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Forum: European Armoury 18th December 2012, 06:46 PM
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Posted By LewisB
I guess I'm a fan of each of the movies listed...

I guess I'm a fan of each of the movies listed here. Michael Caine and Omar Sharif make unconvincing Germans, but I really liked "The Last Valley" anyway.

Jerzy Hoffman filmed Seinkowicz' trilogy...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th March 2012, 05:03 AM
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Posted By LewisB
Many thanks, sir.

Many thanks, sir.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th March 2012, 01:56 AM
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Posted By LewisB
David: Lovely yat, sir. Could you comment...

David:

Lovely yat, sir. Could you comment about the tang? Full length, full width? Reduced, a la some of the tulwars I have seen?

I'm sorry to offer such elementary questions, but I'm still...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th March 2012, 01:13 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 8,799
Posted By LewisB
Ariel: Fascinating! I knew a little about...

Ariel:

Fascinating! I knew a little about the Circassian deportations, but only to Turkey (rather, the Ottoman Empire). I suppose my error was to assume that Ottoman Empire=Turkey of today, and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th February 2012, 10:12 PM
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Views: 9,433
Posted By LewisB
Many thanks.

Many thanks.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th February 2012, 04:14 AM
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Views: 9,433
Posted By LewisB
Lovely, lovely pieces. May I ask, how do...

Lovely, lovely pieces.

May I ask, how do they feel in the hand? At first blush, the ears on the 1878 piece "look" like they might be uncomfortable, but that is based on simply looking at them and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th February 2012, 04:10 AM
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Posted By LewisB
I really should have posted that line the smith...

I really should have posted that line the smith used: "Light as a feather, sharp as a razor, flexible as a (grape) vine." As soon as I heard it the first time, it leapt out at me, and the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th February 2012, 02:34 PM
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Views: 8,799
Posted By LewisB
Gentlemen: Here is a link to a version of...

Gentlemen:

Here is a link to a version of this video with English subtitles. The subtitles are not exact, but do a "pretty fair job" of translation.


Circassian shashka...
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