Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th May 2022, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 9
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Envy green
What a wonderful assembly of amazingly diverse Philippine weaponry. I truly have a mere 'closet of shame' in comparison. But the title made me think instead of the pride many of the original owners...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th May 2022, 01:07 AM
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Views: 539
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th May 2022, 04:42 PM
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Views: 467
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Forum: European Armoury
25th April 2022, 06:08 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 539
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Forum: European Armoury
27th March 2022, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,639
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Forum: European Armoury
27th March 2022, 03:46 PM
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Views: 1,639
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th March 2022, 04:54 AM
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Views: 1,283
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
26th February 2022, 11:33 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th February 2022, 04:53 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,812
Bolo from Lew Waldman's collection
I doubt this bolo is pre-1900, but it is a very nicely made and mounted example and I would be interested in anything members may be able to tell me about its age and origin. The grip appears to be...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th January 2022, 07:32 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,790
A double helix!
Those are extraordinarily nice! I envy you.
I think that we may have had a double helix stage in developing the pattern, that is, a typical twisted stacked rod was then twisted together with an...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th January 2022, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 1
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An old sword fragment from Mexico
First, to hit the hornet's nest, personally I have considered old Mexican short swords with the D-guard and belt hook to be an espada ancha when mounted with a double-edged "sword" type blade and a...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th January 2022, 06:32 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,320
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Forum: European Armoury
14th January 2022, 02:18 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,320
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th January 2022, 12:38 PM
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Replies: 8
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A close friend of 80 years, now retired, who...
A close friend of 80 years, now retired, who worked for decades as a finish carpenter, has observed to me that up through his professional 'generation,' all of the tools in a Roman or Viking tool...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th January 2022, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,752
Large Khyber Knife
I think this is a "large" Khyber knife, though some other members may have a better name for it.
For comparison: http://vikingsword.com/lew/w0133/w0133.html
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th January 2022, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 5,791
Unfortunately, I cannot find the detailed...
Unfortunately, I cannot find the detailed 'recipe' at the moment, but once I followed a procedure of soaking a flaking sword in alkalinized (using sodium hydroxide) distilled water (refreshed every...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th December 2021, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,361
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th October 2021, 05:02 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,535
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Forum: European Armoury
5th October 2021, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,893
Poor odds
Having had the privilege of handling a number of medieval swords, authentic and not, I must concur with cornelistromp's statement above. Though the statistics strongly point in the unfortunate...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th September 2021, 01:47 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,511
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2021, 11:48 PM
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Views: 5,511
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Forum: European Armoury
29th August 2021, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,758
I wonder if the "DNI" sequence within the...
I wonder if the "DNI" sequence within the inscription of your very nice - even if fragmentary - sword might be related to "In nomine Domini? Being familiar with the relative commonness of various...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th August 2021, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,511
Thank you, Gentlemen, for your insights.
I...
Thank you, Gentlemen, for your insights.
I have a friend who served in the (U.S.) Peace Corps in Tanzania in the mid 1960s and he brought back a Masai spear - very much like the newer example in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st August 2021, 04:41 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,511
Masai? Spear
Few things are as pleasing to me as to find a really nice spear, in which I admire and respect the workmanship, as I slog through summer flea market fields. This example came from a general booth at...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th July 2021, 05:47 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,494
Ian,
You got me thinking and happy to say,...
Ian,
You got me thinking and happy to say, the database had been transferred to the successor machine and I was just now able to start it up without 'incident.' There was a lot of forgotten...
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