Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2026, 03:57 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2026, 12:17 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
26th February 2026, 09:47 PM
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Bermejo was a producer of military issue swords...
Bermejo was a producer of military issue swords and drinks until a few years ago 10 years maybe. They went bankrupt producing a huge order for Colombia that was never paid for I believe. The company...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th February 2026, 09:32 PM
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No, I'd think all these dagger handles in the...
No, I'd think all these dagger handles in the Mediterranean and near East had handle shoes going back to the bronze age, that phallic shape has been in that region since that time. Look at Roman,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd February 2026, 08:34 PM
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Yeah tis African. Not Polynesian or...
Yeah tis African. Not Polynesian or melanesianeaian.. chokwe clubs have similar carving on them in places, the head and Shaft. But there is many different ethnic groups in southern and south...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd February 2026, 08:18 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd February 2026, 08:12 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
7th February 2026, 08:26 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st February 2026, 08:33 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st February 2026, 02:02 AM
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I would say this is a 19th century english made...
I would say this is a 19th century english made fantasy swords used of gaudy panoply displays where people wanted a curtain look and didn't nessicarily can't beat up old antiques. Spain and England...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th January 2026, 12:44 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th January 2026, 04:46 AM
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Replies: 10
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Also forgot to add..
Have a look at Zulu,...
Also forgot to add..
Have a look at Zulu, Shona, Matabele and so on wood carving patterns. Or Zulu patters, it's usually grooved bands and triangles with lines, pretty typical sort of pattern they...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th January 2026, 04:41 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th December 2025, 08:49 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
25th November 2025, 09:13 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th November 2025, 08:11 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 14,293
Hey, yes it's a high price but also an...
Hey, yes it's a high price but also an exceptionally rare item.
As to their use, I'd imagine they are hunting clubs or weapons. If they were some sort of ceremonial sceptre I'd expect a more...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th November 2025, 11:13 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th November 2025, 09:16 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd November 2025, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 13
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The Mongols, kipchaks and their ancestors had a...
The Mongols, kipchaks and their ancestors had a number of armour piercing dagger like weapons. . Hence the word for a dagger in many middle eastern, arabic, , Slavic and such languages in based on...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th October 2025, 12:17 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th October 2025, 10:37 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th October 2025, 10:02 AM
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hi Paatterson25. as you have the sword in hand...
hi Paatterson25. as you have the sword in hand now? some more much more details photos would be in order. im inclined to agree the guard DOES indeed look like a tulwar disk !
lets have some more...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th October 2025, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 3
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yep you can still get the same model today, ...
yep you can still get the same model today,
they are thinner than the original kukris, being cut from steel plate. 5-6mm normally . in fact you can get the same models with the metal bands on the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th October 2025, 08:05 AM
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Central Asian shashka.
Here is a typical example of a central Asian "shashka".
The blade has a slight T section and almost no taper till the foible where it tapers abruptly.
The blade gets thinner and less robust...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th October 2025, 05:35 AM
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Replies: 3
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Hi it's indian, not Nepali.
Made in Dehradun.....
Hi it's indian, not Nepali.
Made in Dehradun.. recently made. Last 20-40 years . They still make that "model" . There's another one the make with a horn handle and aluminium buttplate .. these have...
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