Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th December 2011, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th December 2011, 05:08 AM
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The hilt is definitely horn, I can see from the...
The hilt is definitely horn, I can see from the damage that it is not wood. It certainly has a more greenish cast than the carabao horn from my Filipino pieces. The third picture down has the best...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th December 2011, 12:34 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 11,237
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th December 2011, 12:26 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 14,242
Kukri ID
So I'm not really a collector, I have acquired a number of modern and antique blades to accompany my martial arts practice. I haven't had any experience in a martial art related to the kukri, but...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st December 2011, 04:12 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,006
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th November 2011, 08:46 AM
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Replies: 3
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ID of Filipino? knife
I picked this up as a low-ball bid on a "kukri" ebay auction. The construction looked like it hailed from the Philippines so I gave it a shot. The picture didn't show scale and mentally I was...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th April 2010, 06:38 AM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th April 2010, 06:49 PM
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Replies: 4
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Philippine knife (?)
Hi,
A student of mine recently gifted me with this knife. The person he bought this from said it was African, but he thought it was Filipino. The shape of the handle certainly reminds me of other...
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