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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 11th December 2023, 04:28 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
PAINTED WEAPONS

In current research and concerning early films, in particular the black & white of course, the actors were typically heavily made up so their expressions were visible to accentuate the drama in...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 11th April 2023, 08:59 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you so much for this entry Ken! How...

Thank you so much for this entry Ken! How exciting to see this outcome, which is a perfect illustration of the existence of actual weaponry which became clouded by presence among weaponry used by...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 12th March 2023, 10:27 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
[QUOTE=Ian;280106]Jim, I'm just getting to...

[QUOTE=Ian;280106]Jim,

I'm just getting to your fascinating thread on theatrical weapons. You mentioned people going through old movie companies' prop collections and culling weapons. In eBay's...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 13th February 2023, 07:22 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
That is really helpful!! Thats the first...

That is really helpful!! Thats the first definitive maker name I have seen.
Thank you so much!
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 11th February 2023, 02:25 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Thanks Wayne, that anecdote was recounted by...

Thanks Wayne, that anecdote was recounted by Halliburton in "Seven League Boots". The thing was that these Khevsur warriors were still wearing mail and dueling with these swords when Halliburton was...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 11th February 2023, 06:07 AM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Werecow that is great! "High Road to China" was...

Werecow that is great! "High Road to China" was another favorite movie!
Good catch noticing those Khyber knives. That movie was based on a novel by the same name, by Australian writer Jon Cleary....
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 7th February 2023, 06:55 PM
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Views: 18,461
Posted By Jim McDougall
This is an absolutely outstanding description of...

This is an absolutely outstanding description of exactly the circumstances I was looking for! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Brilliant!

We often wonder how when so many weapons obviously were produced, many...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 16th January 2023, 08:23 PM
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Views: 18,461
Posted By Jim McDougall
Fernando, this is absolutely BRILLIANT research!...

Fernando, this is absolutely BRILLIANT research! Thank you! This is exactly the kind of material I was hoping for.

It appears that if this company, Western Costume Company, which is I believe...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 16th January 2023, 07:08 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
This is great Dima! I have always been intrigued...

This is great Dima! I have always been intrigued by those M1898 Mauser pistols (in the guys belt), a most curious form gun. I recall in lore that it was said these, which were made in good number in...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 16th January 2023, 06:42 AM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you Dima! This is fascinating insight, and...

Thank you Dima! This is fascinating insight, and it is amazing how these important weapons ended up in such unusual circumstances. One never knows what treasures are residing in places nobody would...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 16th January 2023, 01:31 AM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
More references

In references online regarding "The Mark of Zorro" (1920) with Douglas Fairbanks, in the scenes it appears the swords being used are fencing sabers of the period, which it seems it was indicated...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 16th January 2023, 12:32 AM
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Views: 18,461
Posted By Jim McDougall
Yes, you're right, that oddly recurved example is...

Yes, you're right, that oddly recurved example is one of those transcaucasian 'yataghans', as seen in that Zichy reference. I'm glad I could help with note of the reference. I only had the...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 14th January 2023, 04:44 PM
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Views: 18,461
Posted By Jim McDougall
Rick, I missed your post! Bannerman's, the most...

Rick, I missed your post! Bannerman's, the most intriguing surplus 'kingdom' (they had a castle on an island in the Hudson River) of all time!
I had thought of them with regard to movie and...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 14th January 2023, 04:33 PM
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Views: 18,461
Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you so much!! This is wonderful, fantastic...

Thank you so much!! This is wonderful, fantastic and brilliant! I had no idea of this Russian version of 'Sherlock Holmes', and the panoply of weapons on the wall there is outstanding. I see the...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 14th January 2023, 04:05 AM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you Fernando. It would seem that the idea...

Thank you Fernando. It would seem that the idea the idea Valentino might have placed these weapons on display as props to augment masculinity was most definitely misplaced. In various sources, I...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 13th January 2023, 07:44 PM
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Views: 18,461
Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you so much Fernando for these notes and...

Thank you so much Fernando for these notes and links. Actually I am still searching for more detail on movie props in the early studios, and there is a frightening dearth of attention to any weaponry...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 9th January 2023, 06:42 PM
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Views: 18,461
Posted By Jim McDougall
Wonderful analogies Norman!!! and I have honestly...

Wonderful analogies Norman!!! and I have honestly gotten eye strain from trying to spot the weapons hung on Holmes' walls in various versions from film and TV.
Absolutely very British colonial...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 9th January 2023, 03:04 PM
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Views: 18,461
Posted By Jim McDougall
Wow Ken! THAT is exactly what I'm talking about!...

Wow Ken! THAT is exactly what I'm talking about! and that is even beyond astonishing to have found such a treasure in this situation. Thank you so much for entering this here, and for the very kind...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 5th January 2023, 08:44 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 18,461
Posted By Jim McDougall
Use of Actual Vintage Arms as Props in Early Films

While we are aware that in the fledgling movie industry from the teens into 20s and 30s, the sword fighting with swashbuckling heroes was typically done with either period fencing weapons, or rebated...
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