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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th January 2011, 04:02 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 21,418
Posted By Daniel
About the price of a happy meal at McDonalds. In...

About the price of a happy meal at McDonalds. In fact I only bought it as a cheap curiosity I thought might make for an interesting discussion on BladeForums. Someone there recommended I come here...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th January 2011, 03:46 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 21,418
Posted By Daniel
I appreciate your educated guess. And I promise...

I appreciate your educated guess. And I promise not to hold you to it. ;)

I can't decide if the pommel is simply an abstract design, or if it might depict a fish swallowing a smaller fish...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th January 2011, 10:00 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 21,418
Posted By Daniel
Thank you all for your insights. Yes, the handle...

Thank you all for your insights. Yes, the handle is solid brass, and the knife was found with no sheath.

Any thoughts as to age?

Thanks,

DD
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th January 2011, 06:07 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 21,418
Posted By Daniel
Unknown Ethnic Knife

Does anyone know what this might be?

Thanks,

DD
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 22nd April 2008, 03:51 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 9,698
Posted By Daniel
Thank you all for your help. I do have little...

Thank you all for your help. I do have little invested in it and would like to give the cleaning and restaining process a try--just for the fun and education of it.
I know there are recipes on this...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 21st April 2008, 08:12 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 9,698
Posted By Daniel
I appreciate the comments. I thought there was...

I appreciate the comments. I thought there was something terribly wrong when I saw the streaks running counter to the grain of the steel, but wasn't sure if this was a bad attempt at faking the...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 20th April 2008, 11:49 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 9,698
Posted By Daniel
New Keris--Balinese?

I ran across this keris at our local flea market. It reminds me quite a bit of a Balinese keris I had posted on this forum last year:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3954

This one...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th February 2007, 12:33 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 27,763
Posted By Daniel
I haven't cleaned a lot of blades, but as an...

I haven't cleaned a lot of blades, but as an antique tool collector, I've had to deal with a lot of rust on iron planes, steel chisels, etc.
In the past, when confronted with heavy rust on...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th February 2007, 08:27 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 11,948
Posted By Daniel
I've done some restoration work on bone, ivory...

I've done some restoration work on bone, ivory and stag and have worked out a method that with a little care can result in a virtually invisible repair.

I start by mixing a small amount of clear...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 19th January 2007, 08:12 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 20,186
Posted By Daniel
Thanks again for all the information. It...

Thanks again for all the information. It certainly sounds like something I could do.

DD
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th January 2007, 07:13 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 9,073
Posted By Daniel
A very simple and commonly used process with...

A very simple and commonly used process with rusty old tools, etc. is to soak it in a solution of 1/2 white vinegar and 1/2 water. After a few days in this solution, the rust slides right of with a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th January 2007, 03:58 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 10,498
Posted By Daniel
I have a couple of burnishers with oval cross...

I have a couple of burnishers with oval cross section. They don't have pointed ends, but that would be easy to add--for whatever reason. The handle on your's looks bench made to me. The kind of style...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 18th January 2007, 02:48 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 20,186
Posted By Daniel
Thank you all for taking the time to post your...

Thank you all for taking the time to post your opinions on this piece. I feel I have a much clearer idea now of what I have.

My Grandfather wasn't a knowlegeable collector, and brought back from...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 17th January 2007, 08:33 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 20,186
Posted By Daniel
Grandpa's Keris

Hi, I'm new to the forum. Am a long time knife collector, but a novice with ethnographic blades.
My grandfather lived and traveled in Indonesia back in the 50's and brought this back as a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th January 2007, 08:51 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 10,498
Posted By Daniel
The shape reminds me of both a sharpening steel...

The shape reminds me of both a sharpening steel (ground down flat), or a cabinet maker's burnisher (for turning the edge on cabinet scrapers). Is the cross section flat, or oval?
DD
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th January 2007, 08:37 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 26,821
Posted By Daniel
You mean there are no experts on early brass...

You mean there are no experts on early brass handled Papal-assassin figural daggers in this forum with other examples of winged lions to support your identification? How disappointing.
DD
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