Forum: European Armoury
22nd September 2025, 09:52 PM
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Replies: 13
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Terrific! Now who else can help?
Dana,
Thanks for including the machine readable format. You sound like an expert in semantic data systems. Surely you must know of an eager grad student who will take the task further? It’s worth...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd September 2025, 09:43 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 37,590
Ethnographic weapon ontology/vocabulary?
Hi,
Resurrecting this thread with high hopes!
I’m super interested in finding a digitized vocabulary (ontology) similar to Dublin Core (http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/) for...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th September 2025, 11:14 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 14,401
Er, yes but there is more
I struggle with this question too. It is actually a much broader dilemma than Ivory. Take a look at the CITES regulations. Yes, there are some holes in it but basically it prohibits ownership,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th September 2025, 10:48 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 20,005
We collect stories
Friends,
This is always an interesting discussion. There are often some new things to be said from a unique point of view. I have been thinking about the topic lately and perhaps you find this...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th September 2025, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 57,124
Still available resource Finish knives
Friends,
I’d like to second Rich S.’s recommendation for this book. As off September 2025, it is still available in paperback. The b/w images are a little hard to see but there is a great deal of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th September 2025, 01:20 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 17,993
P.S. Searching for bichaq info
Hi, sorry I missed participating in the hunt!
For future searches, remember there are lots of different ways to spell the name for a knife as well as different names for the same artifact. Search...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st September 2025, 05:23 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 15,149
ChatGPT strikes again
Thank you! I tried ChatGPT first and that’s where the obscure Chinese information came from. The engraving is off-center like it was stamped with a machine. That’s what first clued me in that it was...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th August 2025, 08:02 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 15,149
Always learning
As the title says. Luckily this was not an expensive lesson.
Dave
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th August 2025, 05:19 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 15,149
What is it, really?
Hello all,
I recently won a sword at auction. It was advertised to be an Indian Tulwar, but I knew that was wrong. I was thinking Persian or elsewhere in the Gulf region. That’s also wrong. So...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th July 2025, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 13,390
Thank you for flysssa info
Excellent info on the flyssa and context. Thank you for posting. This is exactly why I joined the forum — to learn from experts.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th June 2025, 06:24 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 3,960
Request Advice on Collection data
Hello,
I am beginning a complete overhaul of my website and content that I collect to document my collection and present it for others (family, collectors, education, research). I’ve decided to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th February 2025, 10:59 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 70,437
Pair of Chinese Hook Swords
Greetings all,
I am also fascinated by the hook swords and other weapons of complex design where function is sometimes hard to discern. I recently won the pair shown in this picture at auction,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st January 2025, 11:32 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 37,399
My Chilean knife
Hello All.
Just for completeness, here is the Chilean knife in my collection referred to by Al.
-- Dave A.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd January 2023, 08:38 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 131,889
404
Sadly, the URL is malformed, perhaps because it is too long, and your link goes nowhere. Will you please try again?
Dave A.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd January 2023, 08:35 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 131,889
Sajen,
Thank you for the examples! When I...
Sajen,
Thank you for the examples! When I think of stacked hilts, these are what comes to mind. What was (and remains) confusing is the thickness and decoration of the layers of the stack. Dots,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st January 2023, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 131,889
Machine shop craft? I doubt it.
This is fascinating. I have never heard of such a thing.
I have the knife in front of me now. Arguing against your machine-shop thesis is the mis-alignment of the dots on the middle red stack...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st January 2023, 08:27 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 131,889
Chilean stacked hilts
Ian,
Thanks for your comments. I have been searching online for more examples of Chilean knives other than corvo. Stacked hilts especially. I did a Google image search just on the hilt that came...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th January 2023, 09:28 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 131,889
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th January 2023, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 131,889
Identification help please
Here is one of my mystery knives. The seller thought it might be from Chile. I do see the Spanish influence, for example in the stacked hilt and quilions. I know next to nothing about Chilean knives....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th September 2022, 10:55 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 35,338
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th September 2022, 10:48 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 110,923
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th September 2022, 02:02 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 21,593
More open face scabbards - Ifugao Pinahig
A Pinahig machete of the Ifugao, of the Cordillera Mountain ranges of Central Northern Luzon, Philippines. The Pinahig alone weighs 2 lbs. The addition of the scabbard and smaller blade bring the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th September 2022, 01:53 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 110,923
Eunjangdo, from Korea
Hello All,
I acquired this eunjangdo knife recently. I welcome your comments on the item or the cultural role it played in Korea. There is not much info in the forum on eunjangdo, which was a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd June 2021, 05:05 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 58,556
XRF Availability
I assume that I cannot just order an XRF from Amazon. How does one obtain access to such a scientific instrument? Is there a home-built hack for this tech? Could be handy!
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th April 2021, 12:46 AM
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Replies: 134
Views: 582,065
Frank or Franz Karl
Very Interesting! My bichaq from Bosnia looks very similar.
The scabbard of this bıçak has a monogram FK engraved on the front and "Franz Karl" on the back. Sorry I don’t have a closeup photo...
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