Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd June 2026, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,870
I think the key to the knife ID is the collar....
I think the key to the knife ID is the collar. Does it rotate to lock the blade open like Opinel? If it doesn't rotate & lock; Never Mind. But the Opinel patent of 1955 is centuries later than the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st June 2026, 04:40 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th May 2026, 09:48 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 9,781
I can't add to Jim's comment on the fantastic...
I can't add to Jim's comment on the fantastic blade, but I have issues with dress. Nothing about the assemblage says Mahdist Period to me. The cross guard could come from any lot of bronze cross...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th April 2026, 12:50 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,031
Stephen,
Yes, there is a good resemblance....
Stephen,
Yes, there is a good resemblance. Maybe the Mark is of some sort of sub rosa hajj collective, maybe like a hajj tattoo of shared remembrance.
Your guess is certainly as good or better...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th March 2026, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 6
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th January 2026, 01:02 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 8,533
Pertinax,
I thought I had it with "What...
Pertinax,
I thought I had it with "What Africans Got For Their Slaves" by Stanley B. Alpern. It contains most of the items contained in the mystery text, but is only some 39 pages. See his Note 2...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th January 2026, 08:10 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 8,533
Great approach Ian. I used your approach to...
Great approach Ian. I used your approach to search the references the "author" used in hope of finding a bibliography. Here are the results others may take further.
Search title:
African Slave...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th January 2026, 10:47 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,031
Jim,
I realize it's a big stretch, but...
Jim,
I realize it's a big stretch, but certainly plausible. Thanks for not hooting me down. The Freemasons were attractive to certain Ottoman elites and middle class professionals. Many lodges...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th January 2026, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,031
Jim,
You seem to have very well covered the...
Jim,
You seem to have very well covered the current view of this symbol.Since it has been engraved with consistent design on select blades, I suggest that it was purposely done for certain...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th December 2025, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 31,733
Ian and to a lesser extent Jim,
Yes, let the...
Ian and to a lesser extent Jim,
Yes, let the games begin. We all know the Project Management Process, but I like to cast the completed document or a music recording or a high dam finally producing...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th December 2025, 08:08 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 31,733
Ian,
Oceanic Weapons is a huge topic with...
Ian,
Oceanic Weapons is a huge topic with many interesting ethnic groups/regions represented. Each one may be thought of as a niche area of limited overall interest and study with limited...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th November 2025, 11:44 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th September 2025, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 44,116
Jim,
I asked an informant in Kassala about...
Jim,
I asked an informant in Kassala about the cross guard "X" and he just said it was preferred by some and not by others. It does add a fashion quality to the guard, but I know nothing about the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th September 2025, 03:52 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 44,116
Marc,
Thanks for posting another of Awad...
Marc,
Thanks for posting another of Awad Adam's excellent swords. Note the tapered blade hand made entirely by eye and exact forge strikes. The quality appears as good or better than any munitions...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th September 2025, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 102,250
Jim,
Not what you are looking for BUT...The...
Jim,
Not what you are looking for BUT...The Douk-Douk pocket knife is French-made and was used by the Foreign Legion and it's enemies.
"It was carried by the French Foreign Legion and other...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th September 2025, 07:22 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 44,116
Jim,
Here's a 2015 thread that noted...
Jim,
Here's a 2015 thread that noted half-moons on European swords back at least to the mid-18th C. The styles and details are varied enough for them to be wide spread.
Also, Post #4 has blade...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th September 2025, 09:51 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 44,116
Yuri,
I agree with your Kassala attribution....
Yuri,
I agree with your Kassala attribution. I know nothing re the maker's mark. Note the Beja/Hadendawa tassel below the pommel.
The cross guard shows what are likely incomplete forge welds...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th August 2025, 01:05 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 80,405
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th August 2025, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 80,405
Yuri,
Those 19. C travelers'/explorers'...
Yuri,
Those 19. C travelers'/explorers' reports are unfortunately all we have on the life styles and weapons of the Arabized and Black inhabitants of the Sahel. But we are also very fortunate to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd August 2025, 03:01 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 80,405
Jim,
Thanks for updating the info on...
Jim,
Thanks for updating the info on travelers accounts, etc. You and I along with others mainly Iain Norman have pretty well plowed these fields, but much remains for Pertinax to provide fresh...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st August 2025, 05:28 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 80,405
TVV, Jim, Good observations.
It could be...
TVV, Jim, Good observations.
It could be that the "kaskara" began to get its distinctive style via the relative flat ends of the Sennariya cross guard. Likely made in Sennar by local blacksmiths...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th August 2025, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 80,405
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th August 2025, 01:35 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 80,405
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th August 2025, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 80,405
Jim,
I just now reading "Travels in Nubia"...
Jim,
I just now reading "Travels in Nubia" 1819 by Burckhardt. having wadded through the intro. I think Nubia part starts on p.113 after a long intro in Roman numerals. His accounts are the main...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th August 2025, 03:30 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 80,405
Jim,
I went back down the Rabbit Hole....
Jim,
I went back down the Rabbit Hole. Here's an article on the fate of the Mamluks in Sudan. Pretty well got whittled away over the years. Fought local tribes. Apparently didn't develop a polity....
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