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Hi Jim,
Lontar is a palm. The lontar palm...
Hi Jim,
Lontar is a palm. The lontar palm leaves are used to write on them, the scribes write or better scribe the text with the needle and rub a plant ash inside.The term I used was "lontar...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 08:42 PM
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Hi Jim,
The knife you showed is also a...
Hi Jim,
The knife you showed is also a lontar scribe's knife. ;)
Attached a pic of my small collection of these knives.
Never believe descriptions auction houses provide!
Regards,
Detlef
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Hi Marius,
Just compare the mouth pieces...
Hi Marius,
Just compare the mouth pieces from the scabbards, the one in question, my example and the ones in the given thread. It's the best evidence. ;)
Also blade shape, handle style, blade...
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Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 10:35 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 10:25 AM
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I sincerely hope that Mgolab does not feel...
I sincerely hope that Mgolab does not feel attacked but instead takes a calm look at his axe and takes note of my arguments.
I think it makes more sense to tell the truth, it can be disappointing...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
Yesterday, 09:55 AM
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Look also to this thread:...
Look also to this thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=28568&highlight=sewar
It's always the name game, when a sewar like dagger coming from Malaysia it's called there as badik! ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
Yesterday, 09:08 AM
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Hello Marius,
We had a similar discussion...
Hello Marius,
We had a similar discussion here 2013 before: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16797&highlight=badik
Look special to #38, our senior member Dave Henkel who is very...
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Forum: European Armoury
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: European Armoury
7th May 2024, 11:34 AM
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Dear Mgolab,
I don't need to have read books...
Dear Mgolab,
I don't need to have read books to judge what I see in your pictures as it is more than obvious that the piece is welded together. I am a mechanical engineer and did a lot of welding...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th May 2024, 05:25 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th May 2024, 03:33 PM
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Gunong for sale
For sale is this silver mounted good quality antique gunong. Three small silver pearls at the bulbous part of the ferrule are missing.
27 cm inside scabbard, 26 cm without, blade 16,5 cm. Blade is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th May 2024, 11:12 AM
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Hi WW,
I don't know if we can assign this...
Hi WW,
I don't know if we can assign this contemporary knife to a specific ethnic group.
When the seller stated he had purchased it in Laos I would be happy with the description. ;)
Regards,...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th May 2024, 10:47 PM
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