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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() hi, interesting looking.. ive never seen one like that with carving paint or hair on the grip in that specific style.. .. as in some of the spice islands you see some with painting and hair.. but... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() i have see one or two examples of parangs and knives being made in the islands in the north of west papua.. biak island specifically..... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() some russian prison made knvies being sold. prices are... fantastic for such things.. but they are many examples.. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() i have read several references that both eskimos and the natives of vanuatu use boomerangs.. ive never seen any example of the eskimo ones in any museums or any pictures.. so if anyone has that... |
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![]() looks like somebody form sumbawa made their version of a mandau.. in indonesia you can find crazy things like this where somebody has reworked parts from another region to make something with local... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() from the limited material available about this topic it appears they have a strong and active local knife and sword culture.. in the photos and videos you can see form there archery shops selling... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() these are from the phillipines.. influenced by daggers form mexico. they were and are made in luzon.. dagupan and around san fernanado (the one in the north.. phillipines seems to like to repeat... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() the covering on the tip is illogical and shows not use.. its not normally on these. and would serve only as another way to get your self killed if your were ever to use it .. i suspect it either is... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() its from china vietname or thailand burma ect those area igorot spears have no socket but only a tang like a japanese spear. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() i becae obcessed with blowguns since i was about 4 years old seeing a documentary of how they were made and used by natives in ecudor on blow guns in south east asia or that . area...... has anyone... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() yeah its from vietnam or china , its for a local type of low powered crossbow with a peg trigger... in china these are still commonly used to hunt and the meo have target competitions with them as... |
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![]() they are all made by the same tool a fullering plane. just on the indian one looks like its be polished to a more rounded surface once fullered. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() they have a bedog style of golok with a distinct handle shape.. these can be purchased online if you search golok badui or golok baduy they are quite short hand handles quite large.. there handles... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() there is still people alive to this day that can describe steel and iron making that ive met in the phillipines. in the areas where the people were under the control of the spanish im sure the much... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() hmm thats because its not form sri lanka thats why you didnt seen anything likeit . its probaly from vietnam where many peoples sheaths have varying degrees of curvature in the sheath and many have... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() they have been made since the middle ages in this sort of style .. no they are mostly made for locals.. these areas have few tourists.. id say they are more decorative now for local souvenirs.. the... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() its a mexican knife there is also bigger machete like weapons with this type of blade and handle as well. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() the frnech spanish and portugese recruited people form whait is now indonesia and the phillipines for their activities in indochina.. add that to the fact the taditionally the malayan people from... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() oh ok i stand corrected well we mostly are not testing our antiques that much, but ive never broken an antique blade.. phillipino or otherwise i think they generally much better quality than current... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() i think the original poster was asking about modern made knives. and in generally the muslims in the south have a good deal more martial culture than the rest of the phillipines. for the average... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() hi, yep they look ok , but they are not native mindoro knives they are made by settlers. probably visayans form the lowlands. but the general rule of thumb is the further from modern life you go in... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() it is an example of a Visayans metal plane if you want i can find videos of it being used |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() interesting minatue guns are quite neat. .. ive seen little miniature pistols on the sword belts in the caucasus although all solid metal (silver) and non-functioning. which seemed such an out of... |
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