Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th October 2024, 08:31 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,831
Sacrificial Cham Tun?
AN,
Ruefully, I too have noticed some post retirement problems with recall. Perhaps that is why your suggestion of a Himalaya item jogged my memory. Could you be referring to the cham tun of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th October 2024, 01:23 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,831
I Knew It Was A Long Shot
David R, werecow, JeffS, and kronkew
Thanks for all your Input. For reasons that I detailed in my initial post, I believe this to be a sacrificial sword from the Indian sub-continent (or somewhere...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th October 2024, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 12,907
Size Matters
Hi Marc M,
I believe that the size of your blade indicates that it was made when armed conflict (whether civilian or military) was considered very likely and a khukri was expected to be a primary...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th October 2024, 12:26 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,731
Re: The Blackening
Tim Simmons,
I have read that fighting canes were hardened by smearing them with butter and shoving them up the chimney for a while. The heat was said to harden the wood. I don't know any details...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th October 2024, 12:13 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 12,907
Still Would Like To Know Length
Marc M.
I too have seen for sale rather pedestrian hilts (and blades for that matter) paired with kothimori sheaths but consider this, it is relatively simple to make a blingy sheath. It is quite...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd October 2024, 11:41 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 12,907
Blade Size Requested
BBJW,
I’m not saying that your age estimate is incorrect but I don’t see anything about this khukri that couldn’t be pre WW!. The blade profile is excellent and the cho and sword of Siva are well...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th October 2024, 11:21 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,755
I Saw One
David R,
I saw one without the guard and with a horn hilt that looked like a typical Turkish yataghan hilt. There was no sheath. I would have loved to have it but it had just been purchased by...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th October 2024, 03:56 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,411
Chinese & Vietnamese?
Hi All,
I Have seen pictures of these in old US publications that identified them as one of the knives used by Chinese tongs. I had always thought of them as purely Chinese. It will be interesting...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th September 2024, 11:49 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 9,307
I Concur
I agree with Rick.
Sincerely,
RobT
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th September 2024, 11:44 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,302
Looks Like a Huge Dagger
Hi Panhead 572,
The markings on the guard are Toureg and so are the marks on the blade forte. The sheath is Toureg and I have seen Toureg daggers with similar hilts/guards. What is the length and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st September 2024, 10:16 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 31,397
Continued Use
Tim Simmons,
Slavery in the US didn’t completely end until 12/1865. Even after that, the socio-cultural and economic conditions remained largely unchanged. Blacks were free in name only and were...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st September 2024, 03:57 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 31,397
US Antebellum
Hi All,
While searching the net for information about a completely unrelated subject (a vintage 24” Lufkin combination square), a number of sites selling so called “plantation canes” were provided...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th August 2024, 11:36 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 29,907
I Agree...Regretfully
an,
Your belief that there is a tendency to underestimate the age of kris is supported by the fact that there are a large number of blades still available today. This argues for a period of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th August 2024, 12:25 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 29,907
We Pretty Much Agree
Ian,
Save for the functional superiority issue, your conclusions and mine generally agree. I would have put the one piece version’s first appearance as in the last quarter of the 19th century if...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th August 2024, 12:54 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 29,907
Exactly
kino,
Your example on the left is the one piece and the right example is the two piece (albeit with a broken brass strap).
Sincerely,
RobT
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th August 2024, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 29,907
One Piece Vs Two Piece
Ian,
A two piece baca baca has a closed “stirrup” (usually steel) that fits around the blade. The second piece is a strap (brass in every example in my collection) that is looped around the the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th August 2024, 11:56 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 29,907
Baca Baca Question
CharlesS,
You consider the blade to be pre 20th century. The baca baca is the one piece form which I have always thought first appeared at the very end of the 19th century and continued on into...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th August 2024, 12:36 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 38,827
Afghan Crucible Steel Production Likely
Hi All,
Part of Dr Anna Feuerbach’s doctoral thesis (Crucible Steel in Central Asia: Production, Use and Origins) deals with crucible steel manufacture in Merv Turkmenistan. The southern border of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th August 2024, 12:25 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 11,263
Same Logo
Hi All,
Here is another with the same logo. Hilt is also very similar. I'm sure that the scales on mine are horn. Six inch blade. Brass sheath.
Sincerely,
RobT
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th July 2024, 11:25 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 14,572
You Gotta Be Kiddin' Me
Well, given the thin blade (about 1/16" [1.57 mm] thick just before the bolster), I was pretty sure it wasn't a fighting blade but I didn't expect so much love. On the other hand, I'd bet that, if...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th July 2024, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 14,572
Greek Translation Requested
Hi All,
I recently got this little knife and can read the 1913 but the rest is Greek to me (I couldn’t resist). Can anyone give me a translation? The blade is 6” (15.24 cm) long. The hilt scales...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th July 2024, 03:53 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 31,397
European Ethnographic Walking Stick?
Hi Tim Simmons,
I have one of these but it is cane length (33.5" [85.9cm]). I have frequently seen these at antique shows and have been told that they are some sort of Western European...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st July 2024, 09:57 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 22,154
Regional Variant?
Ian,
I have a very similar choora (not quite as nice as yours). The blade on mine only measures a paltry 13.5” (34.29 cm). The spine of my blade has a simple incised design 3” (7.62 cm) long at...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st July 2024, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 31,659
Thanks for the Possibility
Turkoman.khan,
Thanks for trying to translate the writing. I hadn't even noticed it was there so the possible translation you offer is way more than I had before.
Sincerely,
RobT
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th June 2024, 12:20 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 31,659
Inscription Close-up
Hagard,
Dang! I never saw that. I don’t know for sure which way is up so I have provided two close-ups.
Bob A,
The world is getting smaller and smaller and savvy retailers in every corner of the...
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