Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th June 2025, 04:36 AM
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Good call!
Pythons are integral to the Vodun...
Good call!
Pythons are integral to the Vodun religion (linked to Voodoo in Louisiana and Caribbean) with the deity of Rainbow Serpent Dan, who was intermediary between the people and snakes.
The...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th June 2025, 10:26 PM
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Replies: 36
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Thank you Ulfberth. It is interesting to note...
Thank you Ulfberth. It is interesting to note that conversely many kaskaras ended up mounted with schiavona blades with the hollowed central fuller. The movements of blades through trade networks in...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th June 2025, 10:15 PM
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Replies: 16
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On another note toward these kinds of blades,...
On another note toward these kinds of blades, this type clip seems to have been favored for machete type swords, hence perhaps the blades seen in the woodcuts. Pirates were of course typically...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th June 2025, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 16
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Thanks for posting this again Capn!
This is...
Thanks for posting this again Capn!
This is really interesting and clearly the kind of ersatz weapons we have discussed, and most fascinating that most unusual clipped point. This unusual style of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2025, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 12,886
Thank you Yuri!
These women warriors evolved...
Thank you Yuri!
These women warriors evolved into formidable force. As 'gently' noted :) their battle activity was intense, and many were lost, but at notable cost to the French or any other enemy...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th June 2025, 06:50 PM
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Replies: 16
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This is an excellent entry Capn!
During the...
This is an excellent entry Capn!
During the Revolution, naturally the majority of colonists weapons were ersatz versions (as you often note) of the usual forms, but of course crafted by the same...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th June 2025, 06:28 PM
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To set things straight, a 'kidney dagger' is...
To set things straight, a 'kidney dagger' is simply a Victorian term used to detract from the genitally associated 'bollock dagger' term for a dagger form used from 13th-18th c.
This little...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th June 2025, 05:38 PM
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Replies: 36
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These two schiavona are IMO with 19th c. German...
These two schiavona are IMO with 19th c. German blades which are similar to those used in Sudan on the kaskara broadswords in latter 19th c. It seems these central tri fuller blades were produced in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2025, 04:04 PM
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Replies: 6
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Thank you Changdao!
Its funny, my son and I...
Thank you Changdao!
Its funny, my son and I were just talking about the colonial era, and how the Europeans regarded the native peoples as 'savages', I think more toward the differences of course in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2025, 04:53 AM
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Replies: 6
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Dahomean sword of Amazon warriors
In West African Dahomey (now Benin) there were forces of female warriors called 'Amazons' by Europeans but in the Fon language there, they were 'ahosi' (kings warriors) or 'mino' (=our mothers). They...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2025, 01:27 AM
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Replies: 9
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welcome Donna! Thank you for posting!
As...
welcome Donna! Thank you for posting!
As Detlef and Rob have noted, this is basically a BOU SAADI knife, indeed from tribal peoples in Algeria and of course throughout contiguous regions. The term...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th June 2025, 05:05 PM
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Replies: 27
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Perfectly said Ian, and I very much agree, Yuri...
Perfectly said Ian, and I very much agree, Yuri has presented very well supported research and views which concur elementally with Oliver's observations. Frankly his perspectives on arms, especially...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th June 2025, 06:23 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th June 2025, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 53,218
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Forum: European Armoury
11th June 2025, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 20
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This is a brilliant observation!! and Detlef,...
This is a brilliant observation!! and Detlef, these topics are by no means typically in my field of study either....this is all a learning curve, and its amazing having everyone come in with...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th June 2025, 03:26 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th June 2025, 10:23 PM
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Replies: 11
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Takouba/alguinar West Africa -marking conundrum
Another flight into the ether,
From the beginning, I have always been fascinated by markings, symbols and inscriptions on sword blades. While obviously these were typically aligned with a makers...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th June 2025, 06:13 PM
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Hunting swords et al
This is a magnificent example Deflef! and a most curious anomaly.
As Mark has noted, the staghorn grips, three rivets, correspond to the hunting swords/knives of the 16th into 17th century, and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th June 2025, 10:16 PM
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Replies: 12
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Sboula/Zanzibar
Terms for ethnographic arms are typically problematic, and for many years here we have referred to these NAME GAMES (not many younger folks here likely recall Shirley Ellis!) as just that, banana...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th June 2025, 08:46 PM
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Court sword style
This is a beautiful example of a court sword (small swords were typically with bilobate shell guards) in a form that evolved from hunting sword style hilts of earlier in 18th c. in the latter part of...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th June 2025, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 21
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Forum: European Armoury
7th June 2025, 05:02 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th June 2025, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 79,333
Wisely noted guys!
Education thus knowledge is...
Wisely noted guys!
Education thus knowledge is by no means not typically free. Even if not formally achieved the hard knocks and nicks have costs, whether financial or other.
I used to console...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th June 2025, 06:34 PM
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Replies: 5
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Mark and Keith, thank you guys so much for...
Mark and Keith, thank you guys so much for answering!!! :)
As noted, this 'double' guard was always perplexing to me.....its kinda like a regular cross guard PLUS a cup! Almost as if the Spaniards,...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th June 2025, 01:11 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 79,333
All very good points, and there is decidedly a...
All very good points, and there is decidedly a difference between reproductions and fakes. Reproductions are made to represent examples of certain sword forms for collectors who wish to assemble...
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