Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th January 2021, 12:42 AM
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Ha! My eyes are evidently worse than my camera!...
Ha! My eyes are evidently worse than my camera! Shawn and Rick, you are correct. Those are thin, flat strips of copper. When I realized this last night, I was wondering if this copper would ever be...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th January 2021, 02:55 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th January 2021, 02:49 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th January 2021, 02:11 AM
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Brilliant work, Sajen!
Two comments, though: ...
Brilliant work, Sajen!
Two comments, though:
- there is no wire wrap (not that it matters as I agree it appears to match the African type you found)
- I can't find other examples of "alala" when I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th January 2021, 06:51 PM
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Replies: 12
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Sickle for comment - tool or weapon?
Hello all -
I wanted to offer for comment the below sickle and read your opinions of this being solely for agricultural use or, was it intended to serve as a weapon. Of course, I fully...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
7th January 2021, 08:35 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 15,603
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
6th January 2021, 08:38 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 15,603
I certainly intend to clean it. It has a good...
I certainly intend to clean it. It has a good personality I'd like to reveal under all the gunk and rust!
As for the wrongo - is the one in the link Sajen provided a Jogia Wrongko? Are there...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
6th January 2021, 08:34 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 15,603
Thank you to everyone for the feedback so far....
Thank you to everyone for the feedback so far. I'm attaching a few more pictures below. Forgive me, as my camera is well below standard, but hopefully these show some of the requested detail.
I...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th January 2021, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 15,603
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th January 2021, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 15,603
Kebo Giri? Kebokantong?
Hi all, and Happy New Year!
I am definitively out of my depth here. I saw this item on ebay, and knew I hadn't seen this form before. So, I bid on it, and got very lucky. I did a lot of digging...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st January 2021, 01:51 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 24,799
Thank you for all the additional thoughts and...
Thank you for all the additional thoughts and comments.
Yes, the term 'court sword' ( épée de cour) is appropriately applied to this item. As for this being munitions-grade, I am inclined to...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st January 2021, 12:27 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
26th December 2020, 02:42 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 24,799
For what it is worth, weighing a mere 1.25 lbs,...
For what it is worth, weighing a mere 1.25 lbs, and being well balanced, this example handles quite well, with a quick and nimble point. I'm not sure the extra cost incurred to hollow the flats would...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th December 2020, 02:33 AM
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Replies: 11
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Thanks for sharing, Mark. I like the simple,...
Thanks for sharing, Mark. I like the simple, no-nonsense look of this one. A good holiday present for you. I can sense your pulse quickening as you typed the description as these evoke thoughts of...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd December 2020, 08:04 PM
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Replies: 20
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd December 2020, 09:30 PM
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Cut-steel smallsword (not mourning)
Well, I had to wait until the afternoon to post my most recent acquisition because I am fairly sure this is not a 'mourning' sword. That said, if this had been blackened, it would surly qualify. I...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th December 2020, 02:06 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd December 2020, 02:03 AM
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For what it is worth, the blade on my cup hilt...
For what it is worth, the blade on my cup hilt arming sword is of similar profile and is also light and flexible. I posted it recently here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=26389
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th November 2020, 01:52 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
4th November 2020, 02:38 AM
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Replies: 68
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St. Bart was martyred by being flayed alive. He...
St. Bart was martyred by being flayed alive. He is often depicted holding a skinning or flensing knife and also wrapped in his own skin. The texture of the 'garment' may well indicate some type of...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd November 2020, 03:15 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 69,055
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd November 2020, 03:13 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 69,055
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd November 2020, 03:12 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 69,055
"St. Simon", 1523
The instrument in his hand is...
"St. Simon", 1523
The instrument in his hand is a saw, rather than a weapon. Still, I included here because the hilt looks like something that, if we saw on a weapon, we might speculate, "could that...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd November 2020, 03:09 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 69,055
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd November 2020, 03:07 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 69,055
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