Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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15th September 2011, 05:14 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th September 2011, 05:59 AM
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Hello Stu,
Yes, you're right. It is very...
Hello Stu,
Yes, you're right. It is very difficult today to have a final decision on the origins of Moroccan or Arab Zanzibari Nimcha. That is why this subject is open and no door can not be...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th September 2011, 06:36 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th September 2011, 06:30 PM
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Salam Ibrahim,
I do agree with you that...
Salam Ibrahim,
I do agree with you that Europe is one track among others. It would be appropriate to leave the Eastern door wide open.
The Arabs were great traders and great travelers. No doubt...
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5th September 2011, 05:36 AM
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1st September 2011, 06:15 PM
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23rd August 2011, 06:14 AM
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23rd August 2011, 06:11 AM
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23rd August 2011, 05:54 AM
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JEZAÏL from SIND
Hello friends
Here for sale this superb percussion jezaïl from Sind - mid-XIX° - complete with its original barrel stick and strap - Nothing moves, everything works .... After cleaning the inside...
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20th August 2011, 06:51 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th August 2011, 06:06 PM
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7th August 2011, 04:48 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th August 2011, 05:02 AM
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Hi Kurt,
difficult to say something on the...
Hi Kurt,
difficult to say something on the blade as details are missing and the image does not help much. The shape could be from 17 to 19°.
Of course, Moroccan Jews also knew the work of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th August 2011, 11:34 AM
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Hi Kurt,
It may be a presentation Nimcha...
Hi Kurt,
It may be a presentation Nimcha even if it misses the full set of quillions (of which the guard). The profile of the handle is the same that the one of a Nimcha.
This type of work on...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th August 2011, 05:53 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th August 2011, 05:50 AM
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Hello Abdullatif,
I understand much better...
Hello Abdullatif,
I understand much better that the word NIMCHA sounds foreign for an Arab.
This word has traveled..... But how and when?
One might think that the Arabs have conveyed it in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th August 2011, 05:15 AM
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Hello,
Here under, a translation of the...
Hello,
Here under, a translation of the French text on the Kijang-Kudi in my study on Keris ( my site Blade http://blade.japet.com/KRISS/K-Arme-IM/Dagues/Kudi/Kudi.htm). It does not claim that's...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2011, 04:53 PM
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Hi friend Jim,
I am glad too to meet you again...
Hi friend Jim,
I am glad too to meet you again on our favourite battlefield....
First, we must admit that all authors dont have the same seriousness. Some are truly pioneers and researchers such...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd August 2011, 06:28 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd August 2011, 06:10 AM
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Hi Abdullatif,
Thanks for your remark.
You...
Hi Abdullatif,
Thanks for your remark.
You are right for the translation of HALF by NSFR in classic Arabic (called so in the Maghreb). Same for the word SWORD that is SAÏF SIF in classic arab.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st August 2011, 05:49 PM
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Hello friends, thanks for your comments.
No...
Hello friends, thanks for your comments.
No barrel being made in Algeria, they were imported.
They could be obtained by the offshore grips, but so much blades were reused or transformed , so much...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st August 2011, 07:40 AM
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Hi guys,
Fernando and Norman are right for...
Hi guys,
Fernando and Norman are right for the datation: 1260 A.H. 1844 A.D.
The qualification of Algerian rifle is also right but too wide.
In fact, we find 2 types of guns in Algeria:
the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st August 2011, 06:41 AM
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Hi guys,
clearly, the Tufenk is the father...
Hi guys,
clearly, the Tufenk is the father of a lot of firearms from Maghrib (Algeria) to Middle East (India, Afghanistan) and Central asia (Uzbekistan, ...).
Norman have a sort of arabic...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st August 2011, 06:21 AM
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Hi guys,
The word nimcha or nimsha suits...
Hi guys,
The word nimcha or nimsha suits perfectly in its size (from Arabic nim = half, thus a short sabre as a cutlas).
But it is not a Moroccan nimcha.
It is a sabre of used offshore on...
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