1st February 2006, 06:02 PM | #31 |
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Hi Galvano!
Killer Choora ! One of the nicest I've ever seen, and it seems quite big too. Is the blade wootz? Can you post some detailed photos of the blade? |
1st February 2006, 10:04 PM | #32 |
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"trench art" puukko
Just picked up a 1941 "trench art" Finnish puukko. Sheath made
from downed aircraft aluminum. Knife is commercial of the period. http://home.earthlink.net/~steinpic/puukko.jpg Rich |
2nd February 2006, 04:27 AM | #33 | |
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Interesting artwork on that scabbard, Rich. Looks like a grouping of various WWII military insignias? According to Google, "Muisto" is Finnish for "memory". Have you come up with anything about this one? Very cool knife. |
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2nd February 2006, 05:52 PM | #34 |
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choora
here details
the top of the blade the hilt guard and the structure of the blade.it is not wootz is steel of bloomery furnace |
2nd February 2006, 10:27 PM | #35 |
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that's a nice lamination pattern..
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4th February 2006, 01:50 AM | #36 |
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Not exactly new to me. I've had it for a few years now.
Moro Kris with a Kemoh kakatua. |
4th February 2006, 03:49 AM | #37 |
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hey kino, long time no hear from you! thanks for showing us one of your collection. btw, what's a 'Kemoh'? salamat...
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4th February 2006, 01:18 PM | #38 |
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Howzit Spunger, Kemoh is the giant clam (Tridacna). The Kakatua is carved from the shell of the giant clam. I don't know of a Pilipino term for it. Kemoh, is what the Indo/Malays (?) calls it.
Just wondering if there are other Moro weapons with Kemoh hilts out there. Giant clams were plentyful back in the day. We had a few for yard decor. Go Seahawks............ |
4th February 2006, 05:19 PM | #39 |
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My very latest.
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4th February 2006, 11:58 PM | #40 |
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punal,
wow! your collection seems to be growing fast! really like the silver kakatua... kino, howzit, brah! mahalo for sharing that rare with us that rare hilt. hopefully some of the more senior collectors can chime in on this... |
8th February 2006, 11:48 PM | #41 |
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My birthday gift...
To myself!
It was on hold; when the hold disappeared, right on my birthday, I knew that 'it is written' that I was the new owner. Talk about intense! It's the kind of thing that you can feel the vibration. This is definitely a pusaka. Oh, and don't ask how old I turned; let's just say that if you know the Beatle's 'Sergeant Pepper' you already know. |
8th February 2006, 11:50 PM | #42 |
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Shoot! I must have done something wrong...
tell me if you can see the pic's, please.
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9th February 2006, 01:22 AM | #43 |
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Hi Montino , I can see them although it's a strange format to post pictures . Mostly we use the jpg format and upload them to the site .
Let me introduce you to your pusaka's brother .. |
9th February 2006, 01:32 PM | #44 |
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better pictures
Here's jpegs... and I want to have details on the sheath, since I have to make one.
Congratulations! is the handle rhino horn? |
9th February 2006, 02:11 PM | #45 |
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OK so its not so new a Dha
Hi all
Well actually this is my oldest piece. That is, the first serious weapon I bought and still one of my favourites and not seen on this forum or anywhere else too often. A Dha with a clipped 2 blade I think we called it. Did put it in about 2 years ago but nice to rephoto it, give it a polish and show it again. Awsome bit of blade construction in my opinion but the photos dont really show the changes in width and angles too well. Take my word for it then. Its good Cheers Andy |
10th February 2006, 06:42 PM | #46 |
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My Latest Dagger
This is the latest addition to my collection. The age I believe to be late 19th to mid 20th century. Grip is horn with brass fittings. The blade is double beveled on one side only, the other side is flat. Both edges are sharpened from the decorative filing to the tip. The sheath was described as being either sheep or goat skin but it is paper thin which I have never seen before. It has shrunken so badly over the years and is so brittle that it is almost useless. As usual I would appreciate any comments or information you would like to give on this item, especially on the care and preservation of the sheath. Thank you.
Blade 12-3/4" in length Blade 1-3/16" wide at hilt Blade 3/16" thick at hilt Hilt 4-3/4" in length Guard 2-7/16" wide Robert Last edited by Robert Coleman; 10th February 2006 at 08:50 PM. |
10th February 2006, 08:15 PM | #47 |
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...gaucho knife, once again without a sheath.....will I ever own a complete piece?
But then.....nice vintage filework. |
12th February 2006, 06:53 PM | #48 |
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Greetings Panton and welcome to the forum. I was thinking with the decorations on the blade and the overall design of this dagger that it was more likely from the Philippines than South America. It does show a great deal of Spanish influence in its design but I have never seen a gaucho knife of this style before. Do you by chance have any reference to ones of this style? I would really be interested in seeing them. What really puzzles me is what the scabbard is made. Would anyone else care to make any comments on the dagger or scabbard?
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12th February 2006, 08:12 PM | #49 |
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Nice Karud!
Artzi mentioned several times on this Forum that the way rhino-horn was cut for this particular handle indicates Bukharan origin. Am I quoting him correctly? The blade is wonderful: real wootz, intact, elegant. A wet dream of a knife..... |
12th February 2006, 08:46 PM | #50 |
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Gbaya, Ngbaka, Ngombe, throwing knife CONGO
The last I bought, throwing knife from the Gbaya, Ngbaka, Ngombe, tribes of the north of Congo.
XIXth 44cm height, 35cm width. |
12th February 2006, 11:57 PM | #51 |
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Picked up this, bling wearing kid, yesterday. On the hilt side of the wooden
handguard is a veneer of horn, under the horn is a round piece of cloth. |
13th February 2006, 01:24 PM | #52 |
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holy fo-shizzle! nice silver work on that tenegre. with a dated coin at that... i wonder if that's the year it was made? did it came with the scabbard? regardless, nice acquisition, kino..
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13th February 2006, 11:32 PM | #53 |
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Spunger, No scabbard. I don't think the bolo was made on the same date
that on the coin. Maybe late 19th, early 20th Cent. |
14th February 2006, 12:51 AM | #54 |
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I'm with Spunger, beautiful silver work and craftsmanship on the tenegre (grumble, grumble, envy, envy....).
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14th February 2006, 08:45 AM | #55 |
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Colonial fur-trade spike axe/tomahawk
Ebay item #6251660306. Got it for a steal (money is tight right now, but I couldn't resist a bargain!). These true tomahawk axes (the weapon/tools of ealy America) were just as real as the so-called trade pipe tomahawks. Used by soldiers, frontiersmen and Indians, they are very misunderstood and so bargains can still be found. This one dates to 1790-1840 (height of the fur trade) and the "nail pulling slot" is actually a beaver trap chain pull (squared off cut). Although not ethnographic in the classic sense, still unusual enough to be of interest and an important part of istory...
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26th March 2006, 01:16 AM | #57 |
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Yataghan
Picked this one up at the Gun Show. The seller had it on his table for over a year. I couldn't pass it up after he asked me to name my price. Has some damage with rusted blade, but it still retains its beauty. Where is this Yataghan from.
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26th March 2006, 01:22 AM | #58 |
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Three more from todays gun show excursion. One in need of dental repair. The silver Kakatua has damage and the blade is sporting some nicks.
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26th March 2006, 07:41 AM | #59 |
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Great Pieces.
Share some pix when you clean them up and back from the DENTIST. |
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hey, he reminds me of mang isko, the drunk that used to hung around nanay pacing's carenderia, LOL... |
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