Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th January 2026, 02:02 AM
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Replies: 12
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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, 09:10 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,125
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, 11:47 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,192
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, 06:08 PM
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Replies: 9
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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, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 16,950
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, 09:08 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 16,950
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
11th November 2025, 12:44 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th September 2025, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 39,311
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, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 39,311
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, 07:23 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 63,213
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, 08:22 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 39,311
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, 10:51 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 39,311
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, 02:05 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 68,212
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th August 2025, 07:03 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 68,212
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, 04:01 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 68,212
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, 06:28 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 68,212
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, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 68,212
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th August 2025, 02:35 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 68,212
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th August 2025, 09:37 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 68,212
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, 04:30 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 68,212
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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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th August 2025, 02:27 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 68,212
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th August 2025, 01:26 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 68,212
Changdao,
Good observation!! The Kingdom of...
Changdao,
Good observation!! The Kingdom of Fazughli was a connection between the Funj and Ethiopia. The possible Ethiopian influence on the kaskara are shown on p. 10-11, Figs. 10, 11 & 12 of my...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th August 2025, 10:58 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 68,212
Jim,
A complex list of queries. I'll try to...
Jim,
A complex list of queries. I'll try to respond after a fashion.
A group of Mamluk "refugees" fled to the Dongola region of N. Sudan in 1812 and influenced the area until 1820 when the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th August 2025, 11:51 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 68,212
Jim,
I agree. From the Egyptian "conquest"...
Jim,
I agree. From the Egyptian "conquest" of Sudan in 1821 until the Mahdiya beginning in 1885 there was a considerable different kinds of swords deployed in Sudan. The Funj mounted guards used...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th August 2025, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 68,212
To me this sword is not a Kaskara, likely...
To me this sword is not a Kaskara, likely "invented" in mid-19th C. The handle has none of the design elements of a kaskara. The cross guard is close and looks like those cast brass elements from...
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