Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th October 2016, 06:14 PM
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Replies: 7
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unknown African saber - old Mandinka?
Hello all,
today I have this recently won African saber. I think it comes from North Africa, until now my researches are fruitless.
The blade looks european but it is very sure a local...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th September 2016, 03:24 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 19,156
Hello Drabant,
thank you for showing the...
Hello Drabant,
thank you for showing the pictures. The hilt is rhino horn. After I bought some examples of water buffalo horn, I decided to make the new hilt from old grenadilla hardwood.
I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th September 2016, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 9,638
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Forum: European Armoury
7th September 2016, 11:42 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 10,453
I think your pommel could be older, maybe from...
I think your pommel could be older, maybe from bronze age.
The pommel seems to be viking but the vikings were inspired by older designs, the Spatha or straight persian bronze swords for example.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st September 2016, 12:41 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 19,156
Hello Drabant,
rhino horn is the original...
Hello Drabant,
rhino horn is the original design but I decided to use either African blackwood (grenadilla) or buffalo horn because of the CITES ban. In Germany rhino horn is much more critical...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th August 2016, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 95,339
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Forum: European Armoury
26th August 2016, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 25,150
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Forum: European Armoury
26th August 2016, 02:49 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,807
Hello,
this could be a relict from American...
Hello,
this could be a relict from American Revolutionary War.
Many german troups were fighting in this war.
I added one picture with a figure, a German Sergeant Grenadier, Regiment v. Rall,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th August 2016, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 25,410
Hello Marius,
you are right, my definition...
Hello Marius,
you are right, my definition for "pattern welded" is a little too comprehensive.
It is hard to declare a clear border. For example, there is at least one type of original Katana...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th August 2016, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 25,150
Hello,
interesting example. It was...
Hello,
interesting example. It was definitely casted before cold hammering, because modern researchers found copper slag in Serbia from 6th millenium B.C..
I added an example of raw copper. I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th August 2016, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 25,410
Hello Marius,
laminated means pattern...
Hello Marius,
laminated means pattern welded, but obviously without a specific pattern. I would call it "wild mechanical damascus".
Imho, just in my honest opinion, a salt like Iron(III)Sulfate...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
23rd August 2016, 12:00 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 32,050
Hello Marius,
in my eyes you have acquired a...
Hello Marius,
in my eyes you have acquired a very nice Bugis. Rare to see, it's complete including the loop, which is often missing.
A well done Warangi in Java (I have a contact for you if...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th August 2016, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 19,156
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th August 2016, 03:44 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 19,156
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th August 2016, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 19,156
Hi Marius,
I have this very old wooden club....
Hi Marius,
I have this very old wooden club. The wood is heavy, dense and has a fantastic color, perfect for the Pala. Very simpel and archaic shape. But it is a very old (up to hundreds of years...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th August 2016, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 19,156
Hi Detlef my friend,
yes they are from rhino...
Hi Detlef my friend,
yes they are from rhino horn but totally corroded, partially almost mineralized.
I'm still unsure whether I make them from buffalo horn or grenadill ebony wood. Grenadill...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th August 2016, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 19,156
Hi Marius,
I have added a picture of the...
Hi Marius,
I have added a picture of the sword as it is after rust removing.
I have already ordered buffalo horn and frankincense plus myrrh for the glue of the hilt. I hope it smells well...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th August 2016, 12:02 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 19,156
Searching for a Coftgari artist in Europe
Dear forum members,
recently I was the lucky winner of a very high quality Pala Sword. It is made from super fine turkish wootz, with a clear and bright hamon and under the T-section only 2 mm...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th August 2016, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 213
Views: 286,676
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th August 2016, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 37,103
Hi Marius,
I have an official story from...
Hi Marius,
I have an official story from Indonesia from two guys which were sentenced to death and fight against a tiger with a Keris as a kind of last chance. They had Keris with broken tips and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th August 2016, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 15,433
If I think about what we do with cattles in...
If I think about what we do with cattles in intensive mass animal farming or in the slaughter houses, the antipathy against bull fighting seems a little bit of hypocrisy to me.
A bull fighting...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th August 2016, 07:31 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 23,069
Hi Marius,
some were some were not.
...
Hi Marius,
some were some were not.
Lord Egerton of Tatton decscribes a technique in his Book "Indian and Oriental Arms and Armour (~1880)" how they did that.
From early 19th ct. we have...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
10th August 2016, 12:22 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 59,516
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
10th August 2016, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 59,516
Yes, try it on a hard wooden surface.
With the...
Yes, try it on a hard wooden surface.
With the carpet it is more wedged within the carpet with the scabbard as a kind of bearing.
Some keris are able to stand on wood or stone almost without the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th August 2016, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 13,915
Hi,
yes it is pretty difficult to see.
...
Hi,
yes it is pretty difficult to see.
The old collector I mentioned said to me, that the traces of carving must be clearly visible, they don't disappear over the decades.
Nowadays they...
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