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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() On your new nimcha, is that patina or enamel in the hilt recesses? |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Yes please post pics of the whole thing before anyone else posts replies. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() The patina suggests to me that the asana-asang is bronze/brass and the ferrule perhaps low silver. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Both are junggayan. One seems to be made of old narra wood with a horn top. The other is also narra wood but the junggayan tail appears to be broken off. Both are nice, and you are right -... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Battara
![]() ..........and I just got a lump of coal......... :rolleyes: |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Battara
![]() I usually don't get into this form of shamshir, but Ariel this is a great example! I love the complete mounts and the extra stones in it. The ring on the hilt is a nice touch. The other mounts... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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Battara
![]() Here is a clearer version of the same weapons dance from my Cherokee heritage (at the beginning of this): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNc5O7mug5E Here is a kampilan dance from one side of my... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,072
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![]() How wonderful GP! I'm so glad it is not a dead art. I have always admired their work, which I find more challenging than modern Russian, etc. filigree, though their filigree is very good. Thank... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Battara
![]() Though it looks like twist core it does also remind me of jelly roll damascus as well. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Battara
![]() I agree, lighter probably means aluminum, which might indicate a later (early 1900s) dating for the hilt. And yes most I see with silver are wrapped and decorated, not cast. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 1,090
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Battara
![]() Merry Ho Ho! Nice toys under that tree! On the parapat I wonder if there was hair originally on the ends, like in some Kutai hilts. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Battara
![]() I agree with you totally on the kris. The bolo blade does look Tagalog to me, so Cavite could make sense since the majority are Tagalog. Shane the cross guard is broken. I also lean towards... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Battara
![]() I would be careful of Tirri - his book has many many inaccuracies through out the book. :rolleyes: |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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Battara
![]() As nice as this is, I think it is a little crude for Chinese. I would lean toward Korean, but not as sure since this is not my area. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 1,246
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Battara
![]() Other thoughts: 1. it could be bad writing 2. could be totally talismanic 3. could it be in Bosnian instead of Turkish but using Arabic script? |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Battara
![]() Thank you folks. Some very good points. Not my area of expertise, so I bow in your presence. :D |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 1,072
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Battara
![]() W :eek: W! Thank you folks! And great questions. Kwiatek: many thanks for the translation. :) Ian: Well I have tried this plaiting technique before and to do what they did here is more than... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Well, the top part of the silver work I used patterned wire, wire I triple twisted myself, and used sheet silver underneath. Regarding the bottom of the filigree section, well, I used sheet silver... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Battara
![]() Finally here is the inscription that needs to be translated. Yes the blade is laminiated. And yes that is a tugra, but of which sultan? |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 1,072
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![]() These are the main sections (circled in yellow) that I made from scratch: |
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