Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th May 2024, 08:49 PM
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It is indeed rare to find an item that can be...
It is indeed rare to find an item that can be attributed to a particular person with any degree of certainty. I am even more impressed about your ability to research the items in your collection, and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th May 2024, 09:45 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th May 2024, 06:53 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th April 2024, 06:26 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th April 2024, 06:31 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th April 2024, 07:51 PM
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This sums it up perfectly. Cabalistic or...
This sums it up perfectly. Cabalistic or enigmatic symbols in Latin would have no meaning to Muslims or Orthodox people in that area of the Balkans, but perceived western manufactured quality would.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd April 2024, 05:46 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th March 2024, 04:53 PM
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If the blade is indeed hollow that is obviously...
If the blade is indeed hollow that is obviously less than optimal, but the fittings look like they have some age. I am not sure how developed the tourist industry was in Yemen even during rare times...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th March 2024, 06:13 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th March 2024, 04:25 AM
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If you go by Eric Claude's book on Moroccan and...
If you go by Eric Claude's book on Moroccan and Algerian arms, he seems to use Genoui for shorter daggers, and Sboula for the longer ones. Yours would fall into the Sboula category based on size. Not...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th February 2024, 08:32 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th February 2024, 06:32 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th February 2024, 04:37 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th February 2024, 06:07 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th February 2024, 04:38 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th February 2024, 04:23 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th February 2024, 05:32 AM
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Replies: 13
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The hilt is rhino horn. As far as taking...
The hilt is rhino horn. As far as taking artefacts apart in order to recycle some of the materials used in them, it is something that has occurred throughout human history, and is not unique to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th February 2024, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 46
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th February 2024, 08:51 PM
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Jim, the nimcha you have posted is the one from...
Jim, the nimcha you have posted is the one from the collcetion of the Met in New York. It belongs to a type of which there are multiple examples, including one captured by the great Dutch admiral De...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th February 2024, 06:37 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th February 2024, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 13,188
When it comes to pirates, the North African...
When it comes to pirates, the North African corsairs seem to be the only group that developed a distinct weapon - the nimchas from the 17th and 18th century, which Eric Claude classifies as Algerian....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th February 2024, 04:01 AM
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Replies: 46
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Fascinating topic Jim. The swords you show,...
Fascinating topic Jim. The swords you show, including the one in Elgood's book are all from Yemen. I have a similar one as well, but I am not sure we can link them to pirates from the opposite coast...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd February 2024, 01:00 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st February 2024, 04:59 PM
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To me this looks like a sword that was a Berber...
To me this looks like a sword that was a Berber saber, but which had the original hilt replaced by a nimcha like hilt in more modern times. The fittings that are "embellishing" the scabbard are of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th January 2024, 09:32 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,213
To be fair to everyone in this thread,...
To be fair to everyone in this thread, identifying knives from West Africa and the Mandara mountains is not an easy task. Outside of the 70s Wente-Lukas book, which I do not have, there really is not...
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