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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th September 2025, 01:20 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 44,181
Posted By DaveA
P.S. Searching for bichaq info

Hi, sorry I missed participating in the hunt!

For future searches, remember there are lots of different ways to spell the name for a knife as well as different names for the same artifact. Search...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st September 2025, 05:23 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 23,886
Posted By DaveA
ChatGPT strikes again

Thank you! I tried ChatGPT first and that’s where the obscure Chinese information came from. The engraving is off-center like it was stamped with a machine. That’s what first clued me in that it was...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th August 2025, 08:02 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 23,886
Posted By DaveA
Always learning

As the title says. Luckily this was not an expensive lesson.
Dave
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th August 2025, 05:19 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 23,886
Posted By DaveA
Question What is it, really?

Hello all,

I recently won a sword at auction. It was advertised to be an Indian Tulwar, but I knew that was wrong. I was thinking Persian or elsewhere in the Gulf region. That’s also wrong. So...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th July 2025, 08:13 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 37,980
Posted By DaveA
Thank you for flysssa info

Excellent info on the flyssa and context. Thank you for posting. This is exactly why I joined the forum — to learn from experts.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th June 2025, 06:24 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 11,368
Posted By DaveA
Question Request Advice on Collection data

Hello,

I am beginning a complete overhaul of my website and content that I collect to document my collection and present it for others (family, collectors, education, research). I’ve decided to...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th February 2025, 10:59 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 79,588
Posted By DaveA
Pair of Chinese Hook Swords

Greetings all,

I am also fascinated by the hook swords and other weapons of complex design where function is sometimes hard to discern. I recently won the pair shown in this picture at auction,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st January 2025, 11:32 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 41,489
Posted By DaveA
My Chilean knife

Hello All.

Just for completeness, here is the Chilean knife in my collection referred to by Al.

-- Dave A.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd January 2023, 08:38 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 168,958
Posted By DaveA
404

Sadly, the URL is malformed, perhaps because it is too long, and your link goes nowhere. Will you please try again?

Dave A.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd January 2023, 08:35 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 168,958
Posted By DaveA
Sajen, Thank you for the examples! When I...

Sajen,

Thank you for the examples! When I think of stacked hilts, these are what comes to mind. What was (and remains) confusing is the thickness and decoration of the layers of the stack. Dots,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st January 2023, 09:18 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 168,958
Posted By DaveA
Machine shop craft? I doubt it.

This is fascinating. I have never heard of such a thing.

I have the knife in front of me now. Arguing against your machine-shop thesis is the mis-alignment of the dots on the middle red stack...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st January 2023, 08:27 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 168,958
Posted By DaveA
Chilean stacked hilts

Ian,

Thanks for your comments. I have been searching online for more examples of Chilean knives other than corvo. Stacked hilts especially. I did a Google image search just on the hilt that came...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th January 2023, 09:28 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 168,958
Posted By DaveA
Question Chilean(?) mystery dagger

Wow, 118 views on the first post and no ideas? Let’s try again.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th January 2023, 09:38 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 168,958
Posted By DaveA
Question Identification help please

Here is one of my mystery knives. The seller thought it might be from Chile. I do see the Spanish influence, for example in the stacked hilt and quilions. I know next to nothing about Chilean knives....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th September 2022, 10:55 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 59,534
Posted By DaveA
Thank you Ren Ren for the information. Some very...

Thank you Ren Ren for the information. Some very good leads to follow. I recently started a new thread not having seen all the information in this one.
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th September 2022, 10:48 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 132,181
Posted By DaveA
Thanks for the link. I did see that thread.

Thanks for the link. I did see that thread.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th September 2022, 02:02 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 30,024
Posted By DaveA
More open face scabbards - Ifugao Pinahig

A Pinahig machete of the Ifugao, of the Cordillera Mountain ranges of Central Northern Luzon, Philippines. The Pinahig alone weighs 2 lbs. The addition of the scabbard and smaller blade bring the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th September 2022, 01:53 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 132,181
Posted By DaveA
Eunjangdo, from Korea

Hello All,

I acquired this eunjangdo knife recently. I welcome your comments on the item or the cultural role it played in Korea. There is not much info in the forum on eunjangdo, which was a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd June 2021, 05:05 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 96,397
Posted By DaveA
XRF Availability

I assume that I cannot just order an XRF from Amazon. How does one obtain access to such a scientific instrument? Is there a home-built hack for this tech? Could be handy!
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th April 2021, 12:46 AM
Replies: 134
Views: 687,133
Posted By DaveA
Frank or Franz Karl

Very Interesting! My bichaq from Bosnia looks very similar.
The scabbard of this bıçak has a monogram FK engraved on the front and "Franz Karl" on the back. Sorry I don’t have a closeup photo...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th April 2021, 12:30 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 52,181
Posted By DaveA
Thumbs up Congratulations Lee. There is a lot going on...

Congratulations Lee. There is a lot going on behind the scenes. Sounds like a headache or two. I know I had one when I started seeing error messages! Thank you for your service, and for telling us...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th February 2021, 01:29 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 22,437
Posted By DaveA
My Alamang

My alamang,

Sadly, it was lost or stolen en route to me after purchase from a dealer. This was two years ago and investigations have found nothing. Yes, I’ve tried everything.

Please keep an...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2020, 12:49 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 37,982
Posted By DaveA
Disposition of collection

Thank you everyone for the ideas.

We are in the midst of a raging pandemic and I am in a high risk group. Otherwise, my health is good and hope for many more years to enjoy my collection. So no...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th July 2020, 09:44 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 58,443
Posted By DaveA
Plug bayonet

To my eye this strongly resembles a plug bayonet, probably Spanish, late 18th to early 19th C. These had dual use as daggers or could be mounted in the barrel of a gun, for example, when hunting to...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th July 2020, 09:28 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 37,982
Posted By DaveA
Question Advice needed for my collection

Hello all,

Greetings from California.

I apologize if this request seems a little morbid. I need advice on how to prepare for the day when it becomes time for my family to liquidate my...
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