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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th July 2017, 09:45 AM
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Posted By Timo Nieminen
By "Turkish" here, I mean the Turkish subjects of...

By "Turkish" here, I mean the Turkish subjects of the Ottomans. The European bows I refer to are AFAIK European subjects of the Ottomans. (For Turkic peoples outside Turkey, I'll usually use "Turkic"...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th July 2017, 04:45 AM
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Posted By Timo Nieminen
Anachronistic art. They carry the Manchu/Qing...

Anachronistic art. They carry the Manchu/Qing bow, which spread west along the steppe after the Manchu conquest of Mongolia (which was post-Timurid). Bows derived from the Manchu bow were used as far...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th July 2017, 12:41 AM
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Posted By Timo Nieminen
A bibliography of Asian archery (books only). ...

A bibliography of Asian archery (books only).

Primary sources:

Faris & Elmer, "Arab Archery", noted and linked upthread

Latham, J. D., W. F. Paterson, and Ṭaybughā, "Saracen Archery: An...
Forum: European Armoury 17th June 2017, 12:54 AM
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Views: 12,575
Posted By Timo Nieminen
It isn't Medieval in style, but 18th century...

It isn't Medieval in style, but 18th century style. Much more crudely made than any known-to-be-real ones I've seen.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th June 2017, 01:06 AM
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Posted By Timo Nieminen
Superficially, it looks like a modern...

Superficially, it looks like a modern Chinese-made "ninja sword". Straight, 20"/50cm blade, tang a suitable length for mounting with a 12" tsuka/hilt. The habaki looks very much like those used on...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th June 2017, 12:11 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 8,624
Posted By Timo Nieminen
The loops look like they might have originally...

The loops look like they might have originally carried bells, or at least jingle-jangle rings. I have an Indian fancy spearhead with jingle-jangle rings (alas, I don't have a good photo at the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd June 2017, 12:21 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 10,585
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Agree with the above comments re skin and brass. ...

Agree with the above comments re skin and brass.

As for the blade, I'm not convinced it's old. Neither am I convinced it's new. I haven't looked at enough old fullers like these to say either way....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st June 2017, 12:13 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 7,879
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Nice. How heavy is it? Yes, it looks old....

Nice. How heavy is it?

Yes, it looks old. I'd guess late 19th or early 20th century.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th May 2017, 10:44 PM
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Views: 32,277
Posted By Timo Nieminen
18th century adult male height in southern China...

18th century adult male height in southern China was about 5'4.5", 164cm. This is close to the 18th century English average of 165cm. The modern height difference between north and south is about...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th May 2017, 03:04 AM
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Views: 5,999
Posted By Timo Nieminen
There are ones that are nothing fancy. Maybe a...

There are ones that are nothing fancy. Maybe a bit ugly, or damaged. But held in the hand, their inner beauty shines. Their beauty is kinesthetic and ergonomic. If it's only eye-candy, a photo can...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th May 2017, 09:53 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 14,716
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Is the seme scabbard (and grip) fairly new? Or...

Is the seme scabbard (and grip) fairly new? Or recently re-coloured?

The blade looks old (newer ones are usually made from machete blades and don't look like short fat lion spear blades), and if...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st May 2017, 07:36 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 7,086
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Looks like 2/3 of an East African (Maasai et al.)...

Looks like 2/3 of an East African (Maasai et al.) spear. If the butt of the haft looks like it carried a socketed tail, all that's left to do is to look for the tail.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th April 2017, 07:14 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 8,917
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Just comparing it with my own khukuris and other...

Just comparing it with my own khukuris and other ones I've seen. It's most like the ones from the late 1800s. From the overall appearance, I'd say 1860(?) at the earliest, through to 1920s at the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th April 2017, 04:23 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 8,917
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Looks like a late 19th century Nepalese kukri....

Looks like a late 19th century Nepalese kukri. The decorative carving looks original to the handle. It looks like the handle originally had the common raised ring, but it was removed some time during...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th March 2017, 11:05 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 6,547
Posted By Timo Nieminen
They're certainly not as common. The older...

They're certainly not as common.

The older English-language literature (e.g., Stone, Robinson's "Oriental Armour", etc.) often says that the six-boss style is Persian (but sometimes offers an...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 19th December 2016, 10:32 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 34,935
Posted By Timo Nieminen
We were talking about both. Both the belief and...

We were talking about both. Both the belief and the objective reality that is negotiated between keris and breastplate when they meet. (You were talking about belief, and I was talking about...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 18th December 2016, 09:47 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 34,935
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Why is that a problem? As I said, In...

Why is that a problem? As I said,

In practice, the average breastplate should be able to resist almost all stabs. But that doesn't mean that all breastplates stop all stabs.

It might be worth...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 18th December 2016, 02:22 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 34,935
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Estocs were not designed for stabbing through...

Estocs were not designed for stabbing through steel cuirasses. They're designed to stab in the gaps of a plate armour, and to defeat the armour in the gaps (e.g., mail voiders covering the gaps). The...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 17th December 2016, 10:27 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 34,935
Posted By Timo Nieminen
I would be very impressed by a keris penetrating...

I would be very impressed by a keris penetrating a Dutch breastplate. Not just a keris, but any one-handed stabbing weapon. Not so easy to drive a point through approximately 2mm of iron sheet.
Forum: European Armoury 13th December 2016, 12:41 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 6,906
Posted By Timo Nieminen
I don't think it's been modified much at all -...

I don't think it's been modified much at all - just had the quillons removed. It looks like it would have been the brass-hilted cousin to the attached sword.

Alas, I don't know what this sword...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 28th November 2016, 08:42 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 9,473
Posted By Timo Nieminen
It's a gogatsu-ningyo ("fifth month doll"), a...

It's a gogatsu-ningyo ("fifth month doll"), a Boy's Day armour. Since shortly post-WW2, it's Children's Day, 5th May. Earlier, it was just Boy's Day, and 5/5 on the lunar calendar.

The oldest I've...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th November 2016, 12:02 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 10,747
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Absent the decoration, I'd guess it to be a naval...

Absent the decoration, I'd guess it to be a naval dirk, probably Russian (who used styles like this from the early 19th century (if not earlier) through to the early 20th). Could easily be...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th November 2016, 01:48 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 8,317
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Indian axes of similar size and appearance...

Indian axes of similar size and appearance usually have straight wooden hafts with no metal mounts. I've seen some with remains of painted decoration on the hafts.

About 75-80cm is probably good...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th October 2016, 09:05 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 17,107
Posted By Timo Nieminen
I've seen photos of supposedly Japanese-made Ming...

I've seen photos of supposedly Japanese-made Ming swords with the tangs exposed, and their tangs look like typical Chinese tangs. So either (a) their identification as Japanese was incorrect, or (b)...
Forum: European Armoury 14th October 2016, 12:39 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 18,465
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Two-part molds for multiple shot could also have...

Two-part molds for multiple shot could also have them arranged in a chain. I don't know whether tree or chain was the most common. I've seen replicas of molds for casting single shot, but I haven't...
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