Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 09:04 PM
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Masonic sword with skull & crossbones
Here is a bit of sword esoterica I have presented before several times, and while certainly unusual I decided it seemed a worthy topic for another soliloquy. As always I enjoy these kinds of esoteric...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
Yesterday, 08:01 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 07:25 PM
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Sword canes, sticks and the art of fence
In previous post, the sword cane was noted, and it would seem that this convention was likely popularized from the exposure in India of certain innovative combination or concealed blades. While the...
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Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 05:40 PM
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Norman, thank you so much for those important...
Norman, thank you so much for those important notes on the heavy cavalry officers swords!!! Perfectly explains the case with these officers swords, and quite honestly (I am more than a bit rusty as I...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th October 2025, 01:00 PM
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Replies: 23
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This is a fascinating topic Peter!! and wrought...
This is a fascinating topic Peter!! and wrought with complexity, especially as the detail expands into sword stick/cane and even more into the native regiments of East India Co. later into British...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th October 2025, 04:34 PM
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Thank you Keith! That sums things up nicely. It...
Thank you Keith! That sums things up nicely. It seems incredible that the entire dynamics of English blade making has been 'swept under the carpet' for over two centuries, leaving us with lore and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd October 2025, 01:03 AM
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Ian and Jose, in a rare occasion I am lost for...
Ian and Jose, in a rare occasion I am lost for words, and cannot thank you enough for such kind words! All I can say is that the sentiments are very mutual, and we've all worked together to make this...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st October 2025, 03:53 PM
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I cannot thank you enough for such kind words...
I cannot thank you enough for such kind words reviewing my interview with Sergey, which was incredibly enlightening on this very esoteric subject .
While I have done some collecting and study in...
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Forum: European Armoury
21st October 2025, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 10
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Mysteries of Shotley Bridge
Hi Keith!
Im glad to see you come in on this, as nobody knows these northern blades as you do. The mysterious Mr. Oley of Shotley Bridge was indeed the silent player of English sword blade...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th October 2025, 04:29 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
19th October 2025, 12:22 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th October 2025, 04:43 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,964
Good note Rob, and that has been the case with...
Good note Rob, and that has been the case with numbers of swords we have seen through the years. It seems a travesty, but years ago many old weapons were seen simply as displays rather than valuable...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th October 2025, 10:58 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th October 2025, 07:10 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,964
Agreed, the Rajputs moved eastward as far as...
Agreed, the Rajputs moved eastward as far as Orissa regions, and as far north as Nepal of course over centuries. It would be hard to imagine the diffusion of the transverse grip punch dagger did not...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th October 2025, 06:28 PM
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Thank you Turkoman! especially for providing...
Thank you Turkoman! especially for providing these links to these examples.
It is extremely hard to date examples of Indian arms as the elemental conventions remained essentially the same overall...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th October 2025, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 12
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Thank you so much Mercenary, it is very...
Thank you so much Mercenary, it is very gratifying to see one of my weapons acquired many years ago when my knowledge of Indian arms was so elementary noted with such recognition. It is a most...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th October 2025, 04:17 AM
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Replies: 10
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th October 2025, 03:58 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,964
Hi Ian,
I recall the discussions of 10 years...
Hi Ian,
I recall the discussions of 10 years ago, and Jens was indeed trying to establish the origins of the katar, or the transverse grip weapon form dagger. I think the presumption that the use by...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th October 2025, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 12
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Thanks Ian! I was surprised at the similarity,...
Thanks Ian! I was surprised at the similarity, and have always thought of this as optimistically 18th c. Rajput, as it seems to correspond with other such examples.
I think it was indeed a full...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th October 2025, 01:27 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
17th October 2025, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 17
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Thank you Dirk! Then perhaps even tenuous...
Thank you Dirk! Then perhaps even tenuous possibility of Culloden (1746) association in degree (by type) as there were some French contingents there as Jacobites. Were turks heads used on grips that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th October 2025, 12:25 PM
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Katar dagger, Rajput (?) late 18th c (?)
This 'katar' seems to correspond to an example shown in an interesting article in OBJET.art (linked) and I would appreciate comments.
The article example shown as of this 'punch' type is compared to...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th October 2025, 12:02 PM
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Replies: 17
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English? walloon?
Thank you guys for this valuable discussion.
I have this example which has been neglected in research for decades, and have always simply presumed it was English, and probably of c. 1690s.
In...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th October 2025, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,704
Ian and Will, thank you guys for detailing...
Ian and Will, thank you guys for detailing criteria on your observations!
This thoughtful effort is how we learn about the weapons we discuss and the character of the elements, decoration and...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th October 2025, 04:10 PM
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