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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th March 2024, 02:37 PM
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Posted By Lee
Question Atlatl from where?

Another item a friend recently bought at an upstate New York auction. The overall length is 35 inches. Where is this from?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th March 2024, 05:26 PM
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Views: 1,026
Posted By Lee
Smile Closest match yet!

Closest match yet! The blade in the original post above is just under 8 inches in length.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th March 2024, 02:51 PM
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Posted By Lee
Thank you all for your instructive and...

Thank you all for your instructive and educational insights. The blade does seem so entirely utilitarian, so perhaps this carved dress was added to a tool blade for sale to the traveler? I should add...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th March 2024, 05:54 PM
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Views: 1,026
Posted By Lee
Presumed Wedung with Figural Hilt

A friend recently acquired this at a local auction. The blade appears very much to be a simple working version of a wedung that has seen use. I seem to recollect discussion of the same entity as...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th March 2024, 09:06 PM
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Views: 1,191
Posted By Lee
A nice old one!

A nice old one!
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th March 2024, 04:08 PM
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Views: 1,169
Posted By Lee
Exclamation recent service outage

I have moved these posts to their own thread. More to come on the recent service outage in due course.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th March 2024, 04:19 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,169
Posted By Lee
Exclamation You may need to 'refresh' the page in your...

You may need to 'refresh' the page in your browser after calling it up. This is done by clicking the little circle with an arrow to the left of the address in both edge and chrome.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 26th February 2024, 01:12 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 7,316
Posted By Lee
Failsafe

I did some further reading after repeating the internet search and find descriptions (roughly translated from Spanish) that the puntilla toros is a essentially a slaughterhouse implement used in...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 26th February 2024, 01:55 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 7,316
Posted By Lee
Thumbs up puntilla toros

Thank you C4RL, after doing an image search, I think that puntilla toros is a very good suggestion. I happened to be at their owner's place earlier today and took another look. The tips thin out...
Forum: European Armoury 16th February 2024, 01:44 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 5,142
Posted By Lee
Just as the crossguard shows darker (more...

Just as the crossguard shows darker (more radiolucent) areas of less density suggesting old weld or fold lines from the forging process, the pommel also likely has such areas within its mass that...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th February 2024, 02:43 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,034
Posted By Lee
Thumbs up Here is a link to the NMB thread: ...

Here is a link to the NMB thread:
https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/47763-possible-jingasa/

A jingasa was certainly my own first thought when this item was posted.
Forum: European Armoury 7th February 2024, 01:14 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,705
Posted By Lee
Sword from the Vistula River in Włocławek, Poland

Viking Age swords do continue to be found; here is a recent find from river dredging operations in Poland:

Smithsonian Magazine...
Forum: European Armoury 6th February 2024, 03:00 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 5,142
Posted By Lee
Exclamation Not inconsistent with an authentic antique

Indeed it does and the terrain is much more treacherous now than when I started collecting such things 40 years ago this month. I believe it has been more than a decade now since I have indulged.

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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th January 2024, 01:08 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,421
Posted By Lee
Thumbs up A very nice nimcha with respectable age!...

A very nice nimcha with respectable age! Celestial symbols are frequently found on blades made in Europe for export. The crecent moon symbol on this sword is of a form strongly suggesting European...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd January 2024, 01:08 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,298
Posted By Lee
Thumbs up The texture and corrosion pattern of the blade...

The texture and corrosion pattern of the blade are most convincing for authentic antiquity. Gavin is likely correct and I also hold a suspicion that this might be a portion of a longer sword blade...
Forum: European Armoury 1st January 2024, 11:12 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,298
Posted By Lee
Very interesting. Do I see traces of...

Very interesting. Do I see traces of pattern-welding in the blade?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd December 2023, 03:51 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,676
Posted By Lee
I will 'guestimate' that the original poster's...

I will 'guestimate' that the original poster's dagger is from the 1970s. It is an attractive piece of work. When I traveled in the area around 2000, this was already an old style. Our guide cautioned...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th December 2023, 02:04 AM
Replies: 83
Views: 75,997
Posted By Lee
You can still see some of the old UBB threads...

You can still see some of the old UBB threads courtesy of the internet Archive's Wayback Machine.

Enter one of the URLs above on this page at http://wayback.archive.org/ and it will indicate what...
Forum: European Armoury 12th December 2023, 09:57 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,432
Posted By Lee
Thumbs up Gold standard provenance

A very nice sword with the added bonus that you know where it has been for over a hundred years! (I tried for the single-edged Viking sword from Christensen's collection when that group came up a...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 9th December 2023, 01:06 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 7,316
Posted By Lee
My friend advises that they "come to a point but...

My friend advises that they "come to a point but you'll never cut yourself on them." Perhaps they are the opposite of caulking chisels and used to remove old oakum from joints?
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 23rd November 2023, 02:41 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 7,316
Posted By Lee
Clearly tools, but for what purpose?

A friend recently acquired this trio of sharp, pointy things at an upstate New York auction of a large ethnographic collection. I believe that these started out as files and have been modified to...
Forum: European Armoury 16th October 2023, 04:53 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 9,085
Posted By Lee
The second hilt in Triarii's post above brought...

The second hilt in Triarii's post above brought to mind this previously discussed basket hilt sword attributed to be of English origin: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=25974
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 11th October 2023, 07:57 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 10,968
Posted By Lee
Exclamation Antiques trade ethics

The scale of the disparity is surely relevant, 33,871x versus 66x (at asking price), as is the absolute amount of money involved! When a typical collector buys from a dealer, remember that the dealer...
Forum: European Armoury 6th October 2023, 02:01 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 8,677
Posted By Lee
If one one wants to take a deep dive into old...

If one one wants to take a deep dive into old hatchets and tomahawks (and treacherous look-a-likes and fakes thereof) might I recommend https://www.furtradetomahawks.com/.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th September 2023, 09:09 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,919
Posted By Lee
The "white metal" is likely mostly silver, though...

The "white metal" is likely mostly silver, though unlikely up to sterling. A nice, desirable item with some age.
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