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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th September 2024, 06:57 PM
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Posted By francantolin
Thank you !!! :) I found an interesting...

Thank you !!! :)

I found an interesting site about New guinean clubs and arts

new-guinea-tribal-arts.com

Kind regards
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th September 2024, 01:47 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,240
Posted By francantolin
Hello all, I got them, Nice babies ...

Hello all,

I got them,
Nice babies

The larger 1'800 gr for 144cm high
The ''smaller'' 850gr for 110cm high

I think for both , the Tolai origin must be right
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th September 2024, 02:40 PM
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Posted By francantolin
Two other Oceanian clubs

I will soon receive these two clubs,
The were long time kept in an ethnographie art gallery but
Just said to be Oceanian,
coming from Pacific islands.

Then another house sold them as Tolai...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th September 2024, 08:52 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 7,133
Posted By francantolin
Sure, Just these last pictures, Said to be...

Sure,
Just these last pictures,
Said to be collected in 1921
+ They sold it for a lot of money !!
Mine was not expensive so it's ok but glad if I can sell it like this one.🙃
PS the auction house...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th September 2024, 06:34 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 7,133
Posted By francantolin
Hello, Yes but then I saw these one

Hello,
Yes but then I saw these one
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th September 2024, 09:39 PM
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Views: 7,133
Posted By francantolin
Thank you for your reply, it comes from an...

Thank you for your reply,
it comes from an auction house which spoke of a souvenir item but an old one, 100 years old
it has a nice patina but...
You think all bullshit ??

Length 67cm /...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th September 2024, 07:49 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 7,133
Posted By francantolin
Australian aboriginal club

G'day dear members,

What do you think of this club ?
Forum: European Armoury 28th August 2024, 05:55 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 7,216
Posted By francantolin
Hello and thank you Corrado for your message ! ...

Hello and thank you Corrado for your message !

I.found this similar model with pictures coming from an auction house..
Something still collectible ??
It doesn't look like the replicas we find...
Forum: European Armoury 28th August 2024, 03:41 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 7,216
Posted By francantolin
Wheel gun

Hello dear members,

What do you think of this model ?
Some parts are missing
It has a lot of engravings maybe too much to be an authentic one ?
+ New screw or all récent ?
I hesitate with a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th August 2024, 08:56 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 9,669
Posted By francantolin
Here a complete picture of the dagger, Thank...

Here a complete picture of the dagger,

Thank you Marius,
I will try to etch it to see how it looks like .

I'm impressed with the scabbard and hilt too,
the iron/steel seems hand
carved...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th August 2024, 01:24 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 9,669
Posted By francantolin
All steel khanjar

Dear members,

I just received this persian khanjar,
A large example of better quality than the ones I saw already. 19th century ??

Length is 50cm / 19,7 inches

The blade can be wootz.
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th June 2024, 05:44 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 18,115
Posted By francantolin
Hello , Thank you for the message ! I put a...

Hello ,
Thank you for the message !
I put a focus of the blade,
Can it be crucible steel ?...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th June 2024, 08:14 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 18,115
Posted By francantolin
When I get it today 😬😅 Hopefully the tip is...

When I get it today 😬😅

Hopefully the tip is really thin straight but thick and robust as a swordfish rostrum.

The poor man didn't know cork exist....
I wouldn't be peaceful if it had been...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th June 2024, 07:52 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 18,115
Posted By francantolin
Flissa sword without ornement , origin and age ?

Hello dear members,

An old flissa I get,

Heavy and crude model without any deco-engravings on the blade and a straight thin but really robust tip .

The scabbard can be later made ? ( + I...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 29th May 2024, 01:17 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 23,710
Posted By francantolin
Looking for my monogramms and Kaiser Willhelm II,...

Looking for my monogramms and Kaiser Willhelm II,
I found this german royal gift dagger with damas blade.

If it hadn't such an amazing history,
we could think it is just a recent reproduction
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 25th May 2024, 08:18 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 10,224
Posted By francantolin
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 25th May 2024, 08:15 PM
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Views: 10,224
Posted By francantolin
I just got these two, Smaller examples 😁

I just got these two,
Smaller examples 😁
Forum: European Armoury 25th May 2024, 07:10 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 11,355
Posted By francantolin
Thank's a lot Victrix ! For my part I found...

Thank's a lot Victrix !
For my part I found the banner of the Order of Dobrzyn 1216 or Dobrin in Poland , a knights noblemen brotherhood created for protect cistercian missionaries against pagans...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 24th May 2024, 08:09 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 10,224
Posted By francantolin
Hello, Or maybe just a text from the Bible ??? ...

Hello,
Or maybe just a text from the Bible ???

Ethiopian or Erythrean for sure for iconography and alphabet.
There are really amazing old churches there
Forum: European Armoury 24th May 2024, 06:34 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 11,355
Posted By francantolin
Thank you Victrix for your reply, Hungary is a...

Thank you Victrix for your reply,
Hungary is a good origin for these sword with mixed oriental and european influences.
I found 2 steel-iron crossguards with similar shape and foliage in 19th...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd May 2024, 04:09 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 11,355
Posted By francantolin
Hello. thank you Fernando Yes, sometimes... ...

Hello. thank you Fernando
Yes, sometimes...
That's why I asked if someone already saw this one :

It can be a militar common monogram like the Prussian swords with Wilhelm II empereror monogram...
Forum: European Armoury 22nd May 2024, 04:54 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 11,355
Posted By francantolin
Sword with Hussar blade + niello. Russian ? Austro Hungarian ?

Good day dear members,

What about this one ?
Maybe some of you has seen it in an auction.
Older blade and later nielloed silver mounts ?

Glad if someone has already seen the monogram
( AB ??...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th May 2024, 07:41 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 20,003
Posted By francantolin
Thank you David for your message, Clearly...

Thank you David for your message,

Clearly the dots engravings match with the Bikaneer Armoury.
I.don't think they did brass hilts just for save money .
Iron hilts were not expensive
and we...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th May 2024, 08:41 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 15,091
Posted By francantolin
Hello, It has the classic T hilt shape and...

Hello,
It has the classic T hilt shape and ornementation of a Zeybek Yataghan, western Turkey / Anatolia

Kind regards
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 17th May 2024, 08:21 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 23,710
Posted By francantolin
Hello Marius, Really nice dagger ! The new...

Hello Marius,

Really nice dagger !
The new pictures help a lot!
An high quality dagger certainly expensive but not old I guess,
For me made by a blacksmith in the second period of the 20th...
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