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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th February 2023, 07:19 AM
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Posted By Johan van Zyl
Friends, the way I am reading this is that Kai is...

Friends, the way I am reading this is that Kai is in general agreement with Detlef. We have this mutual feeling, that we are morally obliged to preserve what is antique and irreplaceable. That's...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th February 2023, 11:36 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 14,625
Posted By Johan van Zyl
I hold your opinion in this matter in high...

I hold your opinion in this matter in high regard, Detlef, and so I need to confirm what I think you are saying.
You seem quite satisfied that the elongation was broken at some time. You seem to be...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th February 2023, 07:04 AM
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Views: 14,625
Posted By Johan van Zyl
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th February 2023, 07:00 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 14,625
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Detlef, thank you for your reply and the picture...

Detlef, thank you for your reply and the picture showing your own examples. I did not, however, find the equivalent of my example among yours. And that is exactly what set me thinking.
Your example...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th February 2023, 07:46 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 14,625
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Please see pic. Friends, do you think I am...

Please see pic. Friends, do you think I am reading this correctly? It's shouting "antique", but maybe that's just what I want to hear! The white leafy scroll seems to be some kind of lacquer.
Please...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th February 2023, 07:43 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 14,625
Posted By Johan van Zyl
My rencong pudoi

Goodday friends
I got hold of this rencong pudoi at a boot sale. It is my only item from Aceh that I have at present. Please see pic. I do believe it is antique, perhaps mid to late 1800's, but I...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th November 2017, 07:27 AM
Replies: 121
Views: 165,450
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Salaams Ibrahiim. Very interesting. Having seen...

Salaams Ibrahiim. Very interesting. Having seen that Martini-Henry at the souk, and a brass cannon on a carriage I would dearly have loved to own, we travelled past Dibba down a long road toward a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th November 2017, 08:47 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 9,607
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Salaams Ibrahiim. I thank your for your kind...

Salaams Ibrahiim. I thank your for your kind advice and willingness to comment!

Regards
Johan.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th November 2017, 08:42 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 17,213
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Very nice indeed, Kronckew, and the others too. I...

Very nice indeed, Kronckew, and the others too. I made the tip of the scabbard with a piece of black buffalo horn which I shaped to look like ones I had seen on traditional scabbards. The big...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th November 2017, 10:10 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 17,213
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Having read this thread and the interesting...

Having read this thread and the interesting replies, I thought I could also show my own Kurdish khanjar. I got it many years ago. It came without a scabbard, so I made one for it, following the style...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th November 2017, 09:36 AM
Replies: 121
Views: 165,450
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Fascinating reading! Ibrahiim, I also own a...

Fascinating reading! Ibrahiim, I also own a Martini-Henry, for which I load lathe-turned shells with 60-85 grains of black powder. I cast my own bullets with a specially made mold.

I saw a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th November 2017, 09:19 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 9,607
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Thank you, Ebrahiim! I had previously read your...

Thank you, Ebrahiim! I had previously read your fine thread, but I have re-read it now at your advice. The man I traded the Omani khanjar from, told me that he got it from a guy who received it...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th November 2017, 11:09 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 9,607
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Jambiya and Khanjar

Friends, these two items have undergone repeated comparison in my mind. I have read up a LOT about these knives and once more my head is spinning. So I am going to offer you the pics of the Yemeni...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 15th November 2017, 10:29 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 11,303
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Friends, I want to echo/underline what Alan...

Friends, I want to echo/underline what Alan wrote: "...only a momentary custodian of it, his obligation was to ensure its preservation from the moment he accepted it into his care. If he did not...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 4th October 2017, 08:04 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 23,725
Posted By Johan van Zyl
And right you are in what you say, David. You...

And right you are in what you say, David. You will realize, however, that in the discussion between myself, Alan and interested members, when the expression "...similar points of comparison between...
Forum: European Armoury 3rd October 2017, 03:15 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 15,956
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Very interesting indeed! Thanks for the link! ...

Very interesting indeed! Thanks for the link!

Johan
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 3rd October 2017, 03:05 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 23,725
Posted By Johan van Zyl
I'm dead sure that if ever you and I could sit...

I'm dead sure that if ever you and I could sit and talk around a coffee table, you would be able to offer me valuable insights also of the kukri. I think your extended experience in areas outside the...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd October 2017, 10:46 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 15,956
Posted By Johan van Zyl
This is fascinating stuff, Kronckew! I have...

This is fascinating stuff, Kronckew! I have previously done some reading up on skeletal muscle attachments, especially pertaining to archeological excavations. The forensics behind this field of...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 1st October 2017, 12:30 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 23,725
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Without a doubt the kukri and the keris are not...

Without a doubt the kukri and the keris are not equals, and nobody has suggested that. But consensus seems to have it that a keris, like a kukri, is also a weapon, besides being much more than that....
Forum: European Armoury 1st October 2017, 11:51 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 15,956
Posted By Johan van Zyl
I definitely second what you say, Victrix! Thank...

I definitely second what you say, Victrix! Thank you to Kronckew for this extra information.

When I first read of the spectacular finds on the Mary Rose wreck, I found myself more interested in...
Forum: European Armoury 30th September 2017, 02:46 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 15,956
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Victrix, I think the ridges are there not to cut...

Victrix, I think the ridges are there not to cut the flesh, like in modern arrowheads, because they seem to have been made dull, even when new. I think they are there to increase the diameter of the...
Forum: European Armoury 30th September 2017, 09:56 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 15,956
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Thank you, Roland. I am relieved. Looking...

Thank you, Roland. I am relieved.

Looking at your picture, I get the feeling that these arrowheads would have remained in the enemy's body after the arrow had struck, and that "medical...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 30th September 2017, 09:30 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 23,725
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Good reasoning, Allan, thank you. Of course, what...

Good reasoning, Allan, thank you. Of course, what you say goes for many other antique traditional edged weapons. As an example I offer the kukri.

On a light-hearted note: your use of the word...
Forum: European Armoury 29th September 2017, 09:20 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 15,956
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Roman arrowheads or not

Dear forum friends, I got this brass/copper object from an antique dealer friend, who suggested it to be a Roman arrow head. I do not know how trustworthy this suggestion is. Please see the pics,...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 29th September 2017, 09:15 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 23,725
Posted By Johan van Zyl
I would love to participate in this thread, even...

I would love to participate in this thread, even though I am not a boffin in terms of keris. My take on the handle is that it was a good, proper Javanese ukiran before it became thoroughly worn down....
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