Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th December 2022, 01:33 AM
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Is the potential provenance to Ail Dinar,...
Is the potential provenance to Ail Dinar, frankly a minor personality on the world arena of the 20th century sufficient to justify the expense of 130,000 GBP?
Am I missing something?
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th December 2022, 07:06 PM
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Replies: 31
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And, BTW, I frown upon the use of the term...
And, BTW, I frown upon the use of the term “Khyber knife” in books and other professional publications.
First, this moniker was given to it by the Brits who did not know of, or did not care...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th December 2022, 06:17 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th December 2022, 03:40 PM
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Exactly true.
The process of defining a...
Exactly true.
The process of defining a weapon is pretty standard and stepwise.
First, we define a type of a weapon in question: shamshir, yataghan, nimcha, kaskara etc. Easy.
Second, we...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th December 2022, 11:25 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th December 2022, 06:49 PM
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I agree with you wholeheartedly.
Daggers and...
I agree with you wholeheartedly.
Daggers and scabbards were usually done by different workshops. Moreover, scabbards were exposed to the destructive forces both from the outside and the inside ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th December 2022, 09:43 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th December 2022, 09:31 PM
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Norman,
This one was peanuts in comparison: an...
Norman,
This one was peanuts in comparison: an 8-fold difference:-)
The description of “your” example states that kaskaras were modeled after the crusaders swords. The problem with that is that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th December 2022, 04:49 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th December 2022, 09:42 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 86,937
On the contrary: this is a very high quality...
On the contrary: this is a very high quality inlay. Usually, the channels are just carved as straight lines. That’s why we often see inlays with lost wire segments.
This one is “zigzag-y” and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th December 2022, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 86,937
A “crack” on the spine is the remainder of the...
A “crack” on the spine is the remainder of the upper junky layer of a wootz ingot. Sometimes it remains empty, but sometimes it is filled with a silver wire. The trick of forging the ingot into the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th December 2022, 05:28 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 86,937
Sorry to hear that your information about the...
Sorry to hear that your information about the history of Central Asia and The Great Game came only from Russian books.
Recommend Peter Hopkirk's "The Great Game", by far the best source. You might...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th December 2022, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 12
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The durbars were even more than just bazaars....
The durbars were even more than just bazaars. Rajas were preparing for them and acquired impressive retinues armed with impressive weapons ( mostly newly made) , wearing impressive garb etc. This...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th December 2022, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 86,937
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th December 2022, 04:43 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th December 2022, 09:35 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th December 2022, 09:33 PM
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Very intriguing idea, I never considered it. My...
Very intriguing idea, I never considered it. My main hesitation is that weapons travel not necessarily in a " two way" fashion. Japanese adopted European side weapons, but AFAIK no European military...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th December 2022, 06:55 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th December 2022, 08:59 AM
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Replies: 31
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th December 2022, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 26
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th December 2022, 12:04 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th December 2022, 11:51 PM
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Practice of "pretty-fying" weapons is...
Practice of "pretty-fying" weapons is well-known. For example, khans and emirs of Central Asia sent presents to the Russian Tsars: just a garden varieties of good, often wootz, daggers from India,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th December 2022, 04:53 AM
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IMHO, it is a typical Afghani Pesh Kabz with...
IMHO, it is a typical Afghani Pesh Kabz with straight blade, popularly known among collectors as Karud. The chamfered edge is a dead giveaway.
The handle was repaired as witnessed by the inserts....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd December 2022, 03:11 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 132,540
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th November 2022, 07:42 PM
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