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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th October 2024, 10:01 PM
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Views: 2,352
Posted By Rafngard
They are very much in everyday use in Bisaya...

They are very much in everyday use in Bisaya today.
In Samar, in February of this year, we saw people using the knife-sized versions as work knifes (in particular in the Market at Basay), and we...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th October 2024, 07:52 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 6,297
Posted By Rafngard
Here's an interesting Luzon example of the same...

Here's an interesting Luzon example of the same kind of blade shape that recently came to live with me.

It is absolutely the heaviest Luzon blade I've ever handled.

Have fun,
Leif
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st October 2024, 07:28 PM
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Views: 4,557
Posted By Rafngard
It kind of looks like a barung and a gunong had a...

It kind of looks like a barung and a gunong had a baby. A Ba-nong?

Have fun,
Leif
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th October 2024, 04:21 PM
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Views: 8,531
Posted By Rafngard
I really enjoy these. It's outside my area of...

I really enjoy these. It's outside my area of collecting, but I have a few

and on that note, here's my three.

Have fun,
Leif
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st July 2024, 04:27 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 21,595
Posted By Rafngard
The sharpest of all time! So sharp folks! So...

The sharpest of all time! So sharp folks! So sharp, it'll cut things you've never even heard of. I call it, shippy sharp.
That's right, shippy sharp.

*plays an invisible accordion*
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th June 2024, 08:12 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 20,799
Posted By Rafngard
The blade shape almost looks like it could be...

The blade shape almost looks like it could be from Luzon.

Thanks,
Leif
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th June 2024, 08:08 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 20,185
Posted By Rafngard
I was also thinking Indonesia, or maybe Malay or...

I was also thinking Indonesia, or maybe Malay or Borneo, especially for #3
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th June 2024, 06:35 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 19,421
Posted By Rafngard
Do we know how to distinguish Afar blades from...

Do we know how to distinguish Afar blades from Somali blades?

Thanks,
Leif
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st May 2024, 08:19 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 14,802
Posted By Rafngard
Mid 20th century was my guess.

Mid 20th century was my guess.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st May 2024, 06:45 PM
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Views: 14,802
Posted By Rafngard
Hello Detlef, Do you think this Sewar of...

Hello Detlef,

Do you think this Sewar of mine is of the same category?

Thanks,
Leif
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th May 2024, 09:02 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 12,821
Posted By Rafngard
Hello! I gueas it's probably not widely...

Hello!

I gueas it's probably not widely known outside of Minnesota, but after the civil war, Minneapolis became a major hub for Somali immigrants. Minnesota has the largest population of Somalis...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th May 2024, 07:27 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 12,821
Posted By Rafngard
All of mine have fairly thin blades, more so than...

All of mine have fairly thin blades, more so than I'd have expected before seeing them in person!

This is true of the couple I've seen in the local Somali museum here in Minnesota.

Here's my...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd May 2024, 07:18 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 33,082
Posted By Rafngard
It goes without saying that modern martial arts...

It goes without saying that modern martial arts practices (even "traditional" ones) don't necessarily reflect techniques used with historic weapons, but the Bruneian spear work I've studied does...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th May 2024, 04:37 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 81,888
Posted By Rafngard
The hilt form on the Apalit bolo is unusual (for...

The hilt form on the Apalit bolo is unusual (for Apalit). It's a cool example.

Thanks for posting.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st May 2024, 06:31 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 54,449
Posted By Rafngard
Hello Ian, I think that's just a trick...

Hello Ian,



I think that's just a trick of the pictures. Let's just say that these photos were not taken in a studio.
I don't have tang measures, but could probably get them in the future.
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th April 2024, 10:42 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 54,449
Posted By Rafngard
Took me longer than expected to get them, but...

Took me longer than expected to get them, but here's pics of Federico's round-tanged kris.
It does in fact have the gap.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th April 2024, 10:02 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 54,449
Posted By Rafngard
Depending on the construction of the hilt, the...

Depending on the construction of the hilt, the length of the tang might be a lot easier to test than the roundness of the tang. On my example above, a refrigerator magnet will stick to the hilt (thus...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th April 2024, 06:18 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 54,449
Posted By Rafngard
I'm fairly certain I handled that blade the last...

I'm fairly certain I handled that blade the last time I went to Sweden, in May of 2022. It's an odd one so it sticks in my head.

In my uneducated hands the blade definitely felt very Javanese and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th April 2024, 07:24 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 54,449
Posted By Rafngard
My one Archaic kris seems to have the same gap,...

My one Archaic kris seems to have the same gap, though to a lessor extent.

Have fun,
Leif
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st March 2024, 11:18 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 10,317
Posted By Rafngard
Apologies for Necro-ing an old thread, but I was...

Apologies for Necro-ing an old thread, but I was digging through other old threads and found that one of these three (the one with the broken tip) had been discussed 11 or so years before it came...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th February 2024, 11:36 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 3,213
Posted By Rafngard
Origin of the term "Garab."

Hello all,

Do we know how the term "Garab" got applied to the nicer older blades from Leyte and Samar?

I ask because I was just in Leyte and Samar, and we talked to Pandayan in both Leyte and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th February 2024, 06:57 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 6,297
Posted By Rafngard
I'm pretty sure the blade is a cundrik from...

I'm pretty sure the blade is a cundrik from Lombok.
The mountings are unusual, but definitely fit for Lombok.

Here's my example.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=23648

Have...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th January 2024, 06:14 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 16,607
Posted By Rafngard
And also the model number on these can be found...

And also the model number on these can be found on the scabbard, near the ring.

For example, mine here (and above) is model number #38

Have fun,
Leif
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th January 2024, 05:00 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 16,607
Posted By Rafngard
..and here's the rest of them

..and here's the rest of them
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th January 2024, 05:00 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 16,607
Posted By Rafngard
1906 Dalhgren Catalogue.

Hello All,
After a bit of searching, I found this series of photos from a catalogue from C.W. Dalhgren from 1906.

I thought they might add to this thread.

Photos originally found here...
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