Forum: European Armoury
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th May 2024, 07:41 PM
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Thank you David for your message,
Clearly...
Thank you David for your message,
Clearly the dots engravings match with the Bikaneer Armoury.
I.don't think they did brass hilts just for save money .
Iron hilts were not expensive
and we...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th May 2024, 08:41 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
17th May 2024, 08:21 PM
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Hello Marius,
Really nice dagger !
The new...
Hello Marius,
Really nice dagger !
The new pictures help a lot!
An high quality dagger certainly expensive but not old I guess,
For me made by a blacksmith in the second period of the 20th...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th May 2024, 08:54 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th May 2024, 08:53 AM
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Views: 2,745
Hello,
I've got one with five fullers,
They...
Hello,
I've got one with five fullers,
They told me it was a talismanic symbolic sign for number 5: Khemsa like the Fatma hand
+ skill for make the five fullers make the status of the owner...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th May 2024, 08:47 AM
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Views: 2,354
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th May 2024, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,425
Thank's a lot Jim for
The details and tulwar...
Thank's a lot Jim for
The details and tulwar hilt history,
I just wanted to add the weight of the hilt:
440 grams/ almost 1 pound
Maybe little too heavy for a fighting model
But above all...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th May 2024, 08:30 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th May 2024, 01:18 PM
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Views: 2,059
Sikh kirpan or other origin ?
Hello everyone,
I don't want to monopolize the forum but I wanted to show you this knife with a one-piece metal handle,
I first did my research on the internet with Google Lens (very practical)...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th May 2024, 09:22 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,425
Thank's a lot Yuri for your message !
And...
Thank's a lot Yuri for your message !
And all your precious informations !
I found on the web another 19th century brass-bronze handle with the same kind of ''small dots decorations''
( sure...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th May 2024, 05:49 PM
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Replies: 6
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Brass tulwar hilt for comment please
Hello dear members,
I was today in a flea market and I found this brass
Tulwar hilt , for the seller, it was a special tool for open wooden boxes .🙃..
Can someone give me an age-estimation for...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2024, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,931
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Forum: European Armoury
1st May 2024, 04:42 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,561
Thank's a lot M. Eley and Akanthus for your...
Thank's a lot M. Eley and Akanthus for your messages and informations !
I will try to get the book , it seems well made and interesting ( + 300 pages ) I saw they are available on EBay,
I'll try to...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th April 2024, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,561
Hello,
Thank you M. Eley and Victrix for your...
Hello,
Thank you M. Eley and Victrix for your comment,
these wooden models were peasant weapons as already said, often created with agricultural tools.
of an era where the peasants' testimony...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th April 2024, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,561
Hello,
Looking through old posts, I found very...
Hello,
Looking through old posts, I found very little about Morgensterns and their wooden spiked cousins.
I present here the Flemish cousin of the Morgenstern named Goedendag or Goedendac, Guten...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th April 2024, 07:38 PM
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Views: 5,561
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Forum: European Armoury
24th April 2024, 07:33 PM
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Views: 5,561
Hello,
Many views but no comment,
I add what...
Hello,
Many views but no comment,
I add what I found:
The cousin of the morgenstern,
I like the Holy Water sprinkler name !
This one said to be early 16th century,
I like these basic brutal...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd April 2024, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,561
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd April 2024, 08:26 PM
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Views: 5,561
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2024, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,698
Hello all,
Really interesting,
But can...
Hello all,
Really interesting,
But can please you make a new post for talk about it
Glad if you have informations about maghreb made bayonet shaped guards or this kind of rounded bone hilt...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2024, 10:25 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,698
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2024, 10:24 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,698
Hello Ian and Jim,
thank you very much for...
Hello Ian and Jim,
thank you very much for answer and informations .
Do you have an idea of the production period?
I would say around 1920 1950 , what intrigues me is this blade which is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd March 2024, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,698
Self addition...:
Recent but interesting...
Self addition...:
Recent but interesting story,
the seller told me now that the daggers have been taken back in Europe from Algeria at the beginning of the 60's independance war.when colons...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd March 2024, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 8
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Can we call them Genoui daggers ?
Hello dear members,
I recovered these two daggers.
Coming from Maghreb I think, Algeria or Morocco.
The model is based on European bayonets/ old stiletto for the hilt.
Can we call them genoui...
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