
Salaams Ibrahiim,
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th March 2012, 03:48 PM
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Recently made Omani Kattara / Saif
Just recently acquired this recently made Kattara/Saif. Silver alloy fittings, the blade seems to be the typical type fitted to takouba especially with the spatulate tip. Blade edge sharpened but...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th March 2012, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 74
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Forum: European Armoury
28th February 2012, 03:44 PM
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Hi Jim :) ,
thank you for your...
Hi Jim :) ,
thank you for your observations and info. It is mentioned on various sites including the official Canadian Mounties site that the pennon absorbed blood .....I personally feel...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th February 2012, 09:16 PM
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Replies: 16
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Hi Wouter,
thanks for the...
Hi Wouter,
thanks for the info.....I did consider that the shell was the plastron (lower shell) .....but for one problem. The lower shell on all turtles are either flat or concave...
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