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Forum: European Armoury
22nd June 2020, 05:47 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,500
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pbleed
Indeed this is a worthy thread, but....
If this...Indeed this is a worthy thread, but.... If this "guard" was found in East Asia, it would be classified as a a "Namban tsuba" of some kind. Peter |
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Forum: Swap Forum
17th June 2020, 09:49 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 2,585
Posted By
pbleed
"Keris and Other Malay Weapons"I have - and do not need - a copy of G. B. Gardner's 1936 volume. I'd love to swap it would something interesting. Gun parts, VOC stuff, Namban gear. Anybody interested? Peter |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th February 2020, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 4,627
Posted By
pbleed
I've come across blades with scabbards like this...I've come across blades with scabbards like this but never known how they were worn. Can you clarify that? Peter |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th January 2020, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,781
Posted By
pbleed
I so rarely have anything to contribute to this...I so rarely have anything to contribute to this forum that it took me a while to add to this discussion. And in that delay, I think the issue of this blade has largely been solved. It is ABSOLUTELY a... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th June 2017, 01:50 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,898
Posted By
pbleed
This looks to me like the signature of the man...This looks to me like the signature of the man who carved the fittings. It is probably in NO WAY a reference to whoever made the blade. If I had to - I'd read this signature a either "Hoichi" or... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th June 2017, 02:02 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,898
Posted By
pbleed
While hunting Ainu cutlery I have seen a couple...While hunting Ainu cutlery I have seen a couple of these short sword that have carved koshirae that seems to reference Ainu motif. They feature something like "fish scale" designs. they are carved on... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th June 2017, 12:43 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,856
Posted By
pbleed
Yep, a Chinese "fake." The best...Yep, a Chinese "fake." The best possible construction is that it a post-War weapon made for the Peoples' Army - they did use IJA weapons as proto-types. It looks rather solidly made, but the Japanese... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th May 2017, 04:30 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,196
Posted By
pbleed
This absolutely is a Japanese drill. These big...This absolutely is a Japanese drill. These big ones were often operated with a bow or a rope. Peter Bleed |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th March 2017, 10:54 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,786
Posted By
pbleed
Dr. Stein is correct. this is a Japanese gunto...Dr. Stein is correct. this is a Japanese gunto made in August 1943 by a cutlerer named Kanenori. He was a an established producer of military swords. This sword is a wirthy example of wartime... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
2nd January 2017, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,762
Posted By
pbleed
This sure looks like a straightening/truing tool....This sure looks like a straightening/truing tool. I could easily see it as an armorer's tool. Peter |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th March 2013, 11:55 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,611
Posted By
pbleed
"Fake" japanese swordsFriends, A couple of weeks back, I got my knuckles rapped for being short in my assessment of a blade that seemed to have a "Japanese" inscription. It was so obviously NOT authentic that I thought... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th March 2013, 10:20 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,633
Posted By
pbleed
One of the high points of my life was a trip up...One of the high points of my life was a trip up to NE Tibet, to the Town called Xaihe, where the great Ladrang temple is located in the early 1990's This has long been a contact point between... |
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Forum: European Armoury
5th March 2013, 03:33 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,970
Posted By
pbleed
If this were mine, I would call it "a helm...If this were mine, I would call it "a helm of a miniature!" Peter |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th March 2013, 03:26 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 5,306
Posted By
pbleed
Very interesting. It certainly could be a...Very interesting. It certainly could be a "one off", but I agree with Trench that it has a Spanish colonial look. I'd like close ups of the scabbard fittings. Peter |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th March 2013, 01:50 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,122
Posted By
pbleed
This has been a very useful thread. Thanks. I...This has been a very useful thread. Thanks. I have been tempted by these helmets - which seem to have burst rather suddenly on the market. The collectors' community needs this kind of candid... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2013, 02:15 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 9,371
Posted By
pbleed
Friends,
This is an interesting gun. I recommend...Friends, This is an interesting gun. I recommend taking at look at the matchlocks shown in Stone's glossary. I suggest that it is "south" Chinese or Indo-chinese. A neat piece. Peter |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd February 2013, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,724
Posted By
pbleed
Fake Chinese bladeFriends, I have a low tolerance for Chinese fakes. I fail to see how anybody could confuse this stuff with traditional cutlery. Unfortunately, the last time I let this bias manifest itself I was... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th February 2013, 01:22 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,274
Posted By
pbleed
Well, gee.
I tried in concrete terms to explain...Well, gee. I tried in concrete terms to explain what IJN daggers are really worth. There are lots of books and websites that offer this information on these blades. I did not mention the fact that... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th February 2013, 12:21 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,274
Posted By
pbleed
There are two blades here.
The Navy Dagger is...There are two blades here. The Navy Dagger is absolutely a piece of WWII era Japanese militaria. The other blade is absolutely Modern Chinese production. Your father wasted his money. It will be... |
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Forum: European Armoury
19th May 2011, 01:50 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 14,158
Posted By
pbleed
posters on the Bourke armorDear Friends, The press of other chores has kept me from responding to the addtions to this thread. I do thank you all. Please let me also call your attention to a pair of posters on the scale... |
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Forum: European Armoury
20th March 2011, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,878
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pbleed
another attemptFriends, Forgive me for mismanageing this. I see the image when I open the message on the forum, but let's try again. I am eager to get your reactions and insights. Peter |
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Forum: European Armoury
19th March 2011, 03:48 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,878
Posted By
pbleed
helmet with the scale armorFriends. Found together with the scale armor I described to the forum last week was an iron helmet. Please let me show that to the list and request your help. It appears much like a billed... |
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Forum: European Armoury
16th March 2011, 02:34 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 14,158
Posted By
pbleed
responses to Cole's questionsDear Friends, cole and I had a couple of off line exchanges. Perhaps some on the forum will find them of interest Thanks very much your message. I appreciate that Alan Senenfelder was kind enough to... |
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Forum: European Armoury
9th March 2011, 01:57 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 14,158
Posted By
pbleed
the nutTo breathe life into this discussion, please allow me to attach an image of the brass nut on this inside of the scale armor. I am not sure how old it may be, but I doubt that it is Roman. Peter |
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Forum: European Armoury
4th March 2011, 02:56 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 14,158
Posted By
pbleed
provenanceDear Mr. Senefelder, Thanks for yu comments. This armor was the property of a frontier Army staff office, John Gregory Bourke. He had got it in about 1870 in Arizona, but it came with a story of... |
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