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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd January 2023, 05:52 PM
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Posted By Pitt1999
I was going through a thread regarding Khevsur...

I was going through a thread regarding Khevsur weapons and found mention of a Khevsur knife that was called an Ursa knife. I would be curious if anyone has an example of one of these.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd January 2023, 04:22 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 14,253
Posted By Pitt1999
Are there older examples of these around? This...

Are there older examples of these around? This example looks quite recent.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st January 2023, 11:25 PM
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Views: 14,253
Posted By Pitt1999
What is the working knife of Georgia/the Caucasus region?

While the thread on my odd kindjal (place of origin yet to be determined) is developing, a question arose in my head. What was the working knife/utility knife/bolo knife equivalent of Georgia or the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st January 2023, 10:08 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 19,409
Posted By Pitt1999
So I received the dagger in the mail a couple of...

So I received the dagger in the mail a couple of days ago. There was nothing else of note with the blade and scabbard other than one of the edges shows light wear from use/sharpening and the wooden...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th December 2022, 01:59 AM
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Views: 19,409
Posted By Pitt1999
Also when I get the piece in my hands I will add...

Also when I get the piece in my hands I will add photos of anything that wasn't shown in the seller's photos.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th December 2022, 12:53 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 19,409
Posted By Pitt1999
Thanks for the interesting information, it didn't...

Thanks for the interesting information, it didn't seem quite like a village quality piece to me. I thought it looked about "middle of the road" in terms of quality, too basic for the prince but too...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th December 2022, 06:02 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 19,409
Posted By Pitt1999
Identification of a dagger

This dagger was sold as a kindjal but I'm not quite sure that is what it is. The overall length is 11 3/8 inches with the blade making up 7 inches of that length. The hilt scales are horn secured to...
Forum: European Armoury 16th December 2022, 01:20 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 12,287
Posted By Pitt1999
That is a problem with collecting Sardinian edged...

That is a problem with collecting Sardinian edged weapons. Sardinian swords (leppa de chintu, abbreviated to LDC for convenience) tend to look pretty distinct if it is a higher quality example, well...
Forum: European Armoury 30th November 2022, 05:51 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 12,287
Posted By Pitt1999
Antique Sardinian knives and daggers

I would like to start this thread by thanking fellow user chregu for putting me in contact with the collector who I purchased these pieces from. What I present you with today is what remained of a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th November 2022, 10:41 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 11,789
Posted By Pitt1999
I did not even consider this region of the world...

I did not even consider this region of the world as a possibility. I'm not familiar with a style of knife from this region that resembles my knife at all, if my knife still had it's sheath I imagine...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th November 2022, 03:07 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 11,789
Posted By Pitt1999
The tang is not peened, if my memory serves me...

The tang is not peened, if my memory serves me there is more decoration on the pommel similar to what is present on the grip.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th November 2022, 05:00 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 11,789
Posted By Pitt1999
No input at all on this knife? I don't recall...

No input at all on this knife? I don't recall seeing something similar to this knife before so I thought this piece would drum up some interest. If anyone has a similar piece please post it here. I...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th November 2022, 06:04 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 11,789
Posted By Pitt1999
Interesting metal hilted knife

I recently obtained this knife in a lot of other less interesting knives. The hilt is some non-ferrous metal, the guard and blade are (obviously) steel. The blade is approximately 6 inches, with the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th October 2022, 08:54 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 4,785
Posted By Pitt1999
Mexican aluminum hilted bowie knives

To my recollection I have not seen these discussed on the forum before. That might be because of well established information that I was not aware of before my observation of this knife type, but I...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th October 2022, 05:25 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,974
Posted By Pitt1999
Yeah, the auction ended right before my short...

Yeah, the auction ended right before my short period of hibernation :) . In all seriousness I just forgot about this auction completely and just remembered it today. I figured I would see if any of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th October 2022, 06:42 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,974
Posted By Pitt1999
Black Sea Yataghan on ebay

Did anyone here get this piece? I was going for it but I fell asleep right before the auction ended.
...
Forum: Swap Forum 31st August 2022, 06:12 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 4,489
Posted By Pitt1999
Still looking for these, I added my email...

Still looking for these, I added my email below...

Email: pittman1999(at)gmail(dot)com
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th August 2022, 03:44 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 12,777
Posted By Pitt1999
I have seen a sword exactly like one of these for...

I have seen a sword exactly like one of these for sale before! I forgot if it was on eBay or not, a combination of not recognizing what it was and a lack of funds contributed to me not jumping on it...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th August 2022, 02:31 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 12,777
Posted By Pitt1999
What is the shortest blade you all have encountered on a shashka?

I'm sure some of my recent threads have revealed my mild fixation on swords with shorter than normal or cut-down blades. I love them but I have a real devil of a time finding them sometimes. A...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th August 2022, 08:31 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,304
Posted By Pitt1999
I was just reminded of a piece that a seller on...

I was just reminded of a piece that a seller on eBay (and member of the forum) showed me from his personal collection, a full length signed blade furnished with a "theater" style handle with...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th August 2022, 06:23 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,304
Posted By Pitt1999
How common are gunto blades repurposed as knives/shortswords/machetes?

On the Nihonto Message Board forum I see in some threads posts mentioning that alot of gunto after the second world war were cut up or shortened and remade into knives or shortswords and sold to the...
Forum: Swap Forum 19th August 2022, 05:41 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 4,489
Posted By Pitt1999
WTB Karakulaks of various sizes

Looking to buy what I consider to be the 3 flavors of Karakulak...

1) sword length, 20in+ blade length

2) medium length, 12in-16in blade length

3) dagger/knife length, 6in-8in blade length
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th August 2022, 05:04 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 3,513
Posted By Pitt1999
Knife that might be related to a Lew Waldman piece

I recently purchased this knife (third image, plain unwrapped handle) and was immediately reminded of two pieces I have seen before. One was a larger knife that sold on eBay back in 2020 and if my...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th July 2022, 09:16 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 11,812
Posted By Pitt1999
The smallest barung I have seen had a 12 inch...

The smallest barung I have seen had a 12 inch blade, but if I remember correctly it looked quite recently made. With small old barung, is it possible that they were made for children. The handles of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th July 2022, 08:00 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 11,812
Posted By Pitt1999
Looking at this old photo of Moro swords

I am assuming that most of the denizens of this forum are familiar with this photo, which if I remember correctly is showing a number of captured Moro swords. When I first saw this photo a few things...
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