Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
13th January 2025, 03:19 PM
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Yesterday I was able to buy my second "Hippe",...
Yesterday I was able to buy my second "Hippe", the seller stated 17th until 18th century what I don't think will be true but it seems very old to my eyes.
Here are a few seller pics. 24,5 cm long,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
21st February 2024, 11:03 AM
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Hello C4RL,
Wow, thank you very much for...
Hello C4RL,
Wow, thank you very much for posting this interesting link which I think isn't against any rules.
And as well for sharing parts of your collection which you have partly very nicely...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
20th February 2024, 10:14 AM
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Hi David,
You still can buy such sickle...
Hi David,
You still can buy such sickle knives new so it's difficult to say how old yours or the other shown examples are but I guess they are minimum from the mid of the last century, maybe much...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
19th February 2024, 10:37 PM
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Hi Akanthus,
You live around 100 km far away...
Hi Akanthus,
You live around 100 km far away from me and it seems that the people call such a sickle knife already different, I know the term "Knipp" but here it is called "Hippe"! :) My...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
19th February 2024, 06:54 PM
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Hello David,
Your short one and the one from...
Hello David,
Your short one and the one from Akanthus could be European or European influenced American. The handle construction makes me think like this. Has the blade an end-to-end tang pened at...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
19th February 2024, 09:54 AM
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Views: 62,526
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
19th February 2024, 09:48 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
18th February 2024, 04:04 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
29th January 2024, 03:03 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
27th January 2024, 01:13 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
28th December 2023, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 62,526
Share your agricultural billhook
I think that when there will be enough interest by our members this could become an interesting thread.
Here is my German "hippe" which seems to have a hard life behind it. ;)
35,5 cm overall,...
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