Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th March 2005, 05:04 AM
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Keep in mind that what type of swords has a...
Keep in mind that what type of swords has a bearing as well......it might not be entirely a waste of money to conside apprenticing with a good ethnographic smith as well.
I wouldn't be completely...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th March 2005, 04:59 AM
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Replies: 12
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That's 100% true, but my two "Warrior head" art...
That's 100% true, but my two "Warrior head" art shields offer a sense of protection better than any other shield I've ever seen, to the point that I suspect they would actually stop a medium caliber...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th March 2005, 04:42 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th March 2005, 04:35 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 42,151
Thank you Ina and Federico...as I said, I...
Thank you Ina and Federico...as I said, I followed perhaps 20 threads and just about the time I thought I'd figured it out, I'd run across a piece that contradicted the others and I'd be off and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th March 2005, 08:42 PM
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Replies: 12
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Yes, I WAS wondering if it had an ottoman style...
Yes, I WAS wondering if it had an ottoman style "eared hilt" although there's another similar knife with the "birds head" hilt(very well described, thank you) and not eared that I was told is called...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th March 2005, 08:29 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th March 2005, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 12
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It's my understandiong that at least some of...
It's my understandiong that at least some of these are "dance shields" and not made JUST for tourists, but I don't have any direct confirmation of this.
On most, a little digging with a fine blade...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th March 2005, 07:53 PM
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Replies: 5
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Are those decorative circles on this piece? ...
Are those decorative circles on this piece?
With the one on the blade in particular and the depth of those on the hilt almost seems to suggest that it was inlaid with something that has fallen out,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th March 2005, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 17
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Mexican (?) Dagger for Identification?
Hi all....here's another one that caught my eye at the wrong time.
The seller said he thought it was of Spanish origin, and I seem to remember seeing that these were Mexican (?), but can't remember...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th March 2005, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 4
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It almost seems that a takouba and a kaskara...
It almost seems that a takouba and a kaskara ought to be in pairs, eh?
My kaskara was literally my first ever ethnographic sword, brought back from Eretrea for me by my son about 11 years ago while...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th March 2005, 02:26 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th March 2005, 02:16 PM
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Replies: 19
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I'll add a welcome as well and wish that I was...
I'll add a welcome as well and wish that I was multi-lingual too.
Unfortunately, I'm only fluent in two languages, English (except near medication time) and profanity, all of the time.**grin**
Mike
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th March 2005, 02:09 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th March 2005, 01:59 PM
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Replies: 16
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Sure it did...it IS the same yatagan.
I have to...
Sure it did...it IS the same yatagan.
I have to agree about the not being much overpriced, if at all and the fact that it's a newer hilt and scabbard, as there's a good chance that the old ones were...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th March 2005, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 8,210
You may be correct in the Thai attribution, but...
You may be correct in the Thai attribution, but honestly, I thought it was from the Philippines, primarily because I'd run across a couple like it in all of the searches trying to put some meaning to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2005, 12:12 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2005, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 7,804
Thank you to all that have contributed so...
Thank you to all that have contributed so far.....in my absense there are a whole crop of terms, most of which I believe are either types of swords/knives or else are the factor(s) that categorize a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th March 2005, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 5
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Now THOSE are strange! LOL!
Don't jump too fast...
Now THOSE are strange! LOL!
Don't jump too fast as I'm not SURE that this is a Philippine knife......I THINK it is, but it's got a lot of Indonesion qualities to it as well, the reason I posted it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th March 2005, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 4
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axes?
You ARE going to share photos and...
axes?
You ARE going to share photos and descriptions with your "other" friends aren't you? **hint, hint**
Freddy, this one had me stumped for a long time too....I actually had it pegged as a mace...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th March 2005, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 5
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Philippine Cuchillo?
Based upon the blade shape, style and scabbard, my first impulse is to think that it's Visayan, from the Philippines, but then you come to the hilt and pommel and my certainty evaporates.
I've seen...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th March 2005, 05:34 PM
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Replies: 4
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Outstanding piece Freddy!!!!
Also completely...
Outstanding piece Freddy!!!!
Also completely unlike anything that I've ever seen, particularly out of Africa, to the point that the only thing that gives it an African "flavor" is the reptile belly...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th March 2005, 05:03 PM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th March 2005, 04:56 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th March 2005, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 10,935
Can I ask what the dimensions are?
It appears...
Can I ask what the dimensions are?
It appears to be a modern version of the Moro kris or Sanduko stripped of all of the traditional "bells and whistles" down to it's bare essense.
The first word...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th March 2005, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 12,234
Tom, if you look VERY closely at the opposite...
Tom, if you look VERY closely at the opposite corner from the "mouth" you'll see a tiny round eye and likewise, if you look very closely right next to the "mouth" you'll also see a tiny round...
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