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Forum: European Armoury 25th October 2015, 02:16 AM
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Views: 12,427
Posted By Bob A
I con't comment on the sword, but the textile...

I con't comment on the sword, but the textile fragment must certainly be considerably more recent. don't think it could survive contact with iron oxide for a prolonged period without disintegrating. ...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th October 2015, 02:05 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 15,843
Posted By Bob A
Is there any indication that the blade might have...

Is there any indication that the blade might have been constructed from a number of crescent-shaped plates? They certainly seem regular enough to suggest the possibility.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd October 2015, 01:59 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 24,708
Posted By Bob A
Sure wish I knew about the evils of renaissance...

Sure wish I knew about the evils of renaissance wax a year ago. I had no idea that it was not reversible; I'm surprised that this information would not have been presented by the maker, as I...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th September 2015, 05:15 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 24,708
Posted By Bob A
I appreciate your caveat. Do you have a...

I appreciate your caveat. Do you have a suggestion regarding the preservation and/or reinvigorating of old dried leather? I have a vague recollection of some sort of de-acidifying solution that was...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th September 2015, 12:34 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 24,708
Posted By Bob A
I have been using Eezox as a metal treatment for...

I have been using Eezox as a metal treatment for firearms and edged weapons. It is a solvent coupled with a rust inhibitor; one can clean the surface of contaminants, and allow the remaining eezox to...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th September 2015, 05:57 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 17,499
Posted By Bob A
It strikes me as unusual that there is no wear at...

It strikes me as unusual that there is no wear at all on the gold work.

The pattern I see is more Damascene than wootz, which has more granular inclusions, or so it appears to my unskilled eye.
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th September 2015, 05:58 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 18,015
Posted By Bob A
Shalom aleichem, sir. All best to you and...

Shalom aleichem, sir.

All best to you and yours, and to all who read these greetings.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 8th September 2015, 04:31 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 17,161
Posted By Bob A
I'm vaguely reminded of cloud collar designs,...

I'm vaguely reminded of cloud collar designs, which seem to have spread eastward from China, if I recall correctly. Tashkent designs, and some from Samarkand, carried this sort of motif. Of course,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th July 2015, 07:15 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 48,568
Posted By Bob A
The internet has changed the face of collecting,...

The internet has changed the face of collecting, and in fact made it both simpler and more complicated.

Definition: to collect
transitive verb
1
a : to bring together into one body or place
b...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th July 2015, 06:21 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 19,419
Posted By Bob A
I am a newcomer here, and gather only a glimpse...

I am a newcomer here, and gather only a glimpse of what I have missed from the tributes above. I am moved nevertheless, by this passing and others of my recent experience, to note, with sadness, the...
Forum: European Armoury 26th July 2015, 06:21 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 71,206
Posted By Bob A
I am a newcomer here, and gather only a glimpse...

I am a newcomer here, and gather only a glimpse of what I have missed from the tributes above. I am moved nevertheless, by this passing and others of my recent experience, to note, with sadness, the...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 6th July 2015, 10:40 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 20,370
Posted By Bob A
The rice beater reminded my wife of the paddle...

The rice beater reminded my wife of the paddle her grandmother used to scoop and scrape butter from the bowl it would have been separated in, and to shape it to fit into a container.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 4th July 2015, 05:54 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 13,372
Posted By Bob A
I've seen beaded edge trimming on Central Asian...

I've seen beaded edge trimming on Central Asian bags, sometimes attributed to the Belouch. The silver recalls some Afghan/Turkoman amulet cases, but it is only reminiscent, not identical. The fabric...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 21st May 2015, 05:58 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 24,436
Posted By Bob A
220 grams is a bit less than 8 ounces.

220 grams is a bit less than 8 ounces.
Forum: European Armoury 5th May 2015, 05:32 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 21,945
Posted By Bob A
Tortoiseshell has been used as a veneer over...

Tortoiseshell has been used as a veneer over wood, which is what this looks like to me. Nice touch of additional elegance for an already attractive dagger.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 4th March 2014, 12:23 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 58,689
Posted By Bob A
Groneman has been procured, and I regret to say I...

Groneman has been procured, and I regret to say I primarily look at the pictures. I'll read it eventually, no doubt.

Also, a site I visited had a reasonably extensive bibliography, and recommended...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 3rd March 2014, 05:47 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 58,689
Posted By Bob A
I had hoped that there might be a touchstone of...

I had hoped that there might be a touchstone of sorts in the way the Javanese themselves viewed the concept. Looks like we're all wandering about in the vastness of our separate sensibilities, then. ...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 27th February 2014, 06:06 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 58,689
Posted By Bob A
“ . . .the values of collectors of keris are of...

“ . . .the values of collectors of keris are of less than no importance to the Javanese, but the Javanese are of immense importance to collectors of keris.”

An elegant and pithy statement which...
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