Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th April 2012, 06:14 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th April 2012, 04:59 PM
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Hi templarnight
sorry to don't have pertinent...
Hi templarnight
sorry to don't have pertinent comments, but my knowledge about "kindjal" is very limited :o
nevertheless, I may to appreciate a beautiful edged weapon when I see, one
yours it's...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th April 2012, 01:30 AM
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Replies: 4
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Hi Dmitry
you read well the date "1121 (if...
Hi Dmitry
you read well the date "1121 (if Hegire)" either "± 1709 AD"
I will not advance a real date, at evidence this date is pure fantasy
to give an idea, the word "prestige" in English or...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th April 2012, 03:09 PM
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Hi John, welcome on board :p
using the...
Hi John, welcome on board :p
using the "search" function, I found a pic with one with leather sheath,
that could give you at least an idea how they were carried,
even if it's just an...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th April 2012, 07:52 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 10,359
Hi Norman
the complete translation is...
Hi Norman
the complete translation is difficult, I mean for my translator
because, as far as, the first word translated is "made by" (AMAL)
it's a name should come after ... a name; Georgian ?...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th March 2012, 03:57 PM
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Site about; Ottoman swords and knives
Hello every body
concern; "antique Ottoman swords and knives"
for your viewing pleasure, and certainly useful as, short database
certainly should interest my good friend "Zifir", in case he dunno...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th March 2012, 03:07 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th March 2012, 12:32 PM
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Shamshir metal parts in suit
Good day every body
yesterday I bought from Paris auction's house (Hotel Drouot) a complete set, of a "shamshir" metal parts ... in suit:
- pommel
- crossed-guard
- rings bands x2
- chape
...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th March 2012, 01:03 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th March 2012, 12:19 AM
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Replies: 8
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that's the essential thing :D
and later your...
that's the essential thing :D
and later your grandchildren, when they will be adult,
they will find it ... antique :p
anyway, bravo, to have find the way, to make you a ... pleasure
no more...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2012, 02:45 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2012, 02:07 AM
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Views: 17,484
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd March 2012, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 17
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JRF has proposed; Show us your koummyas
as...
JRF has proposed; Show us your koummyas
as committed, here pics for my Morocco's edged weapons;
- 2 "shulas" relatively old
- 3 "khoumiya", if the 2 first one, I don't have a doubt about their...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd March 2012, 01:36 AM
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Replies: 7
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd March 2012, 12:47 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 26,632
Hi
I guess that may be, they are more...
Hi
I guess that may be, they are more decorative than ancient
which would explain the absence of competitor to bid
all seems very recent, but might be I could be wrong ?
anyway, nice daggers,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd March 2012, 12:30 AM
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Replies: 26
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th March 2012, 01:52 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th March 2012, 01:43 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th March 2012, 03:31 AM
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Replies: 8
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Bonjour Cerjak ;)
I may confirm the origin,...
Bonjour Cerjak ;)
I may confirm the origin, Morocco, even if unfortunately I haven't pic to show :o
a date ? lets say ± 1940
how I may be precise ? after the military defeat 39/40, my father...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th March 2012, 02:14 AM
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Replies: 13
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Hi Dav.
I fully agree with appreciation; 19thC...
Hi Dav.
I fully agree with appreciation; 19thC Indo Persian
good exercise for recovery, in anticipation
just go, step by step, without damaging the inlays
when it will be done, come back to this...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th March 2012, 12:50 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 60,645
Hi Dave
never saw, and never listen to, about...
Hi Dave
never saw, and never listen to, about "snake tongue",
what could looks as a fish tail, also (sign of prosperity) ;)
I know the name for this type of dagger "loï bo",
they come from...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th March 2012, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 60,645
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th March 2012, 07:29 PM
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Views: 60,645
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th March 2012, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 23
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Hi Rick
my translator is back :D ... but big...
Hi Rick
my translator is back :D ... but big argumentation about the mark on the "quillon"
as far as, we didn't found a consensus, here our two interpretations :p
may be that should give some...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th March 2012, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 33
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Hi Lew
with a lot of delays ... but I just get...
Hi Lew
with a lot of delays ... but I just get back my translator :p
about the text
if really it has a meaning, it's not in Sudanese language
language, very similar to Egyptian
those two ligns,...
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