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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th September 2024, 09:35 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 28,765
Posted By gp
Just stumbled on this exchange of visions...

Just stumbled on this exchange of visions concerning yataghan restorations and would like to thank all as this is one is personally most interesting for me on the forum since years

I would highly...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd September 2024, 07:30 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 31,800
Posted By gp
thank you very much for this most interesting...

thank you very much for this most interesting info! ( as I had years ago in Turkey a very nice acquaintance from Van)

Some more info for those interested :
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th August 2024, 10:58 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 16,086
Posted By gp
to continue our search: just found on a website a...

to continue our search: just found on a website a kind of copy of our knives
only lacking the winged of V shapped end of the handle / grip

this was the text:

1970's, Ottoman style Turkish...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th August 2024, 08:11 PM
Replies: 500
Views: 1,152,363
Posted By gp
Most people know Goya from his work "The...

Most people know Goya from his work "The Disasters of War (Spanish: Los desastres de la guerra) " being a series of 82 prints created between 1810 and 1820 :...
Forum: European Armoury 20th August 2024, 07:15 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 7,575
Posted By gp
interesting blog item on daggers

as I found an interesting knife case (see pcture) from Zaire, Kong-Portuguese, 16th-18th century, size: 11 x 25 cm, located at the Detroit Institute of Arts
I wanted to know more about the item and...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 6th August 2024, 03:40 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 20,629
Posted By gp
No problem and thank you for pointing it out; I...

No problem and thank you for pointing it out; I overlooked it. My apologies !
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 5th August 2024, 09:03 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 20,629
Posted By gp
OK kindly requested to advise the criteria...

OK

kindly requested to advise the criteria to avoid future mishaps, as I thought Italy being European....:confused:
no offence intended

for those interested in the knife itself and its...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 4th August 2024, 06:51 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 20,629
Posted By gp
very interesting restoration

although I understand many of us neither have the tools nor the skills,
this remains a most remarkable restoration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks_Cp9XL-XQ
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st August 2024, 09:53 AM
Replies: 500
Views: 1,152,363
Posted By gp
one pic from Dajaks from Serewak , all others...

one pic from Dajaks from Serewak , all others from Atjeh
sources: several museums in NL
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th July 2024, 11:38 AM
Replies: 500
Views: 1,152,363
Posted By gp
one from Smyrna an another Russian

one from Smyrna an another Russian
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 27th July 2024, 12:11 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 88,376
Posted By gp
a Georgian dance: ...

a Georgian dance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjGnWstCi94

2 Zeybek ones :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz2FZkgleZk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgQju-8rHkU
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th July 2024, 11:58 PM
Replies: 500
Views: 1,152,363
Posted By gp
some nice Balkan pics, Macedonian, Greek and...

some nice Balkan pics, Macedonian, Greek and Albanian amongst them.
Between 1875 - 1905
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th July 2024, 11:19 PM
Replies: 500
Views: 1,152,363
Posted By gp
a few postcards from the DACH region between...

a few postcards from the DACH region between 1885 - 1913 with halberds:
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th July 2024, 10:48 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 26,805
Posted By gp
investigating the matter further, I found an old...

investigating the matter further, I found an old thread on the topic, which is quite interesting, # 24 and following

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10034
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th June 2024, 05:54 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 24,172
Posted By gp
I might be mistaken, but have some doubt whether...

I might be mistaken, but have some doubt whether this is a club.

Reason:

the lower or bottom part of the handle looks quite thin for a clubbing waepon.
It might break easily when used with...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd June 2024, 07:19 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 20,745
Posted By gp
beautiful faces ! my compliment; very nicely...

beautiful faces ! my compliment; very nicely cleaned !
Enclosed 2 pics from Kifwebe masks, the 2nd from the Brooklyn Museum
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 20th June 2024, 11:20 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 88,376
Posted By gp
the Ladies with their Shaska reminded me of my...

the Ladies with their Shaska reminded me of my pentjak years
an old film fron Holland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISCawEcaSak

and from Indonesia
...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 20th June 2024, 11:10 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 88,376
Posted By gp
shaska... ...

shaska...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLkjBMPAP2g

and some amazing Ladies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJGFBHXpWy4

away from dancing but to what it was intended to do,
a most...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 20th June 2024, 10:49 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 88,376
Posted By gp
it seems sadly some of the films have been...

it seems sadly some of the films have been removed or changed to private ...
to keep the examples still available for the future, I found sone replacements in which the ladies move like swans and...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 20th June 2024, 10:44 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 88,376
Posted By gp
double...

double...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th June 2024, 07:36 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 20,745
Posted By gp
enclosed 2 more interesting links concerning...

enclosed 2 more interesting links concerning tribal maps

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=255448&postcount=47

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=255401&postcount=46
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th June 2024, 07:28 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 58,687
Posted By gp
very beautiful ! мои уважение

very beautiful ! мои уважение
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 12th June 2024, 06:37 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 16,697
Posted By gp
although nothing to do with the topic,...

although nothing to do with the topic, nevertheless a very interesting brand and fellow "De Rezke"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Reszke#
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 12th June 2024, 02:24 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 16,697
Posted By gp
a few more from Austria, the Middle East and the...

a few more from Austria, the Middle East and the last a British brand called Gurkha Cigars
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 12th June 2024, 02:12 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 16,697
Posted By gp
some more, from WWI, WWII and 2 pics from Nam...

some more, from WWI, WWII and 2 pics from Nam with the last a package of cigarettes from Private R J Barry, 6 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
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