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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() The last one, i think... From Florence, Italy Auguri a tutti! |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Duccio
![]() http://www.museostibbert.it/frontend/index.php a museum in Florence, with many European weapons and armor, but also an interesting collection of weapons and armor from the Middle East, India and... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Duccio
![]() This is a photo of the interior of one of the many cutlery shops in Chania, Crete. On the shelf, on the left, you can see numerous modern Cretan knives, sold as souvenirs: some are very bad (plastic... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Hi Marc, apparently, I have the cousin of your arm knife ....but yours is more beautiful, I admit. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Health to all, of course I have no idea if it could be an object similar to that of drac2K, but I found this one, offered at an auction, defined as "This anthropomorphic Makonde sculpture is the plug... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,805
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![]() Very vague description, auction-style ... "Two horse hoof-form dagger canes Various dates mid to late 19th century Comprising a horn and bamboo dagger cane, the carved horn handle in the form of a... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,805
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![]() Health to all, maybe it has nothing to do with it, but I couldn't help but notice an extraordinary similarity between these dagger canes put up for auction and the sword mentioned in these posts. The... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 1,325
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Duccio
![]() Ciao, it is a dagger of the mbole people (R.D.C.). The blade is made of thin sheet metal; the handle, usually very heavy, is made of copper. In my humble collection I have one exactly identical to... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 46
Views: 8,968
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Duccio
![]() A classic of African knife maps, from the book "Kipinga. Throwing-Blades of Central Africa" by Marc Leopold Felix. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 3,805
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Duccio
![]() Hello, the blade actually has the shape of a bayonet "yataghan type", as was that of the chassepot, but the section of the blade was definitely different. Moreover, there were many bayonet models... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 2,538
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Duccio
![]() In addition to Lew's collection, you can find two other important collections online, where you can see lots of photographs of African swords and knives as well as interesting... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 46
Views: 8,968
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Duccio
![]() Hi, Varnish? I don't think so, the yellow came off too easily, in my opinion it was tobacco smoke tar: in the Belgian houses where many of these knives come from, they smoked a lot, I think. Instead... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Duccio
![]() I tell you what I would do: cleaning the blades with a weak acid (classically white vinegar, a little diluted) and a rough rag (never anything that could cause scratches!) If the blades were very... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 8,968
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Duccio
![]() I completely agree with Pieje, often what is defined as "patina" is nothing more than dust and dirt accumulated in the places where these blades were exposed; I happened to have a large Boa sword... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 6,545
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Duccio
![]() I would like to modestly suggest another possibility: if you want the objects of your collection (at least some) not to be scattered and you like the idea that a wider audience can enjoy them, you... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Duccio
![]() They are blades of the Tuareg people, probably of Niger; the arm dagger (the largest) is called "telek" and is characterized by the typical cross hilt, with inclined arms. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 56
Views: 16,710
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Duccio
![]() Here instead we see an akrafena (Akan people, Ivory Coast) of normal size and a tiny one. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 16,710
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Duccio
![]() Health to all. In the photo below you see three Byongi (parade knives of the Konda people, R.D.C.) of normal size and one of small size (18 cm), and then the mini knife alone. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 6,584
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Duccio
![]() No problem, I'm glad to share the few knowledge I have. I am attaching here some images of Konda swords, from which you can see the classic shape of the handle. The dagger in your possession has a... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,978
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Duccio
![]() Exactement, je crois qu'i s'agit de quelque chose comme ça. (Exactly, I think this is something like that.) |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 3,842
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Duccio
![]() Really nice, the new baby! Nice and infrequent, congratulations! (and a little bit of envy ...) |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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Replies: 29
Views: 8,219
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Duccio
![]() Ok, the object is no longer mysterious: it is a sickle produced in the Indo-Pakistani area; curiously very, very decorated compared to traditional work tools. But the shape of the blade and the... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,978
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Duccio
![]() Thanks, Tim that they were both Africans I knew it, and I also knew that the second object is a recade from Benin. I also imagine that the black knife is Congolese, but the question is: which of the... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,978
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Duccio
![]() Hello everyone, when an online seller of African items offered me this "knife" I found it too funny and decided to buy it for my collection. Now I'm asking my fellow African blade collectors if they... |
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