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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th February 2017, 12:45 PM
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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, 11:09 AM
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Views: 54,633
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, 05:29 AM
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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, 03:33 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 14,837
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, 04:26 AM
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Views: 7,526
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, 04:17 AM
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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, 04:15 AM
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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, 06:48 PM
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Views: 14,837
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, 06:36 PM
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Views: 14,837
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, 06:19 PM
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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, 05:39 AM
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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, 06:37 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 14,837
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...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th December 2015, 01:22 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 8,834
Posted By ausjulius
top ones are not traditional. they are made some...

top ones are not traditional. they are made some custom order.. as "camping knives"
the others are not work knives but knives for slicing hacking meat large fish ect ect. korea had little or no...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th September 2015, 10:11 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 13,011
Posted By ausjulius
Sumatran natives .. bataks .. is it.. have a...

Sumatran natives .. bataks .. is it.. have a spear of this shape...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th September 2015, 10:05 AM
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Views: 10,473
Posted By ausjulius
interesting stuff.. they seem to have very...

interesting stuff.. they seem to have very distinctive features.. pinned sheaths.. the large swell in the sheathfor the hilt to enter.. the bulbuled pinned handles... the large chiols.. lanyard...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th August 2015, 11:13 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 14,396
Posted By ausjulius
looks like malay knife golo perak...golok form...

looks like malay knife golo perak...golok form perak..
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th August 2015, 11:42 AM
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Views: 8,924
Posted By ausjulius
thanks the owner sold it for about 80$

thanks the owner sold it for about 80$
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th August 2015, 07:22 AM
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Views: 8,924
Posted By ausjulius
japanese sword blade?? age??

hello,
just got offered this katana blade.. I was wounder if it is of any age..
I know that even in the19th centaury Chinese were already replicating Japanese sword blades...
anyone can...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st February 2015, 12:06 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 18,094
Posted By ausjulius
Yes can see the burmese writing on the blade ...

Yes can see the burmese writing on the blade

id say the leater cover is something the japanese would have done
its definitely not something the locals would do normally.
one could presume...
Forum: European Armoury 20th February 2015, 11:45 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 24,763
Posted By ausjulius
wow thanks very interesting information.. ...

wow thanks very interesting information..

do you have any images or reconstructions of the polish club..

it seems a very specific process to make a clube for them to select a saplingand then...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th February 2015, 10:42 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 7,059
Posted By ausjulius
yeah bugger me your right.. sory my brain was...

yeah bugger me your right.. sory my brain was frozen
yeah paupa they have such clubs like that but yrpically plam wood and .. longer in szie that than over 1 meter typically . looking at the image...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th February 2015, 06:19 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 7,059
Posted By ausjulius
hello the middle club is a waddy a multi-purpose...

hello the middle club is a waddy a multi-purpose throwing digging and fighting club form central australia. the aboriginal clubs will many times have a rought surface on the tip of the handle this...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th February 2015, 02:13 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 11,924
Posted By ausjulius
hey kama kindjal kinzhal ect come form the same...

hey kama kindjal kinzhal ect come form the same turco-mongol rout words..
kazakh- kanzhar.. turkish- kama, aziri-xhansar, mongolian- chinzhaal, uzbek xhanjar.... russian form monglian- kindjal..
...
Forum: European Armoury 12th February 2015, 08:52 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 24,763
Posted By ausjulius
yeah i have seen many war clubs i museums or...

yeah i have seen many war clubs i museums or pole clubs or what is the technical term.. clubs with a spiked tip and length of 5 feet or more and inron sikes..
really weponry for smashing armored...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th February 2015, 03:56 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 15,199
Posted By ausjulius
yes they are decorative items. you can still...

yes they are decorative items. you can still purchase giant dah,
you see them in amulet shops now and then, they are of a more conventional style.
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