Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th February 2024, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 4
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That's a very interesting knife! Would you...
That's a very interesting knife! Would you perhaps know if the antler has been coated, or just stained?
I hadn't thought of the French possibility, my initial assumption was that it was probably...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th February 2024, 05:10 PM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th February 2024, 12:58 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 81,799
On the topic of Italian influences on Indian...
On the topic of Italian influences on Indian Ocean pirates, what do you make of this one? The hilt is a typical example of the "Turk's head" type of mid-eighteenth century Genoan dagger, but the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th February 2024, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 4
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Indian Wootz Shamshir with antler hilt?
Hi,
Just posting this here, because I've never come across anything like this before. At first I thought the hilt slabs were made from stained ivory, but it turns out they're made from deer...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
13th September 2022, 11:20 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 26,298
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
13th September 2022, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 26,298
A keris for comment
Hi,
I'm new, and I just thought I'd share some items from my collection. I would appreciate anyone's thoughts on this keris esp. in terms of dapur and pamor (which is something I'm still trying...
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