Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th May 2020, 01:45 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2020, 03:37 PM
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I think the textile core of the handle of the...
I think the textile core of the handle of the smaller dagger was originally braided with narrow leather straps, not the "reptilian covering". The dagger seems to be relatively old and I am of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2020, 07:45 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 12,884
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
4th May 2020, 08:16 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 10,128
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
4th May 2020, 08:11 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 10,128
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Forum: European Armoury
28th April 2020, 08:00 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 14,872
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Forum: European Armoury
27th April 2020, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 14,872
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Forum: European Armoury
27th April 2020, 08:26 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th April 2020, 08:19 AM
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Views: 14,872
European saber blade - request for ID
Hello, I am shifting this tread from the "Ethno Chapter", since - maybe it belongs here:
Enclosed please find photos of relatively ordinary saber found in Ethiopia.
Please, does anybody know...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th April 2020, 07:56 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 13,384
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th April 2020, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,609
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th April 2020, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,609
Yes, one broad fuller merges into two narrow...
Yes, one broad fuller merges into two narrow fullers near the tip. (I think, technologically it is not good solution. The blade was already bent in the "transition point" in the past, due to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th April 2020, 01:57 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,609
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th April 2020, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,609
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th April 2020, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 9
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
7th April 2020, 08:05 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 15,583
Last year I bought similar knife on flea market...
Last year I bought similar knife on flea market in Beijing. The seller told me that her grandfather used the same knife for shaving his hair. The blade was the same, the handle was two times longer...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th March 2020, 06:44 PM
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Replies: 17
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th March 2020, 08:46 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 9,812
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th March 2020, 02:36 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 9,812
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2020, 06:50 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 40,579
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2020, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 40,579
Arab (Yemeni) sword from Djibouti
Hello.
I am just posting a few pictures for pleasure (and any comment is warm welcome). The saber was bought in Djibouti, but it is of Yemeni origin for sure. It was used a lot ...,
Length: 88...
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Forum: Swap Forum
17th January 2020, 07:10 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,686
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Forum: Swap Forum
16th January 2020, 06:46 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,686
Looking for Wilfred Thesiger books
I would like to buy the book by Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger "The Danakil Diary: Journeys through Abyssinia", 193034 Hammersmith, 1996, ISBN 0-00-638775-6.
The book contains the diaries he wrote...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th January 2020, 07:00 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 19,235
Thank you.
So it seems, based on what Edster...
Thank you.
So it seems, based on what Edster wrote, that the Japan Sword company delivered some swords to Ethiopia, probably during the Haile Selassie era, since the style of the blade is similar...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th January 2020, 07:05 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 19,235
Sword "made in Japan" in Ethiopia
During Menelik II and Haile Selassie I, (blades of) swords and sabers were delivered to Ethiopia from many, or various at least, countries in Europe (e.g. Germany, France, UK, Italy, ...). It was...
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