Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 12:47 PM
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Yeah, I would probably go with felddegen or...
Yeah, I would probably go with felddegen or haudegen.
On a side note, the blade on the bottom one does look almost exactly like the blade on the Walloon sword I got recently (except for the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th August 2022, 10:45 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th August 2022, 01:58 AM
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EDIT: Oops, missed that reply by Norman. No...
EDIT: Oops, missed that reply by Norman. No matter, I consider my retrodiction preemptively vindicated. }|<o)
Original post:
I'm not entirely convinced they aren't literally the same...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th August 2022, 02:00 PM
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I bought a Walloon sword of this type recently...
I bought a Walloon sword of this type recently (with a bit of help from ulfberth who helped confirm its authenticity), right after I saw the one at the Lakenhal museum here in Leiden. A bit more...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th August 2022, 01:34 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th August 2022, 10:08 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th August 2022, 02:51 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
5th August 2022, 02:40 AM
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You're not wrong, and that's just plain weird...
You're not wrong, and that's just plain weird looking. Or maybe it's just some style I'm unfamiliar with. I hope it's unsharpened down there or you'd cut your finger off! Maybe a blade attached to a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd August 2022, 12:07 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd August 2022, 08:30 PM
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Actually this one was Sebastian Hernan(d)ez...
Actually this one was Sebastian Hernan(d)ez (although probably not really, of course, just the name on the blade). See the other side attached here for completeness' sake.
And yeah, it was a very...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st August 2022, 11:37 PM
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Views: 940
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th July 2022, 04:00 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th July 2022, 11:59 PM
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There's an old discussion on myarmoury...
There's an old discussion on myarmoury (http://myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.22778.html) about what sounds like the same topic and so may be of interest, but nothing close to pierced blades there...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th July 2022, 05:11 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th July 2022, 11:21 AM
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Views: 1,062
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd July 2022, 03:41 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
17th July 2022, 07:00 AM
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Replies: 60
Views: 8,159
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Forum: European Armoury
16th July 2022, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 8,159
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th July 2022, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,914
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Forum: European Armoury
16th July 2022, 02:25 AM
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Views: 2,682
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Forum: European Armoury
16th July 2022, 01:54 AM
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Replies: 60
Views: 8,159
I saw this on catawiki last week and the...
I saw this on catawiki last week and the combination of the typical cats head pommel and the simple half basket hilt caught my eye. I'm guessing the blade and hilt were a later pairing. Not a...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th July 2022, 02:39 PM
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Views: 2,682
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Forum: European Armoury
14th July 2022, 03:18 AM
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Views: 2,682
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Forum: European Armoury
12th July 2022, 11:35 PM
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Views: 2,682
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd July 2022, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,905
Outside of Mandarin Mansion it seems to be...
Outside of Mandarin Mansion it seems to be surprisingly hard to find good information about Chinese swords. Are there any good, well illustrated English language books about antique Chinese arms out...
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