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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 22nd May 2020, 01:43 PM
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These are described as 'gondola hooks' in The...

These are described as 'gondola hooks' in The Upper Ten: A Novel of the Snobocracy by William Hosea Ballou (1890), p. 75, courtesy of Google Books.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 20th May 2020, 01:58 PM
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Views: 20,096
Posted By Lee
I saw a 'degenerate' version with a typical...

I saw a 'degenerate' version with a typical modern cast chrome plated hook, red fabric covering and rather unattractive modern aluminum coins for sale in Venice in the 1980s. This prepared me when I...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 20th May 2020, 12:26 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 20,096
Posted By Lee
I wonder if this is a Venetian boat hook (for...

I wonder if this is a Venetian boat hook (for retrieving a moored boat from beyond natural arm's reach) that has the added blades to perhaps serve also as a repellent for unwanted visitors. I have an...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th May 2020, 04:39 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 14,549
Posted By Lee
Here is a delightfully colorful example with a...

Here is a delightfully colorful example with a typical blade with quite deeply cut fullers on one side, but with mounts retaining many takouba features:
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th May 2020, 02:01 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 9,863
Posted By Lee
Thumbs up I find a similar rectangular mark in a similar...

I find a similar rectangular mark in a similar position on a few of my Gaucho knives and I suspect that it is (or is pretending to be) a mark denoting the fineness of silver mounts. Very judicious...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th May 2020, 12:31 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 21,507
Posted By Lee
Technical confirmation of suspicions

I have shown this firangi in previous threads, noting that I believed the blade to be of European origin on the basis of its flexibility, presence of 'blisters' (forging flaws) and marks in the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th April 2020, 02:05 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 22,564
Posted By Lee
Thumbs up I believe that this is Ifugao as your direct...

I believe that this is Ifugao as your direct collection provenance suggests. I have seen these single-edged variations carried in a similar open-faced scabbard and termed pinahig and the solid handle...
Forum: European Armoury 11th April 2020, 04:30 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 9,490
Posted By Lee
Besides the possibility of theatrical use...

Besides the possibility of theatrical use potentially with modifications along the way (especially if from a wardrobe rental service), there was quite a market for good quality reproduction armor...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th April 2020, 03:41 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 18,131
Posted By Lee
Here is the inscription, rotated and sharpened...

Here is the inscription, rotated and sharpened...
Forum: European Armoury 28th March 2020, 03:08 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 13,406
Posted By Lee
Wink So, once upon a time long ago, someone may have...

So, once upon a time long ago, someone may have had an old halberd and wanted a boar spear...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th March 2020, 06:31 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 11,036
Posted By Lee
Thank you Ian. The overall length is 81.125...

Thank you Ian.

The overall length is 81.125 inches. There is no finial or treatment of the end of the shaft, nor evidence of one previously.

Here are some additional images:
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd March 2020, 03:29 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 11,036
Posted By Lee
Wink Thank you, gentlemen. The methuk is separate and...

Thank you, gentlemen. The methuk is separate and also solid - this is fairly obvious looking up from the tang in the area usually hidden by the pole. It has been very carefully fitted to the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd March 2020, 05:28 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 27,662
Posted By Lee
Thank you ... and ...understood. :)

Thank you ... and ...understood. :)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd March 2020, 05:18 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 11,036
Posted By Lee
Question Indonesian? Spear

I had promised in another thread (http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=25336) to post a picture of a spear whose thin white metal sleeve with rolled edges located over the shaft below the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st March 2020, 06:56 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 27,662
Posted By Lee
Alan, Looking at your picture of the item...

Alan,
Looking at your picture of the item labeled "keris cuntrik" in the Den Pasar Museum, is this item from Lew's collection essentially of the same type?

Additional images and description...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th March 2020, 06:50 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 9,527
Posted By Lee
Exclamation Ivory and other forbidden fruits

Ivory rules are very complex these days and often do not follow common sense. It is very important to know the rules for where you live and the rules that apply should an item have to cross a border...
Forum: Swap Forum 21st January 2020, 05:03 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 4,126
Posted By Lee
Book Wanted: IX-XIII a. baltų kalavijai

I am trying to find a copy of IX-XIII a. baltų kalavijai by Vytautas Kazakevičius.
If you have one for sale, please contact me by PM or at ljones@vikingsword.com with asking price and shipping...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th January 2020, 05:26 PM
Replies: 12
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Posted By Lee
Wink Updated size limit and how to use built in Windows 10 features to prepare your images

The size limit for images of most types that may be used for attachments has been doubled to 2 Mb. The maximum pixel limit in either dimension remains 1280.

In Windows 10 you may use two of the...
Forum: European Armoury 7th January 2020, 07:03 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 36,490
Posted By Lee
I have set the image file size restriction up to...

I have set the image file size restriction up to 2 Mb; the pixel width/height is set to 1280 - this is mostly for formatting so the text does not require using the slider-bar to read.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th January 2020, 12:48 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 12,586
Posted By Lee
I imagine some sort of hard to get license would...

I imagine some sort of hard to get license would be required to legally send such a thing out of China, but there are a lot of great items that have been in Europe for decades, if not centuries and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th January 2020, 12:24 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 12,586
Posted By Lee
I would think, if the item is coming from the UK,...

I would think, if the item is coming from the UK, then the China trade sanctions would not be applicable and the EU sanctions should not involve this type of item. Was the item imported as...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd January 2020, 02:17 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 13,219
Posted By Lee
Quick non-destructive elemental analysis of...

Quick non-destructive elemental analysis of metallic components may be made by X-ray fluorescence (XRF). A local scrapyard or precious metals dealer may have a such unit for scrap sorting and offer a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th December 2019, 02:42 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 14,807
Posted By Lee
Red face Weirdly enough, at a holiday "winter solstice"...

Weirdly enough, at a holiday "winter solstice" party just this past Saturday, a friend showed me a leather whip of penile origin and indicated that it was from a bull. Until then I was in blissful...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th November 2019, 06:37 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 8,635
Posted By Lee
Here are the steps for attaching images:

Here are the steps for attaching images:
Forum: European Armoury 8th November 2019, 05:05 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 13,775
Posted By Lee
I think the features are just too close for this...

I think the features are just too close for this not to be the frame of a scabbard for a Celtic / Roman knife of the style shown above. Sometimes we do see Celtic iron artifacts with provenance of...
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