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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Thanks for the input. Upon further consultations and research I am going with a date of 1800 give or take a decade. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Jose, Looking at your work it is absolutely amazing. What you are doing I think firmly puts you on the path that Buster Warenski took for his King Tut dagger. Michael |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 10
Views: 396
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![]() Not going to mention the seller as he is on the forum and can chime in if he wants to. If you saw the listing ya'all know who it is anyway. :D I read the description very carefully and looked at the... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Anyway we could develop a list of wootz experts willing to take questions and give opinions on a blade? |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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mross
![]() The first one is kinda claymoreish. You would have better luck at bladeforums.com on the sword forum part. As Ian stated they are all modern, there are a few makers and suppliers out there if any... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Anybody see this little gem go off on ebay? https://www.ebay.com/itm/284130480159 Hopefully one of you all snagged it. Looks like they are still going strong. |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,979
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![]() Full agreement, I have a Lively forge with the hand crank blower. One of the things I have heard others do but have not tried it as I am more of a hobbyist/deletant is using coal etc, to carburize... |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,979
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mross
![]() That is cool. Keep at it. Lots of meteor material available these days and not overly expensive. Love this stuff. |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,979
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mross
![]() Amen brother. I love the gas forges no fuss no muss come up to welding Temp fast and can be held steady. But ol-smokey has it's allures as well, however not having to tend the fire constantly and... |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,979
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mross
![]() Alan, thanks for that. I agree that unless you can see the pattern you cannot tell what the material is unless you do a in depth metallurgical analysis. Much like working wootz the pattern can... |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,979
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mross
![]() That's above my pay grade, have no idea what that means. Could you explain? |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Views: 2,979
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mross
![]() Kai, that makes sense on the luk's. Would explain why they looked a bit off, which was one of the reasons I vacillated on it. I had not thought of a latter modification to a forged blade, good eye.... |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Views: 2,979
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mross
![]() Hey all, found this while looking for Barbie's for my wife in an antique shop. Price was to good to pass on. Although it took me a bit to talk myself into it. It looks pretty worn, does seem to have... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 2,364
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mross
![]() One more photo I was finally able to get the light right on. This is from the khyber with the complete handle that was supposed to be wootz. These images appear on only one side of the blade near... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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mross
![]() Two Khyber's that are in my collection. They look like they could have been made by the same maker. The one with the missing parts is about 1 inch longer than the other. The one with the complete... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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mross
![]() Let us know. The stone does not appear to be of any configuration I have seen. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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mross
![]() That is some nice looking work. Would you know what the steel is that is used? |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 3,274
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mross
![]() Thanks guys. I thought that based on other examples I had looked at but these rivets looked to be gouged out or broken which made me question. Lots of odd stuff on this one. Working on getting the... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 3,274
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![]() These are pictures of the handle from the seller. As you can see one side does not have the top of the rivets. Should it? Are these usually flush with the handle or should both sides be the same? It... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,274
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![]() Thanks. That is my opinion as well. Nothing super special but a user. Double checked it. That's it in the ebay listing. Looks a lot better than those pics. I think I benefited from that. I had... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,274
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mross
![]() Picked this kindjal up from eprey. Always wanted one. Got it at a good price since it was listed as in rough shape. I don't think it was that bad here is the... |
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