| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  25th February 2011, 08:27 PM | 
	
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				 turkoid machetoid & Islammic talisman 
 Hi, I had picked up this interesting sword and hoped for some help IDing the mark/origin.  The blade is flat machete type blade with hammered surfaces.  The mark is partially obscured/mis-struck, but...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  25th February 2011, 08:17 PM | 
	
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				 Amazing piece!  I wannit I wannit I wannit I... 
 Amazing piece!  I wannit I wannit I wannit I wannit.   :D   Note the spike is of squarish section like a tang.  Squared or rounded spikes are common on sickle type tools, usually at the tip, and I...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  25th February 2011, 08:10 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  25th February 2011, 08:08 PM | 
	
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				 I have a similar sickle to Vandoo's Luzon one... 
 I have a similar sickle to Vandoo's Luzon one that I picked up off a lady who had been a school teacher in various SEA countries before wwII.  Interestingly the hooked dragonny pommel is gone from...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  5th January 2011, 05:34 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  5th January 2011, 05:29 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  5th January 2011, 05:12 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  10th December 2010, 10:36 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  10th December 2010, 10:35 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  8th December 2010, 10:29 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  8th December 2010, 03:13 AM | 
	
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				 Visayan sword with rather Lumaddy handle? 
 Another ex-ebay item; #220702194436  The handle is aluminum; I wonder if it's cast-on, or hollow like the brass Lumad handles?  The shape is traditional Visayan, of course, with a left-handed blade. ...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  8th December 2010, 03:09 AM | 
	
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				 pirate swords 
 Hi, I'm interested in the pirates of South East Asia, and their arms.  I'm no good with photos, but there are a couple of very interesting (former) ebay items I find intriquing in this regard, as...
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