Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th May 2009, 09:14 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2009, 10:16 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th April 2009, 09:48 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
26th April 2009, 11:57 PM
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Thanks, Fearn.
I'm finding out that making...
Thanks, Fearn.
I'm finding out that making something look rustic and old is actually fairly difficult- it's just too easy to overdo or under-do it. Also during distressing you have to purposely...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th April 2009, 08:32 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th March 2009, 06:58 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th March 2009, 06:54 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th March 2009, 02:35 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th March 2009, 02:33 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
10th March 2009, 12:18 AM
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The Maillotin Namesake Weapon
I'm reading Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror and just finished an interesting chapter about the 1382 Maillotin Uprising (http://p2.www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/358529/Maillotin-uprising) in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2009, 05:24 PM
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"IOW" is short for "in other words".
Bondo...
"IOW" is short for "in other words".
Bondo is an epoxy putty which repairmen use to fix holes or small dents in the body of an automobile.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bondo_(putty)
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd March 2009, 10:48 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd March 2009, 03:17 PM
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War Shillelagh
The word "shillelagh" makes me think of a knob-handled cane which can double as a fighting stick. Generally something of this size- not very large or thick:
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th February 2009, 06:04 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th February 2009, 11:39 PM
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Lew, that's a nice collection you have.
I'm...
Lew, that's a nice collection you have.
I'm surprised the gaboon ebony ones would be tourist pieces, given its weight and hardness. That wood might be my among my first choices for a good...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th February 2009, 05:38 PM
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Knobkerrie Question
Does anyone know what kind of wood was generally used to make a knobkerrie? Looking at them, I get the impression that many were made of Gaboon Ebony...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd November 2008, 10:05 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd November 2008, 06:58 PM
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Jim,
I have a few books on swords which...
Jim,
I have a few books on swords which mention "Executioner's Swords", used for beheading criminals. All of them look like longswords with rounded tips. That seems to have been the standard...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th October 2008, 06:30 PM
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Klas,
Neat stuff on the chopsticks! I agree...
Klas,
Neat stuff on the chopsticks! I agree that these things were purposely designed as cudgels, to be used in the dangerous opium dens and the neighborhoods around them. I don't think they...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th October 2008, 06:28 PM
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Rick,
I practice pekiti-tirsia kali. ...
Rick,
I practice pekiti-tirsia kali. I could use that pipe in the picutres I posted to do any of these movements, assuming the construction were strong enough.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th October 2008, 01:09 AM
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Chinese Smoking Pipe/Cudgel
I was just watching a Shaw Brothers film the other day in which an old kung fu master uses a rather oversized (three foot?) smoking pipe as a weapon. I think this type of weapon is called a "Tie Yan...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd October 2008, 07:42 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd October 2008, 07:41 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd October 2008, 09:58 PM
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Another Movie Weapon
In "The Matrix Reloaded", during the battle at the Merovingian's chateau, one of the Merovingian's henchmen (the one with sunglasses and a spiral haircut) has a rather large, double edged sword with...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th September 2008, 01:13 PM
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