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Forum: European Armoury 18th February 2025, 08:43 PM
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Posted By gp
what kind of rapier are we taling 'bout..?

one of my most popular song was by Thin Lizzy, a band from Baile Átha Cliath in the 70ies and during my travels in the late 70ies in the far south-west of Ireland, County Kerry song by the local...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th February 2025, 08:14 PM
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Posted By gp
very nice one ! My compliments. The double...

very nice one ! My compliments.

The double headed eagle made me think of 3 potential "culprits" :


Russia,
Albania,
the Holy Roman empire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-headed_eagle
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th February 2025, 02:30 AM
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Views: 122,411
Posted By gp
here are 2 nice Yakas from my collection,...

here are 2 nice Yakas from my collection, although the one on the right has found a new owner ( happy to transfer it to a fellow forum member where it fits better in his collection)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th February 2025, 09:52 PM
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Views: 81,696
Posted By gp
it is from Helgot, but I didn't post the link as...

it is from Helgot, but I didn't post the link as I was not sure if it complied or not...
another French website on the topic:

https://nimcha.fr/N-introd.htm

https://nimcha.fr/N-origines.htm
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th February 2025, 06:01 PM
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Posted By gp
looking into this , I stumbled upon this sword...

looking into this , I stumbled upon this sword with accompanying text...adding to perhaps more confussion?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th February 2025, 04:55 PM
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Posted By gp
it is a little more than the Lunda empire.... ...

it is a little more than the Lunda empire....

Although I am not native French speaking, the French text expands into more peoples:

"the populations of the cultural connected Lunda-Chokwe and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th February 2025, 10:16 PM
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Views: 122,411
Posted By gp
could indeed be Chokwe... although the top of...

could indeed be Chokwe...
although the top of the below Chokwe handles are not round, blunt but both below have a tube-like ending
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 4th February 2025, 10:34 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 319,134
Posted By gp
Spandau used to be a district in Germany and...

Spandau used to be a district in Germany and since 1920 part of Berlin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spandau

During the Prussian imperial days they used to have a factory there:
...
Forum: European Armoury 3rd February 2025, 09:31 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 89,656
Posted By gp
think these daggers and specailly Detlef's new...

think these daggers and specailly Detlef's new ones very interesting to say the least !
Forum: European Armoury 1st February 2025, 12:19 AM
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Views: 41,470
Posted By gp
watercolour drawings by Aleksander Lesser (1814-1884)

I stumbled upon this very fine artist with some very nice armour and cold weapons
scroll down and click on his name "Aleksander Lesser " : 6 pages become visible

...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th January 2025, 08:41 PM
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Views: 4,208,323
Posted By gp
some guys with a kaskara from East Africa

some guys with a kaskara from East Africa
Forum: European Armoury 23rd January 2025, 11:32 PM
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Views: 197,920
Posted By gp
did you not see "Lederstrumpf" with Hellmut...

did you not see "Lederstrumpf" with Hellmut Lange.....?

or am I too old...☺☻☺
Forum: European Armoury 23rd January 2025, 11:23 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 197,920
Posted By gp
and not to forget Nikolaj Gogol's "Taras...

and not to forget Nikolaj Gogol's "Taras Bulba"...about the Zaporozhian Cossacks

romantisized film in 62 with Tony Curtis and Yul Brynner and in 2008 a more realistic one with Bogdan Stupka
Forum: European Armoury 23rd January 2025, 10:57 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 197,920
Posted By gp
talkin' 'bout Rutger...2 movies Ladyhawk...

talkin' 'bout Rutger...2 movies

Ladyhawk and Flesh & Blood
Forum: European Armoury 23rd January 2025, 10:47 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 197,920
Posted By gp
as a young boy I recall being wild about 4 series...

as a young boy I recall being wild about 4 series in the sixties;

1. Ivanhoe with Roger Moore, based upon Sir Walter Scot's novel about Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe during the 12th century reign of...
Forum: European Armoury 11th January 2025, 05:45 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 99,346
Posted By gp
Thumbs up it is a very beautiful knife. The antler part is...

it is a very beautiful knife. The antler part is often seen in the hunting world ( excellent to skin little game like rabbits and such),
hunting world specially in the German , Austrian, Swiss and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th January 2025, 07:51 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 142,529
Posted By gp
for those less familiar with the matter, hereby...

for those less familiar with the matter, hereby some additional info

sika:

The sika is a short sword or large knife used by the ancient Thracians, Dacians and Illyrians, also used in Ancient...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 5th January 2025, 07:48 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 203,517
Posted By gp
Victrix showed the swords in the European arms...

Victrix showed the swords in the European arms chapter, hereby the men (Hajduks)
Forum: European Armoury 5th January 2025, 07:23 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 102,437
Posted By gp
you can contact them directly, try this link: ...

you can contact them directly, try this link:
https://www.gmv.hr/en/
Forum: European Armoury 5th January 2025, 07:20 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 102,437
Posted By gp
You're welcome and no problem ! or as they...

You're welcome and no problem !

or as they say in the former Yugoslavia : nema problema:)
Hereby the translation of the Croatian text:

Pandur knife, German Blade from Solingen, first half18th...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th January 2025, 05:50 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 20,131
Posted By gp
often depends what the origine of the "dirty"...

often depends what the origine of the "dirty" condition is; simple dirt or deterioration of the wood by externl causes or poor storage...?

This one of mine was pretty bad and first I used some oil...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd January 2025, 12:42 PM
Replies: 546
Views: 4,208,323
Posted By gp
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd January 2025, 12:36 PM
Replies: 546
Views: 4,208,323
Posted By gp
some pics of men in the Middle East around 1890...

some pics of men in the Middle East around 1890 -1910;
Kurds and Druzes amongst them
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 30th December 2024, 07:17 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 54,038
Posted By gp
Enclosed a pic of a stamp from 2008, referring to...

Enclosed a pic of a stamp from 2008, referring to the traditional cutting of the Hercegowina tobacco in the past...
Next to a jolly article on a lady who emigrated to the USA and continued her...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 28th December 2024, 11:03 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 203,517
Posted By gp
I can confirm that it says in Croatian : ceramic...

I can confirm that it says in Croatian : ceramic print of wooden board from North-Western Croatian 18th century.

it does indeed make the original piece similar to the object under discussion!...
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