Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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It is a frequent phenomenon. Many of the names...
It is a frequent phenomenon. Many of the names that stick really are just "sword" in the native language. Sometimes they can be useful, and other times they absolutely flatten the nuances that there...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th May 2024, 07:20 AM
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24th May 2024, 07:44 AM
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10th May 2024, 07:59 AM
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11th April 2024, 04:29 PM
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25th March 2024, 02:58 PM
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4th March 2024, 09:45 AM
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It is the first time that I see something like...
It is the first time that I see something like this. The blade especially, and the overall proportions look like a tuanlian jian. The shape of the pommel and handguard are similar to those on some...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th February 2024, 07:09 PM
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27th February 2024, 07:11 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th January 2024, 03:04 PM
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Yi people in Yunnan or Sichuan with their...
Yi people in Yunnan or Sichuan with their laquered leather armour and leather shields.
In addition, a Korean painting representing Sichuanese Ming dynasty troops under Liu Ting during the Imjin...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th October 2023, 10:34 PM
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25th October 2023, 05:26 PM
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It has indeed some nice details. It is also...
It has indeed some nice details. It is also probably of a more common type in the region, without the extreme 90º bend that mine presents.
I crossed a while ago in an Evans-Pritchard article a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th October 2023, 05:18 PM
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African sickle swords
I have been fascinated for the last year of so by the great Central African sickle sword family. They are really diverse, but evidently related in some way, in the same way that European medieval...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th October 2023, 01:04 PM
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3rd October 2023, 03:31 PM
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2nd October 2023, 09:38 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th September 2023, 01:08 PM
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Hello. As far as I know, the left piece is a...
Hello. As far as I know, the left piece is a typical Banda throwing knife. The early ones were fully functional, and very aerodinamic objets made for war. During the XXth century less functional...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th September 2023, 04:05 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th May 2023, 11:35 AM
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An Afar gile
I just received my first Afar gile. Some decoration, but not too much, and it is of the kind with conical decoration both on the handle and the scabbard. The blade has a nice presence, but it doesn't...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th March 2023, 06:20 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th March 2023, 10:08 AM
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Kukri info
I purchased a few years ago this small kukri from a local dealer at a very good price. Based on what he told me, and my limited knowledge on kukris, i think that this piece is from 1950 onwards, but...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th January 2023, 10:10 PM
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Thank you for the additional reference. It is...
Thank you for the additional reference. It is really interesting how knowing its context has transformed this piece from "a neat thing to have" to " actually really cool".
On a side note, this...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th January 2023, 07:39 PM
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I think it could really be from Spain. I don't...
I think it could really be from Spain. I don't know much about spanish knifes, but I guess it could be from Albacete. I've seen some examples with very similar grip and crossguard shape, such as...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th January 2023, 11:34 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th January 2023, 05:06 PM
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Spearhead identification
Hello. I was gifted this spearhead a while ago and so far my efforts to identify its provenance have been futile. I have the suspicion that it is Central African, but I am not really sure. The edges...
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