Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
8th May 2024, 09:45 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
29th April 2024, 01:57 PM
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Stone mason's.
Geologist's.
Panel beater's. ...
Stone mason's.
Geologist's.
Panel beater's.
Welders slag.
Blacksmith's hot punch.
Piton (climbers).
That's just from memory without Googling.
While I agree spiked hammers aren't common...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
12th April 2024, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 7
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Thanks Richard.
The opening at the...
Thanks Richard.
The opening at the top is 5”/125mm wide. The widest part 9-1\2” / 24cm.
Despite searching the web I haven’t managed to find anything similar but realise I’m just...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
9th April 2024, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 7
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Brass vase?
Hello.
I have two of these both slightly different, 34cm tall & 24cm at the widest point.
They don’t have solid bases but are made like tubes with three pieces of lead melted in the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th March 2024, 12:37 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 11,265
What evidence? I agree that there isn't...
What evidence? I agree that there isn't any....
Like I say you can believe whatever want.
India (& Pakistan) turn out a huge amount of forged bladed items in styles from all over the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2024, 04:18 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
21st March 2024, 07:43 PM
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I have three fire hatchets, two antique & one...
I have three fire hatchets, two antique & one modern, the spikes are tapered on all three.
My guess is your spike is for puncturing & the "fullers" are to let pressure escape, but like I say...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st March 2024, 05:18 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st March 2024, 04:23 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th March 2024, 01:41 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th March 2024, 12:43 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
29th February 2024, 05:00 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 15,197
Thanks.
The best guess so far has been...
Thanks.
The best guess so far has been an asparagus cutter, they tend to be long & only sharpened at the end but don't have a hatchet/ cleaver, it was suggested this might have been to cut the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
26th February 2024, 11:04 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
26th February 2024, 02:05 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
25th February 2024, 05:15 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 15,197
Thank you for that Ian, it'd be great if you...
Thank you for that Ian, it'd be great if you managed to find the listing.😉
The puzzling thing about it is this, the axe is sharp but the long part isn't a machete blade but more like a chisel...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
25th February 2024, 05:06 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
21st February 2024, 05:38 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
21st February 2024, 12:18 AM
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The first image is a French Revex "Billhook", I...
The first image is a French Revex "Billhook", I use the term Billhook loosely because this french pattern can be as near the shape of a Cleaver as a Billhook as can be seen in the second image (not...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
20th February 2024, 10:38 PM
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Replies: 32
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This is a fabulous site about Billhooks~...
This is a fabulous site about Billhooks~ https://www.billhooks.co.uk/. (I hope it's OK to link..).
An incredible collection & amount of information.
Most of my stuff is in storage right now...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
3rd February 2024, 10:45 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
13th January 2024, 06:31 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
11th December 2023, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 10,633
It's often a problem with "homemade" tools,...
It's often a problem with "homemade" tools, sometimes they are homemade not for economic reasons but because a tool doesn't exist.
The best I can offer is Burnishers for leather or Bookbinding...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
6th December 2023, 08:23 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 11,747
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Forum: European Armoury
6th November 2023, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,446
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Forum: European Armoury
28th October 2023, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,446
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