Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2025, 05:45 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 86,976
I Know What a Javanese Wedong Looks Like
Sajen,
I am well aware of the form of the Javanese wedong and have an example. When I said that the knife I presented in this post was “some form of Indonesian wedong”, I meant that I believed...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2025, 05:27 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 86,976
Similar Knife
Hi All,
The hilt/ferrule arrangement looks similar to a knife of mine which I had always thought was some form of Indonesian wedong. The ferrule is silver plated steel. The blade is about 7.625 in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd February 2025, 01:06 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 45,636
Thanks Anyway
AHite,
I have a Philippine sword with a very similar hilt and guard (the blade is completely different though). Because of the hilt and guard similarity, I was wondering if there may have been a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th February 2025, 10:54 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 45,636
Tang Question
AHite,
Very nice sword you have there. Is the tang threaded into a nut or peened over?
Sincerely,
RobT
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th February 2025, 02:35 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 57,115
A Question of Cultural Origin
Hi All,
Frankly, I know nothing about mahout arms and equipment so my contention wasn’t whether or not these knives are mahout’s daggers but rather that they don’t all appear to be from the same...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th February 2025, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 57,115
Clarification Requested
Sajen,
When comparing the OP hilt, ferrule, and ricasso to the examples you have submitted, I see similarity but not sameness. In addition, the OP blade with its slightly upswept tip differs...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th February 2025, 02:22 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 57,115
Not Philippine I Think
Hi All,
I have a good number of Philippine Bowies but nary a one with a fuller so I don’t think that thinreadline’s blade is a repurposed Philippine Bowie. The ricasso is also not something I have...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th January 2025, 12:40 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 44,340
Takouba
Ed,
It is a takouba from North Africa. This type of sword is most famously associated with the Touareg but many other groups carry them. It doesn't look tourist to me. You will soon get a wealth...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th January 2025, 06:56 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 76,975
Restrictions Based on What Evidence?
Chris Evans,
I quickly read through the legal restrictions for France, Italy, and Spain on the link you posted.
It would appear that France has no restrictions on manufacture, sale, and...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th January 2025, 03:27 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 76,975
Detlef,
I don’t know if this type of lock is...
Detlef,
I don’t know if this type of lock is illegal to make, sell, and own in France (or in Spain for that matter) but I would bet that it is illegal to carry unless you are hunting or camping....
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Forum: European Armoury
12th January 2025, 01:26 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 76,975
French I Think
Sajen,
The teat lock, ring pull, lack of a bolster, and the blade shape all argue for France. In France, this style of knife is known as a palm knife because the back spring is said to resemble a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th January 2025, 01:36 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 18,574
Former Bowie?
Ian,
Since we were just discussing “Philippine Bowies”, if you add a guard to your blade and replace it with an appropriate hilt, what would you have? I’d be willing to bet that the blade is 19th...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th December 2024, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 75,291
Looks Like a Philippine Bowie to Me
an,
The slanted guard and drooping blade/hilt arrangement notwithstanding, I would say that the first example in your latest post is a Philippine Bowie. Currently made sub-hilt Bowies sometimes...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th December 2024, 12:18 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 75,291
Two Last Questions
Ian,
If your knife is that early, I think mine is also ... which isn't hard to take.
To Everybody,
I have two last question about the "Philippine Bowie" style. Are they still being made and are...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th December 2024, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 75,291
Very Convincing
Ian,
Actually, not just very convincing, completely convincing if the age estimate is correct. I am posting a knife in my collection that has a nodding similarity to yours but that I had always...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th December 2024, 04:37 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,341
Online Search Results
Amuk Murugul,
I did an online search using the names you supplied.
Parang duku quickly brought up a seller (Chicago Knife Works, myparang.com) who called his modern creation “My Parang Duku Latok...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th December 2024, 12:55 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,341
Parang Latok?
AHite,
I don't know if it is just the photo but the sharp bend down near the hilt makes your parang look like some sort of parang latok variant.
Sincerely,
RobT
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th December 2024, 02:15 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 75,291
Deco Style Typeface
Ian,
I went to the link you provided and found six knives with cross guards. Although it has a cross guard, I don’t think anyone would consider Robert’s example (made by Castro and Son) to be in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th December 2024, 02:09 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 75,291
Missing The Defining Element
Sajen,
As I mentioned in my earlier post, in the US, Bowies can come with or without a clip point (many 19th century British examples have a spear point). Bowies also come with a variety of hilts...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th December 2024, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 75,291
Developed in the Philippines?
Ian,
Your point about the Bowie knife nomenclature being overused in the US is well taken, especially when you consider that exactly what the original Rezin Bowie produced item looked like is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th December 2024, 05:11 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 75,291
An Intriguing Question
Hi Ian,
It is a blind tang. What you are seeing as plate is actually the end of the wood hilt. It looks like a plate because it stands proud of the shallow cut outs for the missing (presumably...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th December 2024, 12:14 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 75,291
Will This Help?
Hi All,
My example is probably newer but perhaps it will help with origin.
Specs: 9.875" Girunting Blade, Dark brown wood hilt with aluminum inlay (pommel inlay missing), Brass ferrule and ”S”...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd November 2024, 12:50 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 38,868
Try a Weak Magnet
adamb,
Based on your photos, I strongly suspect that this is a one piece baca baca. If it were a two piece version, the brass strap looping around the stirrup would be visible on your front view...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd November 2024, 12:22 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 38,868
Baca Baca & Ganja
adamb,
I asked about the baca baca and ganja specifically because the one piece baca baca and tightly fitting ganja are generally regarded as later iterations of kris construction. Certainly later...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th November 2024, 12:12 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 38,868
One Piece Baca Baca?
adamb,
It is a bit hard to tell for sure from your photos but the baca baca appears to be the one piece variety where the part that goes under the hilt wrap is integral with the part that wraps...
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