Forum: European Armoury
16th February 2015, 09:58 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
16th December 2014, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 21,445
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th November 2014, 09:51 PM
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Replies: 85
Views: 99,693
Ibrahim,
I fear I have not explained my...
Ibrahim,
I fear I have not explained my thoughts clearly. What I meant is that certain jambiyas/khunjars that appear in reference books and whose attributed origin many of us accepted as fact turns...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th November 2014, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 85
Views: 99,693
Spiral,
I don't think I have any special...
Spiral,
I don't think I have any special software, but in my setup, Windows Vista and Google Chrome, you do have to untick the pop up blocker in Google Chrome if you want to see the individual item....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th November 2014, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 85
Views: 99,693
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th November 2014, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 94,098
A couple of points:-
You can still import...
A couple of points:-
You can still import ivory into New Jersey provided you have shot the elephant yourself.
The UK Auctioneers subject to this prosecution have decided selling ivory is too...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th November 2014, 10:24 PM
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Replies: 85
Views: 99,693
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th October 2014, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 30,680
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th October 2014, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 30,680
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
29th October 2014, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 9,835
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th September 2014, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 16,808
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Forum: European Armoury
21st September 2014, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 1
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th August 2014, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 45,392
Colin,
The configuration of the head of your...
Colin,
The configuration of the head of your axe is very similar to that of the traditional farrier's axe, altho' your one does seem rather small to be used on a horse! Perhaps it is associated with...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th July 2014, 01:13 PM
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Replies: 225
Views: 287,185
Ibrahim,
When describing the pictures in...
Ibrahim,
When describing the pictures in post#68 of the closed thread you wrote
"The long hilt...and about which there has been all this confusion...added recently in various degrees of splendour...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th July 2014, 04:09 PM
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Replies: 225
Views: 287,185
Ibrahim,
I am a little confused here. Are you...
Ibrahim,
I am a little confused here. Are you saying the sword hilt illustrated in post#68 on the now closed "Forts and cannons..." thread is a post 1970 muttrah souk rehilt on a german\ethiopian...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
9th July 2014, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 12,826
Thank you Henk, Rick and Alan,
No,...
Thank you Henk, Rick and Alan,
No, Unfortunately there is no mendak. I have already given the blade a preliminary clean by soaking with Plusgas and rubbing down with crumpled aluminium foil. this...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th July 2014, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 12,826
Old keris ?
Hello,
Keris is not really my thing, I am normally to be found on the ethnographic forum. However, I do have this, possibly old, keris. The blade has been been badly rusted and pitted but it is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th June 2014, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 24,713
The "chequered" weaving of the silver wire...
The "chequered" weaving of the silver wire between the bottom three rings is characteristic of jambiyas from the southern KSA and northern Yemen area.
Regards
Richard
See this discussion...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th June 2014, 02:05 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 39,654
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
5th June 2014, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 22,806
Fernando, like yourself, I'm only speculating,...
Fernando, like yourself, I'm only speculating, but if the counterweight can be moved further out from the fulcrum, and held there by placing the washer against the bar then you could weigh ounces,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
3rd June 2014, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 22,806
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th May 2014, 04:10 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 20,817
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th May 2014, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 20,817
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th May 2014, 01:00 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 20,817
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th May 2014, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 26,528
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