Forum: European Armoury
8th May 2024, 10:37 PM
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well spoken Detlef!
Thank you for showing...
well spoken Detlef!
Thank you for showing these. What exactly is a lontar scribe? I know that scribes using these stylus' were widely spread throughout SE Asia, but am not familiar with the many...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th May 2024, 08:34 PM
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Peter this is the reason the takouba still...
Peter this is the reason the takouba still resonates among these tribes as important as an element of status, social bearing and tribal tradition. So many examples identified by Iain were hilted in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2024, 03:20 PM
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Peter, to say WELL DONE! would be an...
Peter, to say WELL DONE! would be an understatement! Your taking on this once well traveled topic, and despite being outside your areas of study, done far more than due diligence in understanding key...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th May 2024, 03:05 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
7th May 2024, 05:12 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th May 2024, 02:59 PM
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Ed, thank you so much for this translated...
Ed, thank you so much for this translated Lhote!!!! My copy is still in French, and in the heaps of old notes that must be excavated :)
Thank you as well for working on the Briggs article......this...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th May 2024, 11:32 PM
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This is excellent Peter, and a good opportunity...
This is excellent Peter, and a good opportunity to bring together a good discussion on these distinctive Saharan swords! While these of course have been discussed countless times on these pages over...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th May 2024, 04:59 PM
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While very much in accord with what has been...
While very much in accord with what has been said, I'd like to add some notes to this interesting hilt. The open hilt without guard has always seemed to me to be more of a 'court' type weapon, not...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2024, 11:06 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2024, 11:00 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd May 2024, 07:11 PM
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Well noted Keith, now that I see the shells it...
Well noted Keith, now that I see the shells it does look like a Pappenheimer.
Norman speaks to the often practiced 'overpainting', not to mention later 'restorations'. It really does set the mind to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2024, 04:39 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd May 2024, 03:37 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2024, 01:21 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd May 2024, 12:58 PM
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THANK YOU KEITH!!!
We have always shared the...
THANK YOU KEITH!!!
We have always shared the pure lust for discovery in the search for true history in the weapons and related items we have acquired. I always think of the old refrain, ''..if only...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd May 2024, 02:36 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd May 2024, 06:57 PM
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British cutlass early 19th .
During the Napoleonic wars, ending in 1815 with Napoleons defeat at Waterloo, the British Royal Navy had been using the 'figure 8' pattern hilt cutlass of 1804 pattern with a straight blade. With the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2024, 05:47 AM
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Indian tulwars are a tough crowd.......it is...
Indian tulwars are a tough crowd.......it is really difficult to accurately peg them without significant provenance or detailed decoration which might signify region or entity likely associated....
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Forum: European Armoury
1st May 2024, 01:46 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st May 2024, 01:08 AM
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I think as a rule, in accord with the late Nick...
I think as a rule, in accord with the late Nick Norman ("Rapier and Smallsword 1460-1820", 1979) he based his entire work on hilts taken from portraits as in his view portraits of individuals tended...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th April 2024, 10:27 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
30th April 2024, 08:34 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th April 2024, 08:00 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th April 2024, 06:44 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th April 2024, 04:17 PM
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