Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th June 2024, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,592
WW,
Your knife is a bit of a mystery...
WW,
Your knife is a bit of a mystery although it fits with the work knives shown above by Detlef from the book. I've extracted images from his pictures that illustrate similar blades and one hilt...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th June 2024, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,267
Gustav,
Thank you for your spirited...
Gustav,
Thank you for your spirited comments. I take no offense from your description of "wildly speculative" and "amateurish attempts" to push back the dating of this kris. In fact, I fully...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th June 2024, 12:24 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 689
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th June 2024, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 689
Hi Iain,
Three days, about 230 views, and no...
Hi Iain,
Three days, about 230 views, and no response to your challenge! Perhaps folks just don't know or they are wary of how you presented it.
I'm going to take you at your word that this is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th June 2024, 03:25 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,267
Hi Kai. Care to elaborate on these various...
Hi Kai. Care to elaborate on these various points. I have been going through a number of online sites looking at what might be considered archaic kris. It is difficult to define a "typical" archaic...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th June 2024, 01:31 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,267
Yes, scabbards and hilts do wear out and need...
Yes, scabbards and hilts do wear out and need replacing. However, there are examples where very old hilts remain and scabbards can be well preserved for centuries, even in the tropics. As far as a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2024, 11:41 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 485
Haggard,
Welcome to the Forum and thank you for...
Haggard,
Welcome to the Forum and thank you for posting your question. If you check the sticky notices at the top of the Ethnographic contents page, you will find one that describes the information...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2024, 11:32 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,267
Thanks Kai. Actually, I was going also on what...
Thanks Kai. Actually, I was going also on what Alan Maisey has written on his website (http://www.kerisattosanaji.com/interpretation-of-javanese-keris-page-3) about the origins of the modern keris...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2024, 11:05 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,267
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2024, 02:43 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,267
David,
You may be correct. I am no keris...
David,
You may be correct. I am no keris expert. I was guided by Albert's description, which I posted with the pictures of that keris. Albert noted that it was the oldest item from the royal house...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2024, 02:13 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,267
Hi Ed,
The Moro kris was very much a...
Hi Ed,
The Moro kris was very much a fighting weapon, although it was often imbued with mystical and other symbolic meaning (consistent mainly with pre-Islamic beliefs). In the second half of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2024, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,267
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The pre-1800 designation comes from Cato following his study of museum pieces (including Spanish examples), plus statements he obtained from Moro informants.
Definitely the scabbard was made for...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2024, 08:52 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,267
An important question for me is how did a...
An important question for me is how did a nobility Moro kris end up in Waray dress? I have chatted with another Forum member about this sword and how it might have ended up in the hands of a resident...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th June 2024, 09:52 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,267
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th June 2024, 08:19 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,267
Very old Visayan kris
This is an interesting old sword. It is a high end, pre-1800 Moro blade with an old Waray scabbard and hilt. The scabbard is in a style seen on old garab, including the fluted carving and the small...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th June 2024, 02:55 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 955
Guys,
I think that you maybe misunderstood...
Guys,
I think that you maybe misunderstood why I posted this one. I put it here to indicate that older style pira blades were made from reasonably modern materials post-1900.
I purchased this...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th June 2024, 08:12 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 955
Albino horn hilted pira
This pira has a pale green horn hilt with streaks of white, consistent with coming from an albino water buffalo (carabao). The blade is in the style of pre-1900 pira, because it has a small "ricasso"...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th June 2024, 05:56 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,746
Thank you GePi. As noted already, I'm no expert...
Thank you GePi. As noted already, I'm no expert on wootz! I have seen similar linear markings along the edge of some laminated Filipino blades, which prompted my question about whether this was in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th June 2024, 12:40 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,746
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th June 2024, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,592
Hi WW,
Need to have a better view of the...
Hi WW,
Need to have a better view of the hilt and blade. From what I can see, this could be from Mindanao. The blade shape is a bit unusual--perhaps a reshaped broken blade--although I have seen...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd June 2024, 03:35 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,446
Thanks Detlef. Yes, I understand that there are...
Thanks Detlef. Yes, I understand that there are other forms of pisau raut, but I have not seen one before of this blade shape or that has been etched in this manner. The etching seems to have led to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd June 2024, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,446
naturalist, that sounds very confusing! :)
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naturalist, that sounds very confusing! :)
It reminds me of the "Filipino bolo," which can be many different shapes and sizes, and used for many different purposes (agricultural tool, brush...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st June 2024, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,446
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th May 2024, 06:47 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,202
Bob, given that the blade is 9 in. long, it...
Bob, given that the blade is 9 in. long, it appears that the hilt is about 4.0 to 4.5 in. in length. That's plenty long enough for most Filipino hands. There is also an option to move the hand...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th May 2024, 06:30 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,902
Sajen,
In the example you show, am I not...
Sajen,
In the example you show, am I not seeing (in the attached enlargement) evidence of not just the kembang kacang, but also the jalen and a suggestion of lambe gajah? This seems very...
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