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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 12th January 2026, 06:47 PM
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Views: 115,397
Posted By gp
and a song dedicated by me to a badass from Texas...

and a song dedicated by me to a badass from Texas :D

The Ballad of the Last Knife Fighter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QvQY4V_m3E
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 12th January 2026, 06:43 PM
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Views: 115,397
Posted By gp
Tell butcher knife totin' annie..... GEORGE...

Tell butcher knife totin' annie.....

GEORGE THOROGOOD
"Wang Dang Doodle"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1cn2K-8jPE
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th January 2026, 02:14 PM
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Views: 107,414
Posted By gp
[QUOTE=gp;301489] a place where for centuries...

[QUOTE=gp;301489]
a place where for centuries daggers were sold and still are being sold

QUOTE]


some pics of the daggers for sale in Marrakech's Djma el Fna...

although most are...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd January 2026, 12:04 PM
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Views: 104,411
Posted By gp
for those not having seen this excellent movie......

for those not having seen this excellent movie...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGi2AlMhraQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFKJuzrCGj4
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st December 2025, 09:17 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 107,414
Posted By gp
you're welcome uncle Jim! Good to see that the...

you're welcome uncle Jim! Good to see that the worm in the bottle ta'killya left you untouched ! ☺


☺☺☺



Indeed in those days the quality of the skills of the Moroccan weapon masters were...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th December 2025, 06:42 PM
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Views: 8,626
Posted By gp
Islamic Arms and Armor in the metropolitan museum of ar

an excellent book with some most beautiful examples of excellent craftmanship
https://www.metmuseum.org/met-publications/islamic-arms-and-armor-in-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art

hard copy only...
Forum: European Armoury 20th December 2025, 09:39 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 17,423
Posted By gp
noticeed not everybody can open it, hence a copy....

noticeed not everybody can open it, hence a copy.
You can use google translate

In memoriam Djurdjica Petrovic
(7. Mai 1927–12. Januar 2003)

Die deutsche und internationale...
Forum: European Armoury 19th December 2025, 06:40 PM
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Views: 17,423
Posted By gp
by the way...the Bay of Kotor, Boka Kotorska is...

by the way...the Bay of Kotor, Boka Kotorska is only very recent part of Montenegro when talking history; just after WW I it changed hands.... and actually after 1945 to Montenegro
it used to be...
Forum: European Armoury 19th December 2025, 06:32 PM
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Views: 17,423
Posted By gp
withy all due respect I disagree with you on...

withy all due respect I disagree with you on prof. dr. Petrovic:

you might disagree with some of her findings or she might have made the odd mistake but not only did Elgood use her works /...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th December 2025, 05:33 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 107,414
Posted By gp
both comments reminded me of my 2nd trip to...

both comments reminded me of my 2nd trip to Morocco early 1980ies :
driving in a not second but sixth handed Simca from Holland to the Ourika valley, south of Marrakesh....a four day's drive.

On...
Forum: European Armoury 13th December 2025, 02:33 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 17,423
Posted By gp
try this mail address ( it's the secretary of the...

try this mail address ( it's the secretary of the museum) :)

tajnistvo@dumus.hr

or otherwise the museum in Zagreb which has a big collection as well

...
Forum: European Armoury 13th December 2025, 12:17 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 17,423
Posted By gp
maybe best to contact their museum? ...

maybe best to contact their museum?

https://www.muzeu-fa.gov.al/english/

or as in the former Yu some books have been written about Balkan weapons by Đurđica Petrović:
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th December 2025, 11:59 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 107,414
Posted By gp
some more lovely pics from a book by · Baroness...

some more lovely pics from a book by · Baroness Lady Mary Elizabeth Herbert in the 1870ies on Algeria, although she travelled throught the Magreb ( hence also Tunesia and Morocco)
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 8th December 2025, 10:28 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 8,753
Posted By gp
Paktong pipe with knife

Antique Asian Paktong pipe with a peacock and hidden knife from around 1900, handmade filigree and engraved decoration.

Most likely from the Chinese Straits region (Maleisia, Singapore or...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th December 2025, 09:33 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 24,017
Posted By gp
another sold last year in New York USA

another sold last year in New York USA
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th December 2025, 09:24 AM
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Views: 24,017
Posted By gp
here some more pics on the emir. By the way, it...

here some more pics on the emir.
By the way, it was by no means Ottoman but rather Maghreb / North African Arab and at that time part of France , invaded or occupied by France but hardly to none...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th November 2025, 12:13 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 134,776
Posted By gp
in order to keep the literature centralized, I...

in order to keep the literature centralized, I shall add these 2 links here as well with regards to the above post #36 & 37

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=300592&postcount=6
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th November 2025, 12:01 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 25,996
Posted By gp
Weapons of The Islamic World. Swords and Armour. ...

Weapons of The Islamic World. Swords and Armour.
Islamic Arms/ Exhibition Catalogue.
Published by King Faisal Center For Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh, 1991
Language: English

111 pp.,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th November 2025, 11:51 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 25,996
Posted By gp
Islamic arms and armor in the Metropolitan Museum...

Islamic arms and armor in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
by David G. Alexander :
...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 31st October 2025, 01:35 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 78,057
Posted By gp
interesting sites on him and his work: ...

interesting sites on him and his work:

https://www.wikiart.org/en/vasily-vereshchagin/

https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll4/id/47935
...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 31st October 2025, 01:27 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 78,057
Posted By gp
on Italian Jiulio Rosati I was unable to find a...

on Italian Jiulio Rosati I was unable to find a book but a website only, very interesting :

https://www.artnet.com/artists/giulio-rosati/3


and 2 interestjng books on French painter...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th October 2025, 08:39 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 107,414
Posted By gp
you're welcome Jim! legal download of the...

you're welcome Jim!

legal download of the book can be found here;
https://dn790002.ca.archive.org/0/items/histoiredelalg00gali/histoiredelalg00gali.pdf
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th October 2025, 03:11 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 107,414
Posted By gp
and the same battle in a painting

and the same battle in a painting
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th October 2025, 03:09 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 107,414
Posted By gp
some pictures of a battle in 1843 between the...

some pictures of a battle in 1843 between the French and Algerians
Forum: European Armoury 22nd October 2025, 12:31 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 34,394
Posted By gp
a very interesting one, again legal download: ...

a very interesting one, again legal download:

"handbook of weaponry"

from 1890 in German, containing 662 drawings

...
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