Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th May 2024, 11:58 PM
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In searching old threads, and notes, these type...
In searching old threads, and notes, these type swords are sort of between large dagger and dirk, and seem to be from the Nile regions between 3rd and 4th cataracts (Dongola)...north of Omdurman and...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th May 2024, 10:34 PM
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Interesting stuff on the complexities of Great...
Interesting stuff on the complexities of Great Britain in this period, and as noted Thomas Wentworth was sent to rule in Ireland in 1633 by Charles I. While he is noted as being of admirable being in...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th May 2024, 06:44 PM
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Fernando, THANK YOU! Thats a wonderful example,...
Fernando, THANK YOU! Thats a wonderful example, and actually those dates do coincide with the turbulent reign of Ferdinand IV. As you know PORTUGAL was one of the key elements of the THIRD COALITION....
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Forum: European Armoury
27th May 2024, 06:43 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th May 2024, 02:32 PM
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Thank you Udo. I feel strongly that this is the...
Thank you Udo. I feel strongly that this is the proper identification of this schiavona. What is curious is the use of a clearly much older (probably early 18th c. ) hilt with a blade which may have...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th May 2024, 02:11 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th May 2024, 12:55 AM
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Ferdinand IV king of the two sicilies c.1783
Portrait of King Ferdinand IV of the Two Sicilies. His father King Charles VII of Naples had acceded the Spanish throne in 1759 as Charles III . This placed Ferdinand as King of Naples (and Sicily)...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th May 2024, 05:58 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,527
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Forum: European Armoury
26th May 2024, 05:40 PM
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Views: 951
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Forum: European Armoury
26th May 2024, 02:12 PM
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Thank you so much Udo!
Trying to figure this...
Thank you so much Udo!
Trying to figure this out really puts the old gray matter in a knot! :)
So as near as I can figure.....Ferdinand was king of Naples from his majority in 1759 as FERDINAND IV...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th May 2024, 08:21 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th May 2024, 07:54 PM
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Views: 3,811
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Forum: European Armoury
14th May 2024, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 5
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Fernando, I finally have had a chance to read...
Fernando, I finally have had a chance to read this incredibly detailed story, which is as breathtaking as this amazing weapon itself. As a lifelong antiquarian, that is someone who studies history...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th May 2024, 11:06 PM
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Replies: 13
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I think the discussion from 2022 that Ed has...
I think the discussion from 2022 that Ed has linked in his post #2 has the most comprehensive answer to this question. What is interesting is this 'enigma' marking has remained a conundrum despite...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th May 2024, 01:41 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,527
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Forum: European Armoury
13th May 2024, 01:30 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,666
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Forum: European Armoury
13th May 2024, 01:28 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
13th May 2024, 01:06 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,666
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th May 2024, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,527
Marc, THANK YOU! so very much!
This is...
Marc, THANK YOU! so very much!
This is absolutely brilliant and important material, and I cannot thank you enough for the work you have put into this and sharing it here. It gives us so much more...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th May 2024, 02:53 AM
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Replies: 7
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Thats an excellent question Capn!
It was not at...
Thats an excellent question Capn!
It was not at all unusual for weapons and ordnance still brought into use in later wars and conflicts, and in the Civil War many weapons from Revolutionary War and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th May 2024, 10:13 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,527
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Forum: European Armoury
8th May 2024, 10:37 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 10,592
well spoken Detlef!
Thank you for showing...
well spoken Detlef!
Thank you for showing these. What exactly is a lontar scribe? I know that scribes using these stylus' were widely spread throughout SE Asia, but am not familiar with the many...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th May 2024, 08:34 PM
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Replies: 31
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Peter this is the reason the takouba still...
Peter this is the reason the takouba still resonates among these tribes as important as an element of status, social bearing and tribal tradition. So many examples identified by Iain were hilted in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2024, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 31
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Peter, to say WELL DONE! would be an...
Peter, to say WELL DONE! would be an understatement! Your taking on this once well traveled topic, and despite being outside your areas of study, done far more than due diligence in understanding key...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th May 2024, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,577
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