Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd January 2026, 10:30 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd January 2026, 02:07 PM
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Hi Detlef,
Yes, lines on the blade adjacent...
Hi Detlef,
Yes, lines on the blade adjacent to the hilt are certainly seen on some Visayan knives and swords, including those with Panay hilts. And yes, an occasional Spanish Colonial blade of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd January 2026, 04:13 PM
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Hi Detlef,
What puts me off a Visayan origin...
Hi Detlef,
What puts me off a Visayan origin for the smaller knife is the full length tang and the form of the D-guard. Perhaps something from Cebu, but I think that is less likely than Luzon.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd January 2026, 09:51 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd January 2026, 09:36 AM
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Hi Drac,
Two nice Luzon knives with some age...
Hi Drac,
Two nice Luzon knives with some age I believe.
The smaller one with the triangular blade plus D-guard with down-turned quillion has Spanish colonial features. I think this one was...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st December 2025, 08:59 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st December 2025, 08:08 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
30th December 2025, 02:06 AM
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Tapa beaters--clubs used for making fabrics
Tapa beaters are clubs used in the manufacture of tapa fabric. I am posting examples here to record them for the archives and so that diligent readers will not confuse them with some type of club...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th December 2025, 09:12 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th December 2025, 04:43 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th December 2025, 11:59 PM
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Lee,
Thank you for showing your two Mt Hagen...
Lee,
Thank you for showing your two Mt Hagen axe heads. These old "utilitarian" forms (i.e., non-ceremonial) are not commonly found these days. The more familiar examples with woven plant material...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th December 2025, 07:01 PM
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Unusual Moro barung
I am posting this one for our archives because it has an unusual pommel and scabbard, which are difficult to place precisely.
It is a Moro barung of relatively recent manufacture judging from its...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th December 2025, 01:21 PM
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Ed and Jim,
Thank you for your wonderful...
Ed and Jim,
Thank you for your wonderful support and advice. Indeed, it will take me several years to complete the entire region. Help from the membership here will be greatly appreciated.
My...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th December 2025, 07:02 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
24th December 2025, 11:24 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd December 2025, 07:03 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st December 2025, 06:40 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th December 2025, 09:26 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th December 2025, 07:32 PM
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Xas, thanks for adding these thoughts. There is...
Xas, thanks for adding these thoughts. There is actually a fourth method that has recently been brought to my attention by another forum member who happens to be an archeologist. This involves carbon...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th December 2025, 05:02 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th December 2025, 12:20 PM
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A recent auction pick-up—? piha kaetta
This one comes from an auction that ended recently. It was listed as an old Burmese knife. It does not look like any Burmese knife that I have seen, but it does resemble an old piha kaetta from Sri...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th December 2025, 10:44 PM
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Just to clarify the term shandigan. A shandigan...
Just to clarify the term shandigan. A shandigan blade has a swollen edge and usually a slightly hollow ground area above it. It is not a chisel edge in that the swelling occurs symmetrically on both...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th December 2025, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 13
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Hi Detlef. By common, I meant that they come up...
Hi Detlef. By common, I meant that they come up for sale fairly regularly but, as you say, the better made and older examples are less common. Recent examples, such as the ones you have shown, seem...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th December 2025, 08:14 PM
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Detlef, thanks for looking up all that...
Detlef, thanks for looking up all that information. The link you provided was very informative. I have copied the Google-translated text below because it has some history of the knife and how it is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th December 2025, 12:22 PM
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Replies: 13
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Hi Detlef,
Thanks for posting your examples....
Hi Detlef,
Thanks for posting your examples. It is remarkable how consistent these knives have been in their style and manufacture. Note the one dated 1867 and how similar the others are to it....
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