Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd April 2005, 12:39 AM
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THanks!
Hi Tom!
Thanks for all the help with my dagger! I have one of those useless decorator koummyas it is as sharp as a butter knife(if not duller). Your certinaly right about the "hunting knife" out...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd April 2005, 01:50 AM
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Replies: 13
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thanks
Hi Tom!
Thanks for your help.My dagger to is filed finish now that I know what those lins on it are,when I first got it I thought it was the maker went scratch happy on the lower part of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st April 2005, 11:29 PM
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Replies: 13
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Shabriyaa Dagger - Upon Further Inspection....
Thanks you very much Ariel, I very much appreciate all of the information you have provided to me regarding my Shabriyaa dagger ! Upon further, more intensive inspection of this dagger, I have found...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st March 2005, 11:25 PM
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Replies: 13
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Hi All!
Thanks for the help so far.The thing...
Hi All!
Thanks for the help so far.The thing I am really concerned withis that:
A.) Is my estimation of it's age correct or not.(1930's or 1940's)
B.) Is my guess at it's provence of origen...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st March 2005, 01:11 AM
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Replies: 13
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Ha ha!
Hi Tim!
That is the Funniest story I have ever heard :) ! I have heard some pretty bad stories some sellers make up abouta item,but this by far takes the cake :D ...Considering brass is a terrible...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th March 2005, 02:36 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 14,835
thanks
Hi Teodor!
Thanks,that helped a little.Of course any and all help is welcome! :) I have collected shabria's for a short while,( they wewre one of the first Islamic weapons I have ever had.)I'm now...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th March 2005, 12:33 AM
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Replies: 13
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Shabria Dagger
Greetings To All !
Depicted are several photographs of a recent acquisition, what was described as an approximately 100 year old Saudi Arabian shabria. I purchased it from a gentleman in Bat...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th March 2005, 01:26 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 38,047
weapon
Hi Rivkin!
I see my Sudanese dagger as a weapon.I just got out the sharpening stone. :D I put a very nice edge on it,but did not hurt the islamic inscriptions on the blade,the tip is still...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th March 2005, 11:12 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 38,047
knife question
Hi all!
My Sudanese dagger's blade is snapped off at the very tip,and the bade is dull,whould it be wise to sharpen it or leave it as is.My personal thought is to leave it as is and not touch it,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th March 2005, 12:39 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 38,047
Hi
Hi Rivkin!
There must have been a slight misunderstandin(Probably a typo on my part,I'm not a good typist :D ).I was asking about kindjals in addition to my Sudanese dagger. :)
Sorry for the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th March 2005, 10:26 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 38,047
Idea
Hi all!
I recently found this metal etching on the internet.Take note that one of the Sudanese has a pistol tucked into his sash,whould this mean that my dagger as well might have been tucked in a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th March 2005, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 11,909
nice
Hi Tim!
Very nice set.Very nice condition.How old is it?(the sword)
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th March 2005, 03:54 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 38,047
thats it!
Hi rick!
I think it is a kindjal,I just chould not think of the name of it and it was bugging me! :) :) :) :)
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th March 2005, 01:59 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 38,047
chopper
Hi Rick!
The type of dagger i'm reffering too isfor chopping,I have heard that many daggers of this type were made after the soviet union broke up in 1990 or 91.
The sheath usually swallows up...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th March 2005, 11:49 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 38,047
Thanks
Hi Rick!
Thanks for ansering my question.Thank god you told me this before I had time to experiment! :D Just kidding I am so paranoid about damaging any of my daggers I chould never experiment on...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th March 2005, 11:24 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 38,047
question
Hi all!
IIs there any way to bring out or restore the worn Koranic inscriptions on the bade of my Sudanese Dagger? :confused:
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2005, 11:57 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 38,047
Is my idea logical?
Hello all!
Is my idea that my dagger might have been tucked in the sash logical or illogical?Also thanks Tim ,I immeadiatly went to Ebay And found one of the books you told me about.(and of course...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2005, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 38,047
More refined questions
Hi All!
Here are a few questions that I was hoping some of you may be able to help me find an answer for. Regarding an earlier posting I personally think the dagger might have been tucked in the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2005, 05:44 PM
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Replies: 23
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Nice sword
Hi all!
Very nice shortsword.Interesting design.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd March 2005, 03:14 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 38,047
question
Hi all!!
Thanks for all the help on my Sudanese dagger.I personally think the dagger might have even have been tuked in the sash of the warrior.The coins depicted with the dagger are only a small...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd March 2005, 12:35 AM
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Replies: 4
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Interesting
Hi!!!!
Very very interesting reading material.I am truly suprised that swords whould ever come back into fashion. :
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st March 2005, 01:03 AM
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Replies: 32
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"Mad Mahdi" Dagger
[COLOR=Green]Greetings To All !
Here is one of my recent finds at a militaria show at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
I believe it to be a late 19th Century Sudanese dagger. I don't think it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th March 2005, 02:33 AM
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Replies: 2
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18th Century Ottoman Turkish Folding Knife
Greetings To All !
For your comments and viewing I have included a few pix of what is supposed to be an 'Ottoman Turkish' folding knife that I purchased from an individual in Bulgaria recently....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th March 2005, 10:14 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,127
thanks
Thanks for the help!!!!
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th March 2005, 01:00 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 12,108
thank
Hi Jens!
Thanks again for all your help!
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