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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th September 2017, 08:35 AM
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Posted By ausjulius
basically just imagine a wood plane but in steel...

basically just imagine a wood plane but in steel not wood
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th September 2017, 08:34 AM
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Views: 20,177
Posted By ausjulius
hi , you just it to shave of steel.. it works...

hi , you just it to shave of steel.. it works like a plane..
there use to be machines made called metal planers or planer mills... i think in the 1700s they were invented in france or england..
in...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th September 2017, 04:11 AM
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Posted By ausjulius
traditional tools for blade making

here is a hand plane for shaping the steel of the blade.. in cultures that lacked files or grind wheels it was a vital too, still used today. in the philipines for example a grinding wheel is 1 us ...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th September 2017, 01:54 AM
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Views: 10,032
Posted By ausjulius
hi this is a modern tourist made item

hi this is a modern tourist made item
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th September 2017, 01:24 AM
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Views: 19,588
Posted By ausjulius
damn.. well no more photobucket for me.. that...

damn.. well no more photobucket for me.. that site was becoming so slow and nonfunctional that it s almost useless anyway.

these knives are really quite interesting you can see images and video...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th September 2017, 01:02 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 19,588
Posted By ausjulius
hmm i did .. it vanished... ill try again should...

hmm i did .. it vanished... ill try again should be up there no. thanks
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th September 2017, 02:32 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 19,588
Posted By ausjulius
sorry for those not familiar the cocos/keeling...

sorry for those not familiar the cocos/keeling island golok or knife is the one in the top with a very distinct style. if you search cocos knife or keeling knife you should find more pics.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th September 2017, 02:26 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 19,588
Posted By ausjulius
cocos island knives are back

cocos island knives are back
i found this one form a recent auction in new zealand. and in fact there is another in an australian auction that looks like it might just be one as well
also in the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th September 2017, 01:49 PM
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Views: 61,791
Posted By ausjulius
looks like the forklift hit it full force i think...

looks like the forklift hit it full force i think a gun case would have failed. must have been 1000snd kgs slammed instantly on it
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th May 2017, 06:31 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 21,714
Posted By ausjulius
hello this is not a naga weapon.. it is a garo...

hello this is not a naga weapon.. it is a garo weapon from garoland ,....similar people but not naga . they still make these.. i have seen examples on youtube videos showing a cultural display in a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th April 2017, 05:15 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 6,240
Posted By ausjulius
the shashka have stiff blades. the story of them...

the shashka have stiff blades. the story of them being bent 360 like that is a test of quality if you could take a handled example and in the mouth of a barrel roll the blade round to a full circle...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th February 2017, 03:59 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 49,050
Posted By ausjulius
there was in this time large numbers of both...

there was in this time large numbers of both europeans and japanee living in both burma and various kingdoms in thailand and there is dah from this time with japanese style fittings. tsuba. ect a....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th February 2017, 08:06 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 16,342
Posted By ausjulius
its newer than that its post soviet era. any are...

its newer than that its post soviet era. any are not for dancing but actually souvenir knives that have a think blade unsharpened and held with seal wax to pass stupid soviet and russian cold weapon...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th February 2017, 01:45 PM
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Views: 6,508
Posted By ausjulius
areas of kukri production

i recently acquired some interest in kukri,

the consistency of the tourist ones and the recent heavy bladed made tourist ones are very consistent and seem almost factory consistent at some times. ...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th February 2017, 12:09 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 48,255
Posted By ausjulius
hi, its not from tibet or mongolian. probably...

hi, its not from tibet or mongolian.
probably from some other group further east.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th May 2016, 06:29 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 7,831
Posted By ausjulius
hello it is not a powder monkeys knife.. it...

hello it is not a powder monkeys knife..

it is a knife with "spiritual qualities" blades of metals copper, nickle silver gold and bronze and considered in these Malay cultures in Indonesia,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th April 2016, 04:33 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 12,942
Posted By ausjulius
im ot sure i understand what you mean by...

im ot sure i understand what you mean by culturally chinese.. inner mongoian mongols speak mongolian and marry pretty much only other mongolian people ,live separately from the chinese migrants. eat...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th April 2016, 05:26 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 6,455
Posted By ausjulius
china .. you can pretty much export at will out...

china .. you can pretty much export at will out of the country.. but there is little there. chinese mostly under the manchus were not permitted side arms..
mostly its ethic minority stuff or very...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th April 2016, 05:17 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 18,025
Posted By ausjulius
im no expert but id say blade is to crude form...

im no expert but id say blade is to crude form something form zlatoust.
as smiths do in that area.. id say they may have added a stamp they have seen to add value to their product.. could be...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th April 2016, 05:15 AM
Replies: 234
Views: 338,440
Posted By ausjulius
after reading though this discussion, i will just...

after reading though this discussion, i will just share my general observation at least based on knife making and knife and its economics.


it is no mystery as to why bulat/wootz disappeared...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th April 2016, 07:48 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 12,942
Posted By ausjulius
actual boomerang like weapons the maori had a...

actual boomerang like weapons
the maori had a flat throwing club long and like a propeller , named hoeroa,
these were weapons though large and of wood or whale bone. this weapon is throing like a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th April 2016, 07:36 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 12,942
Posted By ausjulius
yeah there must be a khalkha name for them for...

yeah there must be a khalkha name for them for sure (khalkha is the language use don most of the mongolian internetz.. or buryat)... even if they didnt use them for 300 years or so its like we still...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th April 2016, 07:19 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 12,942
Posted By ausjulius
yes in mongolia they dont have these for sure.. ...

yes in mongolia they dont have these for sure.. i mentioned i asked a mongolian friend well versed in these things and he said a snaphaunce style flintlock of local make in many styles and sizes...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th April 2016, 06:39 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 12,942
Posted By ausjulius
thanks... and you know it truly panned out how i...

thanks... and you know it truly panned out how i described!!..
actually it started with be looking at some plains indians throwing sticks and then that brought back the bhutan club related...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd April 2016, 07:37 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 12,942
Posted By ausjulius
mongolian bulu throwing club?

well today i was searching about throwing clubs in various cultures and it crossed my mind they seem to be used almost universally by steppe and grasslands nomadic peoples..

this crossed my mind...
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