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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd April 2024, 01:57 PM
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Posted By gp
two sculptures by Jean Francois Theodore Gechter...

two sculptures by Jean Francois Theodore Gechter ; one an Ottoman warrior and the other a scene from the battle of Aboukir
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st April 2024, 11:40 PM
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Posted By gp
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=27291...

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=272916&postcount=343

a couple more pics of these soldiers and their swords
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st April 2024, 10:03 PM
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Posted By gp
Highly appreciated anyway ! FYI: some of...

Highly appreciated anyway !

FYI: some of the books and links I placed in this forum are Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, German and even some publications in Russian.
The ones interested will always...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st April 2024, 09:59 PM
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Posted By gp
Thnx a lot / bolshoj spassiba ! any advise...

Thnx a lot / bolshoj spassiba !

any advise where I can get Vvedensky's book ? searched worldwide in vain.....

Additional found on Cherevichnik Denis (2018). Ottoman yataghan: etymology and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st April 2024, 08:18 PM
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Posted By gp
my remarks on the Janissars and literature were...

my remarks on the Janissars and literature were not to criticize you; apologies if you got that impression !

But put here actuallly as additional info for forum members, just like the liternature...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st April 2024, 07:17 PM
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Posted By gp
correction: Ottoman Janissars. FYI: ...

correction: Ottoman Janissars.

FYI:

most were not of "Turkish"origin but actually children from occupied (mostly Balkan) countries.

interesting to read :
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st March 2024, 01:12 AM
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Posted By gp
Thumbs up FYI: I got this picture from an old Dutch book...

FYI: I got this picture from an old Dutch book about the Dutch Indies on the Alifuru in the Moluccan islands...

so I think our friend Detlev might be correct, as the literature of those days...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th March 2024, 10:49 PM
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Posted By gp
Kalmuk from a most interesting geographic book...

Kalmuk from a most interesting geographic book from 1618
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 26th March 2024, 09:07 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 75,632
Posted By gp
fact that Husars were and are always popular can...

fact that Husars were and are always popular can be seen in the fact that next to dressing kids in their uniform ( I only got a navy sailor one from my granddad when I was 4...☻☻☻ ) can be seen in...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 26th March 2024, 01:25 PM
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Views: 75,632
Posted By gp
for those interested, some more and one of the...

for those interested, some more and one of the first husar pics from a drawing book on uniforms 1770 -1796
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 26th March 2024, 12:51 PM
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Views: 27,390
Posted By gp
typical and standard archaeological one and comes...

typical and standard archaeological one and comes standard with a chisel.
Can be found / seen at any site
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th March 2024, 04:27 PM
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Posted By gp
Additional: Aga or Agha was also a...

Additional:

Aga or Agha was also a honorific title or name given to respected men, who were not to be addressed with Beg / Bey or Effendi for one reason or another in the Ottoman Empire.
So not...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th March 2024, 02:01 PM
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Posted By gp
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th March 2024, 01:53 PM
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Posted By gp
guess perhaps room to start a new topic like...

guess perhaps room to start a new topic like these kind of historic items ?

but to please your puristic rule; picture added now

Solution to a question....;)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th March 2024, 01:32 PM
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Posted By gp
looking up something, I stumbled upon these 3...

looking up something, I stumbled upon these 3 interesting items:

Three Arrowheads, circa 1437-39. Bohemia, probably Prague. Exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

These extremely...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th March 2024, 01:16 PM
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Posted By gp
and the last couple of piccs

and the last couple of piccs
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th March 2024, 01:03 PM
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Posted By gp
interesting also for art lovers amongst you... ...

interesting also for art lovers amongst you...

after Rembrandt and Vermeer in the past, the Dutch Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam now has again a most interesting exhibition on Frans Hals, with paintings...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th March 2024, 12:48 AM
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Posted By gp
the third one is indeed African, Congo I think...

the third one is indeed African, Congo I think and bears similarities with the 2 Konda Nkundu knives and used on ceremonial staffs like the 2 Konda Nkundu ones on the picture to the right
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th February 2024, 11:43 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 14,578
Posted By gp
I can confirm Detlev's advise; without any decent...

I can confirm Detlev's advise; without any decent restoration, read even only a little cleaning, these lovely knives will only deteriote and leave you at the end with "pulverized" pieces of what once...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th February 2024, 07:42 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 14,578
Posted By gp
adddition: it could also be from the neighbouring...

adddition: it could also be from the neighbouring Konda's..
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th February 2024, 07:27 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 14,578
Posted By gp
I think it might be a Tetela knife, both the...

I think it might be a Tetela knife, both the shape of the knife as also the use of nails in the wooden grip is often seen with the Tetela people (AKA Batetela),
although the nails decoration is also...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd February 2024, 06:39 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 30,635
Posted By gp
thank you;also to my mind came the pentjak /...

thank you;also to my mind came the pentjak / pencak fighting like seen in this vid on 48 secs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPy2tZ4wFiY

but then again, one can't compare the specific pencak...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th February 2024, 08:48 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 30,635
Posted By gp
beautiful ! Thank you very much for showing this☼...

beautiful ! Thank you very much for showing this☼

Question I have is how it was used or better:
did it require special or different style or way of fencing ?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th February 2024, 08:15 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 70,379
Posted By gp
formally the Sallee pirates reported to the...

formally the Sallee pirates reported to the Ottoman Empire, but had some independence. This was more or less centrally controlled from Tunis and Algiers.
Later the Sallee pirates took on a special...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th February 2024, 08:17 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 70,379
Posted By gp
With regards to the Barbary Coast, there is quite...

With regards to the Barbary Coast, there is quite a diverse and interesting history as part of it was / concerned the present Moroccan city of Salé , where I have worked for a year in 1980.
It is...
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