Forum: European Armoury
21st March 2012, 06:06 PM
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seems to be a hirschfanger....what do you think?
here is a small sword , seems to be a hirschfanger, but
-there are no hunting scenes depicted,
-there is a nobleman depicted, surrounded by dancing characters (on the ivory grip)
-there is a coat...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th March 2012, 10:11 PM
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Replies: 7
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the upper rifle is a karanfilka (greek...
the upper rifle is a karanfilka (greek kariophili) and the T-stock middle gun seems to be a typical roga from western Balkans, but there is always something to think about this rifles-sometimes the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th March 2012, 06:33 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 7,071
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Forum: European Armoury
10th March 2012, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 30,315
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th March 2012, 06:44 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 20,124
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2012, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 20,124
yataghan fencing
serbian realist painter Paja Jovanovic created some fantastic works about Balkan "wild east"- including this image showing a fencing lesson given to a young boy by his father and grandfather .Note...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th March 2012, 12:50 PM
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Replies: 6
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about Balkan flintlock rifles
Here is a fragment of the work of my colleague Zoran Marcov about Oriental rifles and muskets. The book will be printed this summer.
The portable flintlock firearms’s crafting has been...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th March 2012, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 30,315
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Forum: European Armoury
4th March 2012, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,504
end 18 th -beginning 19 th century...
end 18 th -beginning 19 th century hirschfanger,hunting sword carried by noblemen to prove courage by giving the wounded animal the coup de grace.Sometimes used also as dress sword during meetings...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd March 2012, 01:24 PM
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Replies: 26
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd March 2012, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 10,128
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2012, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2012, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 9,394
kalispera Eftihis,
now you have a point...
kalispera Eftihis,
now you have a point here,and you might be right,maybe a forgotten engraver artist from skodra or elbasan tried to copy the greek style female figure and came up with this ......
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th February 2012, 04:55 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 9,394
Lewis, i can assure you that yataghans with...
Lewis, i can assure you that yataghans with balkan style ears fit great in the hand when using the weapon for his main purpose, slashing and chopping.there is a specific way to hold the grip.Also...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th February 2012, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 3
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th February 2012, 09:16 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 9,394
The short yataghan-style knife is referred as...
The short yataghan-style knife is referred as Marine-yataghan by most Balkan dealers,(maybe because of his size) but also as belosapac bichaq or bicak. personally I believe that they are knives...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th February 2012, 04:29 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,703
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Forum: European Armoury
6th February 2012, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 14,343
Maurice,
No such weapons were ever made in...
Maurice,
No such weapons were ever made in Romania (wallachia or Moldavia) but here in the former austro-hungarian province of Banat we could find a number of this typical boxlock pistols , mainly...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th February 2012, 12:22 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,633
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Forum: European Armoury
31st January 2012, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 14,343
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Forum: European Armoury
29th January 2012, 04:26 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,349
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Forum: European Armoury
28th January 2012, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,633
dommage que ce thread reste sans reponse, je...
dommage que ce thread reste sans reponse, je crois que c"est parce que vraiment personne n'a jamais vu qqchose de semblable, c'est valable pour moi aussi, je m'excuse mais je n'ecris que pour vous...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th January 2012, 09:46 PM
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Replies: 6
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now this is a wonderful preserved shishana...
now this is a wonderful preserved shishana tufek(or "tufenk") made for the ottoman market , (according to Robert Elgood made in Boka Kotorska) , a janissary weapon that surely saw action during the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th January 2012, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,634
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th January 2012, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 2
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