Forum: European Armoury
18th May 2024, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,378
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th May 2024, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,252
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Forum: European Armoury
28th April 2024, 11:07 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,758
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th April 2024, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 7,066
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th April 2024, 11:29 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,965
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th March 2024, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,892
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th March 2024, 12:32 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,892
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Forum: European Armoury
11th March 2024, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 9,212
A very nice item and some interesting and...
A very nice item and some interesting and informative replies. My money was on a lead-cutter til I made my way down the thread... the spring clip clinched it and removed all doubt. Private purchase...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th March 2024, 10:31 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 2,805
New to me, Dutch cavalry sword, Solingen made.
Latest arrival bought via another forum, shabby as all whatever, but at a price I couldn't resist. Sold as a "German made (WK&C) 1876 pattern Dutch cavalry officers sword" which is just what it is....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th February 2024, 07:52 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,464
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd February 2024, 10:52 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,464
Kukri from Birmingham (UK) antique arms fair.
The piece I am possibly the most pleased with from Brum. It's been a while since I last bought a Kukri, and this is a cracker, well forged and finished and in good condition, with just a little...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd February 2024, 11:49 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 18,776
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st February 2024, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,899
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st February 2024, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,192
Mandingo or not.
You can tell I had a good couple of Antique Arms fairs over the last week or so. Another piece rescued from the dealers tables. All leather and fabric grip, the typical brass button finial on the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st February 2024, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,415
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th February 2024, 08:52 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,415
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th February 2024, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,415
Another Machete.
Back from Sunday's Arms and Militaria Fair in Birmingham (UK) with a small haul of collectables, and here is one of them. A Machete, sold to me as Victorian Military issue, but having seen another...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th February 2024, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 10,738
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th February 2024, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,899
A new to me Sabiki or Dharia.
Birmingham Antique Arms Fair yesterday, and a good day out it was. I bought this within the first half hour which is unusual for me, I prefer to buy after a good peruse of the whole market, but I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th February 2024, 05:20 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,942
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th February 2024, 10:20 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,919
Thank you for that information, what would you...
Thank you for that information, what would you suggest for a stain, I would prefer to avoid toxic chemicals for obvious reasons.
Just to say, I really like and appreciate the expertise on this...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th February 2024, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,919
I am in agreement with you there, in fact I saw...
I am in agreement with you there, in fact I saw your blade while digging around for info on mine.
I have little doubt that blade and scabbard match, but I would not be at all surprised if the hilt...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th February 2024, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,365
Inserted edge steel is a well known technique...
Inserted edge steel is a well known technique both in the east and the west. It saves the expensive higher carbon material for where it's needed, and gives the more brittle material support from a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th February 2024, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,919
New bought Pedang for comment and opinions.
Back from the weekends antics and came away from a local collectors fair with this one. I am still a little ambivalent about it, but the price was right and I like the blade, not so sure about the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th February 2024, 11:58 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,212
Looks familiar, and I might have seen it on...
Looks familiar, and I might have seen it on another forum. I had one like this some years ago, a nice wootz shamshir blade, stuck into a poor casting from a Victorian bandsman's sword.
I let it go,...
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