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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 28th March 2026, 08:02 PM
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Posted By gp
She's like a knife, sharp but pretty She'll...

She's like a knife, sharp but pretty
She'll break your heart just for fun
You bet your life, you'll get no pity
She'll drop you flat when it's done
Look but just don't touch, she's dangerous...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 28th March 2026, 07:29 PM
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Views: 48,383
Posted By gp
"And there's a boy who uses his knife" by the...

"And there's a boy who uses his knife" by the Earring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u06yfRWifPk&list=RDu06yfRWifPk&start_radio=1

who bid us farewell after 60 years of rock n roll in their last...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 28th March 2026, 07:12 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 5,628
Posted By gp
Tip; you can visit as well the former...

Tip; you can visit as well the former "Tropenmuseum" in A'dam as they presently have a excellent exhibition on the Dutch colonial history, both the East and West
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th March 2026, 08:01 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,127
Posted By gp
thank you for your swift reply, no it isn't...

thank you for your swift reply, no it isn't curved as far as I can see from the auction's site pictures
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th March 2026, 03:40 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,127
Posted By gp
your opnion is requested....

won this nice looking knife, although it has some serious oxidation on the blade. Looking forward to its arrival and will have to clean it carefully but thoroughly though

Details of its...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th March 2026, 07:14 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 15,184
Posted By gp
agree with Teodor; the first is typical Greek but...

agree with Teodor; the first is typical Greek but with a repurposed blade ( originally from a yataghan) and also Marcus correctly stated the handle / grip is too small for a yataghan.
Mostly the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th March 2026, 06:37 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,928
Posted By gp
Welcome! Can you show us a few example pictures...

Welcome! Can you show us a few example pictures you are thinking of referring to? Thank you very much!
Forum: European Armoury 19th March 2026, 11:38 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 41,171
Posted By gp
Interesting yet different lion sword as well from...

Interesting yet different lion sword as well from Sri Lanka, English at the second half of the page:

https://www.eerstekamer.nl/overig/20230706/advies_gouden_kastane/document

although...
Forum: European Armoury 18th March 2026, 09:35 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 35,618
Posted By gp
forget about the black stains; sometimes it is...

forget about the black stains; sometimes it is not possible to "clean" every kind of contamination on a blade but what is most interesting to me is to see 2 different type of "saints" on the blade.
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th March 2026, 07:48 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 703,764
Posted By gp
more than humble; a beautiful one in the way it...

more than humble; a beautiful one in the way it is made and also the 'C' sign on the blade...only the second time I have seen one like that, and nice curve on the grip..very smooth !
Lovely...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th March 2026, 03:24 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 703,764
Posted By gp
any o9ne of you has a "bird beak"bichaq? if...

any o9ne of you has a "bird beak"bichaq? if positiv, can you show a pic please? Thnx !☼
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th March 2026, 07:15 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 703,764
Posted By gp
just got lucky at an action and did win a "bird...

just got lucky at an action and did win a "bird beak pommel" bichaq and am looking forward to receive it soon.

Same features as Pitt1999 with the same decoration ( circular) on the grip as also...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 12th March 2026, 10:10 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 48,383
Posted By gp
Tell Butcher Knife Tighten Annie.... We gonna...

Tell Butcher Knife Tighten Annie....
We gonna pitch a ball down to that union hall

some most beautiful versions :)

Koko Taylor and the great Willie Dixon...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 12th March 2026, 09:55 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 140,469
Posted By gp
and 22. Juli 1746 at Tirlemont ( just around the...

and 22. Juli 1746 at Tirlemont ( just around the corner where I live ☺) by Antoine Benoist (1721-1770).
The latter could well be the same Pandurs which inspired Crnojanski to write his book...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 12th March 2026, 09:50 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 140,469
Posted By gp
another nice visualisation of the Pandurs are...

another nice visualisation of the Pandurs are these 2 drawings of a battle between the Habsburg Hungarian Royal Husars and Pandurs with the French troops 9. August 1746 at Etoiles
Forum: European Armoury 8th March 2026, 10:15 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 35,618
Posted By gp
great, thnx a lot for these examples!

great, thnx a lot for these examples!
Forum: European Armoury 8th March 2026, 06:39 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 35,618
Posted By gp
Hi Detlev, the bolster indeed looks the...

Hi Detlev,

the bolster indeed looks the same, but that is one and actually the only aspect of similarity, or do I misunderstand you?

- what about the blade and its decoration? None of the...
Forum: European Armoury 7th March 2026, 05:59 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 35,618
Posted By gp
it is getting more and more interesting the...

it is getting more and more interesting the origin and relationship with the Iberian region!
as explained with this example, shown in the 2nd one from Venetia and 3rd one
based upon the brass...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th March 2026, 02:37 AM
Replies: 546
Views: 2,391,097
Posted By gp
Ottoman soldiers in 1828, taken from a travel...

Ottoman soldiers in 1828, taken from a travel book of Scottisch writer Charles Macfarlane (1799–1858)
Forum: European Armoury 6th March 2026, 07:15 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 35,618
Posted By gp
it normally is brass indeed, with most of these...

it normally is brass indeed, with most of these knives and daggers.
I believe by the looks the grip is horn like you mostly see with the knives of that period, sometimes it is bone...the white...
Forum: European Armoury 5th March 2026, 12:59 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 35,618
Posted By gp
Be carefull if or when cleaning it ...in order...

Be carefull if or when cleaning it ...in order not to damage the yellowish ( gold ?) decoration on the blade !


'Bom dia !

It for certain is no letter opener but a smal knife or dagger...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th February 2026, 01:09 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 82,067
Posted By gp
an additional visualisation, I just received a...

an additional visualisation, I just received a couple of pics for my collection

3rd regiment Zouaves
campaign in northern Morocco 1907-08
WWI Battle at Aisne
WWI German POW's
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th February 2026, 01:07 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 82,067
Posted By gp
double....sorry!

double....sorry!
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th February 2026, 11:12 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 29,250
Posted By gp
Indeed, this comes closest Also interesting:...

Indeed, this comes closest

Also interesting:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=29752

Nevertheless first time ever I have seen DaveA’s very nice dagger!
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th February 2026, 08:19 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 29,250
Posted By gp
Thnx a lot for this insight. Might indeed be a...

Thnx a lot for this insight. Might indeed be a good indication but would define it as not Moroccan as the Tuareg region is way more south or more east towards Algeria and Libyia...
Still remains the...
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