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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() " die hoffnung stirbt zuletzt" crude translation "hope is the last to die" iskender |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() happy new year and healthiness to you all !!! :) iskender from roumania :) |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() my personal opinion is that the form of the kukri was introduced by alexander the great and his army invading india , in form of the kopis. best regards iskender |
Forum: European Armoury
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Replies: 27
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![]() hello marcus , 10 minutes beforehand i would have posted the message that the helmet of yours would look normal without standing on the woodblock. greetings iskender ( now in cronstadt visiting the... |
Forum: European Armoury
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![]() nice one- piece skullconstruction ,good hammerwork visible from the inside, i suspect you have just entered the most difficult section of collecting arms and armor! best regards iskender |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() hello spaffo, as a collector of british arms for more than 4o years i can assure you that what was issued regulary has the " broad arrow " stamped in ! best regards iskender |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() hello spaffo, if the lenght of your fantasy-dagger is around 300mm you have a good chance the blade is from a swiss bajonett mod. 18 . just a idea of mine! best regards iskender |
Forum: European Armoury
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![]() hello cerjak , this looks good ! congrats ! a military rifle with the bajonet missing is always somehow frustrating. iskender :) |
Forum: European Armoury
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![]() bonsoir cerjak , the missing bajonet together with a original leadersccabard has a standard price around 150 sfr in switzerland.there are many for sale now because the people who collected "... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Replies: 11
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![]() dear gentlemen ,in my collection i have many rifles of this type ,ranging from the flintlockaera pre 1800 till the late ones made with percussionlocks. the privat guns made for shooting as a hobby at... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 13
Views: 6,295
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![]() the word " trolling" was not meant serious ! ;) it was meant somehow in the direction of the " Pigfish " :) i just ran in a open knife ! i take this with humor ! we call that " Grundlagenirrtum "... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 13
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 13
Views: 6,295
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![]() gentlemen,should i bite on my tongue or burn my fingers ? a few years ago i found a old sword oakeshott typ XI with a horngrip and pommel, blade with black underwaterpatina in a good condition still... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() very beautiful book, a lot of work,i m very grateful, i informed some of my friends, 4 exemplars are now in switzerland ! Congratulate !!! Iskender |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() dear gentlemen, a similar combination wapen was sold on 11 and 12 dezember in luzern. there is a good picture in the auktions-catalogue on page 275 lot.nr 1514. it has a flintlock and is mounted on... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,045
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![]() My pleasure! lucky for us , that the old kings and nobels liked good arms an armor and collected many outstanding pieces (many copies to).Displays like Windsor Castle or the Armeria Real in Madrid... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() in the book Arms of the Paladines, page 67 is a thega with a similar worked blade. Udaipur late 19th. century , made for large parades with great pomp for lokal rulers and british officials.... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Hello Ibrahiim, my far away friend in the desert ,shall whe call them Makaras? greetings from the mountains Iskender |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() arms from the fortress Meherangarh in johdpur built 1459 till 1678 on a 123 meter high rock.the picture with the frontdoors spiked in the hight of a elefanthead show what they are ment for! greetings... |
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Forum: European Armoury
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![]() gentlemen, some pictures from a display of 1600 old weapons out of a collection of 4000 pieces. i had problems with my new camera and messed up most of the pictures, as i found out later in the day.... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() My pleasure ! there is also a decent pairs of souliot pistols to admire on the webside of a well nown high-end dealer in europa! greetings iskender |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() a good pair of french pistols made for the oriental customer ,locks and barrels from st,etienne ,stocks and engravings possibly in marseille in the mid of the 19 century. similar pistols where made... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 1,877
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![]() a pair of silver/gilt Celinas from montenegro. thes items where a gift of the italian community in ragusa/dubronik to a count in italian diplomatic service in 1936 in a box with a engraving stating... |
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