Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th August 2024, 01:36 AM
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My first Bhutanese/Tibetan knife
This is most certainly a young knife; probably made within the past 35-50 years. I don't know if there are knives made for the tourist market in Bhutan, but this is definitely not of tourist quality....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd August 2024, 11:27 PM
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Replies: 5
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd August 2024, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 5
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Syrian(?) Kindjal
I recently purchased this small (10½ inch overall) kindjal that was described as being of Turkish origin.
The metal scabbard with silver inlay suggests that at least the scabbard could be of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th July 2024, 02:19 AM
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Replies: 3
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I have a photo of the tang, as you can tell I...
I have a photo of the tang, as you can tell I haven't gotten around to cleaning it. I'll have to take a closer look at the blade later to see if there is a hamon. I had a theory about what this knife...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th July 2024, 04:10 AM
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Replies: 3
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Crude Tanto from my first post
This tanto was featured in one of my photos from my first post I made on this forum. I forgot who said it but one user pointed this out as being a Japanese WW2 piece, I question that identification....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th June 2024, 12:31 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 22,299
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th June 2024, 02:23 AM
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Replies: 6
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th June 2024, 02:01 AM
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Replies: 6
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Heiho that's been around
I have been looking for one of these weapons for a long time, they don't seem to come up for sale very often. This example exhibits some further modification beyond how the Japanese modified the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th May 2024, 02:40 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,385
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th May 2024, 05:40 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,385
Possible Armenian sword for comments
I won this sword in an online auction recently and want to see if my suspicions are true. It was listed as a "North African ceremonial dagger" which I am 99% certain is not correct. From what I have...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th April 2024, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 9,099
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th April 2024, 05:41 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 9,099
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th April 2024, 02:07 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 9,589
Thank you for the translation. It's interesting...
Thank you for the translation. It's interesting that this knife has a nice, light hearted motto on it. If I recall there was another Greek knife or dagger posted a while ago with a motto along the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd April 2024, 05:15 AM
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Replies: 3
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Early 20th century Greek knife for translation
I acquired this small Greek knife recently and was hoping to have the motto engraved on the blade translated. I took a couple pictures of the motto but neither of them are that stellar. I would also...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2023, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 5
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A Maasai Bowie Knife?
I wanted to show my Maasai weapons to possibly get some age estimations on them. To me the smaller seme and the club are probably all mid 20th century or earlier while the largest seme with the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th October 2023, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,710
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th October 2023, 05:31 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,710
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th October 2023, 05:21 AM
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Replies: 4
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Possible Surmene/Laz Kindjal
I won this kindjal on LiveAuctioneers a little while ago and I thought the leather wrap at the throat of the scabbard looked very similar to my other Surmene style knives. Although my other large...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th September 2023, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 3
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Forum: European Armoury
25th September 2023, 03:54 AM
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Tanged Spearhead Identification
Tonight I purchased this spearhead from fellow forum member RSword. It was described as possibly being of European origin in the description. It appears to be quite old and was described as...
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Forum: Swap Forum
15th August 2023, 03:33 AM
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Replies: 0
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LF/WTB Albanian knives/shortswords
I have a family friend from Albania. I've talked with him before about my collection and he asked me if I have anything from his home country, which I do not. I haven't seen much discussion online or...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th July 2023, 05:22 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,181
That one photo makes it look that way. It...
That one photo makes it look that way. It actually doesn't have either of it's bolsters remaining. I would rather have no bolsters than just one. Ideally both bolsters would still be attached but...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th July 2023, 10:56 PM
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Replies: 9
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The thought that this was from Crete did pop up...
The thought that this was from Crete did pop up in my head. I'm used to seeing the touristy Cretan knives that have the engravings on the blade, this knife is so plain that I thought that it must be...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th July 2023, 04:10 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,181
Balkan knife
This knife found it's way into my collection recently. There don't seem to be enough definitive characteristics to attribute it to one particular area, so it will simply be a Balkan knife or Ottoman...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2023, 05:09 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,485
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