Forum: Swap Forum
1st April 2021, 05:50 PM
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Forum: Swap Forum
29th March 2021, 12:48 AM
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Forum: Swap Forum
29th March 2021, 12:48 AM
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Qama with twistcore center panel blade
Being offered is a Qama with twistcore central panel and laminated edges. Missing one rivet to the handle. Blade has some nicks along the edge and the very tip is squared off. Lots of pictures of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th February 2021, 01:30 AM
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Hi Kwiatek,
Thank you for having a look and...
Hi Kwiatek,
Thank you for having a look and providing some very helpful information. I'll see if I can get a better picture of the stamp and maybe a good close up of the upper half and lower half...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th February 2021, 10:58 PM
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Thank you. No, the picture orientation makes it...
Thank you. No, the picture orientation makes it look like a sossun pattah but that is actually the spine side. You can see on the opposite side, at the forte, a slight Indian ricasso. The blade is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th February 2021, 03:05 PM
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Hi Jim,
Thank you for the comments. I think...
Hi Jim,
Thank you for the comments. I think these stamps can be all of the above. I have examples that have been able to be translated which provided a date. I think some could have been devout...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th February 2021, 03:00 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st January 2021, 04:13 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st January 2021, 04:09 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th November 2020, 06:29 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st October 2020, 01:51 AM
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Hey Philip,
The grip is not quite long...
Hey Philip,
The grip is not quite long enough to accommodate my hand. The protrusions sort of dig into my hand so I agree it most likely has some type of talismanic or sumbolic purpose. The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th October 2020, 11:14 PM
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Hey Jim,
I'm thinking along the same lines...
Hey Jim,
I'm thinking along the same lines as you are. My guess is that the blade is 16th or 17th century European. From what I can see from some of the plate separation is that the blade looks...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th October 2020, 11:11 PM
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Hey Philip,
The blade is 31 3/4". It is 2"...
Hey Philip,
The blade is 31 3/4". It is 2" wide at the shoulders and remains 2" wide at the bottom of the plate down to just pass the fuller. Then it begins to taper down to the tip. The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th October 2020, 01:44 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th October 2020, 01:42 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th October 2020, 04:43 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th October 2020, 04:38 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th October 2020, 04:37 PM
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African Takouba with early(?) European (?) blade
Hello. With some of the recent Takouba threads it got me thinking about a couple in my collection. My gut instinct says this is a pretty early European blade on this Takouba hilt, or at least what...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st September 2020, 08:49 PM
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Replies: 17
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st September 2020, 08:48 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st September 2020, 01:04 PM
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Views: 26,424
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th August 2020, 03:35 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th August 2020, 03:34 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th August 2020, 03:34 AM
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Views: 26,424
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th August 2020, 03:33 AM
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Yes, Jens example also has the Faux European...
Yes, Jens example also has the Faux European markings but I noticed under the langet his example also has a stamped cartouche. Would be interesting to see if they have similar translations.
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