Forum: European Armoury
Today, 10:35 AM
|
Replies: 11
Views: 405
|
Forum: European Armoury
Today, 10:25 AM
|
Replies: 11
Views: 405
I sincerely hope that Mgolab does not feel...
I sincerely hope that Mgolab does not feel attacked but instead takes a calm look at his axe and takes note of my arguments.
I think it makes more sense to tell the truth, it can be disappointing...
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
Today, 09:55 AM
|
Replies: 5
Views: 253
Look also to this thread:...
Look also to this thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=28568&highlight=sewar
It's always the name game, when a sewar like dagger coming from Malaysia it's called there as badik! ...
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
Today, 09:08 AM
|
Replies: 5
Views: 253
Hello Marius,
We had a similar discussion...
Hello Marius,
We had a similar discussion here 2013 before: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16797&highlight=badik
Look special to #38, our senior member Dave Henkel who is very...
|
Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 08:34 PM
|
Replies: 11
Views: 405
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
Yesterday, 06:42 PM
|
Replies: 5
Views: 253
|
Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 01:15 PM
|
Replies: 11
Views: 405
|
Forum: Swap Forum
Yesterday, 11:39 AM
|
Replies: 1
Views: 302
|
Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 11:34 AM
|
Replies: 11
Views: 405
Dear Mgolab,
I don't need to have read books...
Dear Mgolab,
I don't need to have read books to judge what I see in your pictures as it is more than obvious that the piece is welded together. I am a mechanical engineer and did a lot of welding...
|
Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 05:25 AM
|
Replies: 11
Views: 405
|
Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 04:19 AM
|
Replies: 11
Views: 405
|
Forum: European Armoury
6th May 2024, 10:20 PM
|
Replies: 11
Views: 405
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th May 2024, 03:33 PM
|
Replies: 27
Views: 10,188
|
Forum: Swap Forum
5th May 2024, 12:24 PM
|
Replies: 1
Views: 302
Gunong for sale
For sale is this silver mounted good quality antique gunong. Three small silver pearls at the bulbous part of the ferrule are missing.
27 cm inside scabbard, 26 cm without, blade 16,5 cm. Blade is...
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th May 2024, 11:12 AM
|
Replies: 1
Views: 521
Hi WW,
I don't know if we can assign this...
Hi WW,
I don't know if we can assign this contemporary knife to a specific ethnic group.
When the seller stated he had purchased it in Laos I would be happy with the description. ;)
Regards,...
|
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th May 2024, 10:47 PM
|
Replies: 8
Views: 503
|
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th May 2024, 10:08 AM
|
Replies: 22
Views: 4,382
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2024, 10:53 PM
|
Replies: 20
Views: 1,738
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2024, 10:15 PM
|
Replies: 20
Views: 1,287
Hello Alan,
Sadly no! But I think that it's...
Hello Alan,
Sadly no! But I think that it's indeed a stylized makara handle, compare it with a pedang handle from Lombok. Another possible origin. ;)
When I am correct, we only have to look where...
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2024, 08:49 PM
|
Replies: 20
Views: 1,287
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2024, 12:58 PM
|
Replies: 20
Views: 1,738
Dear Rob,
I think that it isn't easy like...
Dear Rob,
I think that it isn't easy like this. I've handled and seen koummyas from good and very good quality made only for tourists/collectors.
I am for my part looking more for the signs of...
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2024, 08:57 PM
|
Replies: 9
Views: 1,111
Hello David,
Also when you, like I know, are...
Hello David,
Also when you, like I know, are afraid to work on blades I would try a mild etch. The blade looks clean enough that the chance is high that it would show a pattern after it.
...
|
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
2nd May 2024, 06:15 PM
|
Replies: 11
Views: 4,285
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2024, 05:28 PM
|
Replies: 20
Views: 1,738
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2024, 04:14 PM
|
Replies: 20
Views: 1,738
|