Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th December 2006, 02:46 PM
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Replies: 10
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Converting spears to swords
Somewhere I read that warriors were not allowed to carry their spears into European settled cities in Africa, so they cut off the shafts and carried them as swords or knives instead. Many of those I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd December 2006, 10:36 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 6,969
Pick a narrowly focused topic to keep it simple
One way to tackle this might be to pick one subject on which there is little published or easily accessible information that the forumites find particularly interesting and doing a single overview...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st December 2006, 03:47 AM
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Replies: 14
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Buzzkill?
Wow, did I kill off this thread somehow :rolleyes: :rolleyes: , seems like some good ideas going.
John
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st December 2006, 03:34 AM
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Replies: 239
Views: 131,975
Wootz sandwich anyone?
RSWORD,
I also have a (tulwar) blade that looks like it is made from two pieces of wootz with a non-wootz core. The wootz pattern stops as the blade gets thinner towards the sharp edge. It also...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th November 2006, 03:44 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 6,969
Preserving forum knowledge...
I like the idea of a rating system. Maybe we could start a list of what each person thinks are the best books for each region and people can add their ratings to them, like 1-10.
I also like the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th November 2006, 02:48 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 7,955
T shaped spines?
Very nice tulwars.
Does the t-shaped spine on the first one contribute anything to its provenance?
Does anyone know the origins of such a reinforcement?
John
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th November 2006, 05:14 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 30,624
I am 43.
I made a dozen swords from scrap...
I am 43.
I made a dozen swords from scrap metal around age 12.
I bought my first antique sword at age 30.
I bought my second at age 35.
I bought 20 more in the last 12 months...so I guess...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th October 2006, 02:47 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,771
Flavio,
Beautiful firangi. That is some...
Flavio,
Beautiful firangi. That is some interesting decoration on the hilt. There is something fascinating about old European blades being used on an Indian or Persian sword.
Were these...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd September 2006, 10:23 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 8,041
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2006, 12:11 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 6,564
Etching?
I am a new collector, can you describe the solution and procedure for etching a sword? I think I read that Keris are cleaned and etched using an arsenic/citric acid solution? I also realize that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th August 2006, 03:34 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 26,201
Double D,
That is a beautiful piece for...
Double D,
That is a beautiful piece for sure. The way that the head is attached
to the shaft does not look like it would hold up under repeated blows in
use. It looks like the head of the axe...
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Forum: Swap Forum
13th August 2006, 03:45 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,454
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd August 2006, 01:31 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 12,173
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