Forum: European Armoury
3rd December 2023, 06:17 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th November 2023, 02:17 PM
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I found a high resolution photo of the Vasil...
I found a high resolution photo of the Vasil Bozhkov Museum (http://www.thracefoundation.org//изложбa/изложба-тракийско-злато-от-българия/nggallery/page/3/) (Васил Божков) makhaira. It says "makhaira...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th November 2023, 05:50 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th November 2023, 04:21 PM
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Good find. Yes, it's probably from the Dobrich...
Good find. Yes, it's probably from the Dobrich regional history museum (Регионален исторически музей Добрич) in N-E Bulgaria. It is indeed an odd example, being closer to a knife than a sword. But if...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th November 2023, 07:58 AM
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Excellent finds! Thank you!
Would you...
Excellent finds! Thank you!
Would you consider a kopis blade on a xiphos hilt still a kopis? What about a xiphos blade on a kopis hilt? To be fair some kopis examples have almost straight...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th May 2023, 05:14 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
4th March 2023, 07:53 AM
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Thank you! Thank you!...and to future...
Thank you! Thank you!...and to future generations, I prefer my statues in imaculate white marble (bronze is for peasants, yuck!). Oh! and placed in a sunny spot, with no pidgeons around. :D
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd March 2023, 06:10 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd March 2023, 03:53 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd March 2023, 03:34 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd March 2023, 02:39 PM
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Most, if not all, Corsican/Italic peninsula...
Most, if not all, Corsican/Italic peninsula machaira have T-spines (or rather pipe-backs). Balkan kopis seem to have mid-ribs, if longer blades. Unclear what cross-section the shorter ones have, my...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd March 2023, 11:03 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd March 2023, 10:37 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd March 2023, 10:32 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd March 2023, 09:50 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd March 2023, 09:38 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd March 2023, 08:58 AM
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Malpasso machaira - From Malpasso Necropolis,...
Malpasso machaira - From Malpasso Necropolis, Tomb 12 Gualdo Tadino, Umbria, 400-350 BCE. Villa Giulia Museum in Rome.
Length: over 70cm
http://www.fabrianostorica.it/storiaorigini/ferrobattuto.htm...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd March 2023, 08:37 AM
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Now for some Italic peninsula Kopis/Machaira:
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Now for some Italic peninsula Kopis/Machaira:
Lanuvium machaira. Warrior tomb of Lanuvium, equipment dated to the first quarter of the (~475) 5th century BC. Elements exhibited in the epigraphic...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd March 2023, 08:01 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd March 2023, 07:53 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd March 2023, 07:33 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd March 2023, 07:21 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd March 2023, 06:59 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd March 2023, 06:49 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd March 2023, 06:36 PM
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