Forum: European Armoury
14th May 2022, 05:32 PM
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Wayne, this is interesting and crudely follows...
Wayne, this is interesting and crudely follows certain elements of the so called 'disc hilt' cavalry swords, first the M1769 Austrian pallasch (as shown) and the 1796 British heavy cavalry dragoon...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th May 2022, 07:40 PM
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Replies: 95
Views: 47,940
Interestingly, the Omani 'kattara' (another...
Interestingly, the Omani 'kattara' (another collector oriented term, these are simply termed, again, sa'if). The curved blade version of these open hilts of somewhat flattened cylindrical style are...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th May 2022, 05:54 AM
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Replies: 95
Views: 47,940
Comparitive examples
Wanted to add these three with notes:
1. This is what may best be called 'Maghrebi' as these are found from Algeria to Morocco, but typically they are known to collectors as Moroccan sa'if.
The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2022, 11:40 PM
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Replies: 95
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Forum: European Armoury
4th May 2022, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 890
I agree with Will, this is a composite and...
I agree with Will, this is a composite and generated from what appear to be genuine old components, but the grip as noted is obviously new, along with the liner, guard which seldom survive.
The...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd May 2022, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 630
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Forum: European Armoury
19th April 2022, 10:20 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,039
Sorry forgot to add that page. Birmingham was a...
Sorry forgot to add that page. Birmingham was a recipient of blades from Germany in degree, just as was Spain in this period. It does not seem that Harvey used the BTF until 1740s, though as you have...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th April 2022, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,039
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
30th March 2022, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,273
Thanks for adding the image Ken, apparently...
Thanks for adding the image Ken, apparently another of these sold in 2006 for 5.2 million!
Apparently Picasso was drawn to these African masks, and it would be interesting to know more on how these...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
30th March 2022, 02:06 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,273
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Forum: European Armoury
13th March 2022, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,279
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th March 2022, 07:00 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,391
This is truly an interesting question, and...
This is truly an interesting question, and probably more toward anthropology than arms study, as the tribal people on these islands, along with those on the Andaman Islands are pretty isolationist so...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th March 2022, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,502
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th March 2022, 04:57 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,502
Heres another saber with likely Sudanese...
Heres another saber with likely Sudanese association, having notable Ottoman styled hilt of pistol grip form. The blade is of shamshir form and the scabbard has what appears to be the Sudanese flared...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th March 2022, 09:17 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,502
Thank you so much David!
Ive been sort of crazy...
Thank you so much David!
Ive been sort of crazy on espada anchas most of my life, growing up in Southern Calif. they were around and saw them long before I knew what they were. I've done research on...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th March 2022, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,502
The ERSATZ denominator for edged weapons is...
The ERSATZ denominator for edged weapons is actually often quite broad in remote and frontier regions, especially in colonial situations. In the tribal areas of Africa in many cases it was actually...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th March 2022, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,502
Exactly! In studying weapons from the historic...
Exactly! In studying weapons from the historic perspective, which is of course what is my own affliction, there is a lot of speculation and theory based on what is usually pretty circumstantial...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th March 2022, 06:47 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,502
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2022, 06:43 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,471
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th February 2022, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 4,710
Addendum to my post #38,
I found some notes...
Addendum to my post #38,
I found some notes referring to that San RoqE inscription and a rough sketch of an apparent example I was looking at with an oddly shaped grip, the same type of 'choil'...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th February 2022, 03:21 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 4,710
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Forum: European Armoury
24th February 2022, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 7,772
This is an absolutely brilliant look into these...
This is an absolutely brilliant look into these most interesting and attractive sabers JT!!! It makes very clear the resounding influence that these swords made on the British and French, and that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th February 2022, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,471
I'd like to narrow things down a bit, since...
I'd like to narrow things down a bit, since Africa is quite a large and diverse continent. While spears of course remained traditionally in the many tribes of Africa virtually from prehistoric times...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th February 2022, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 5,277
Thank you!
That was "Introduction to Islamic...
Thank you!
That was "Introduction to Islamic Arms " (1999).
I recall talking with Tony North while I was researching Ali Dinar kaskaras as I had come across one said to be from his armory, and...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th February 2022, 01:23 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,716
Thank you so much for this follow up!
What is...
Thank you so much for this follow up!
What is intriguing about this sword is that this very early rapier blade has clearly enjoyed a long working life as the form of the small sword hilt seems...
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