Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th August 2025, 01:27 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th August 2025, 12:26 AM
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Changdao,
Good observation!! The Kingdom of...
Changdao,
Good observation!! The Kingdom of Fazughli was a connection between the Funj and Ethiopia. The possible Ethiopian influence on the kaskara are shown on p. 10-11, Figs. 10, 11 & 12 of my...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th August 2025, 09:58 PM
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Jim,
A complex list of queries. I'll try to...
Jim,
A complex list of queries. I'll try to respond after a fashion.
A group of Mamluk "refugees" fled to the Dongola region of N. Sudan in 1812 and influenced the area until 1820 when the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th August 2025, 10:51 PM
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Jim,
I agree. From the Egyptian "conquest"...
Jim,
I agree. From the Egyptian "conquest" of Sudan in 1821 until the Mahdiya beginning in 1885 there was a considerable different kinds of swords deployed in Sudan. The Funj mounted guards used...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th August 2025, 03:11 PM
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To me this sword is not a Kaskara, likely...
To me this sword is not a Kaskara, likely "invented" in mid-19th C. The handle has none of the design elements of a kaskara. The cross guard is close and looks like those cast brass elements from...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th August 2025, 03:54 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th August 2025, 02:01 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th August 2025, 02:53 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th August 2025, 02:01 AM
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Quote: Is their worth found in craftsmanship,...
Quote: Is their worth found in craftsmanship, aesthetic beauty, or perhaps the legendary aura we project onto them? Are these objects truly part of our cultural heritage or only a select few? Or...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th July 2025, 08:26 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd July 2025, 05:31 PM
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Sorry guys, Eastwood used a Remington in Pale...
Sorry guys, Eastwood used a Remington in Pale Rider. Here's an AI search:
In the movie Pale Rider (1985), Clint Eastwood's character, "Preacher," uses a Remington 1858 New Army revolver. The gun...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd July 2025, 07:08 PM
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Replies: 26
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Ian,
Your 'sword" may be a tool rather than...
Ian,
Your 'sword" may be a tool rather than a weapon, as Jim suggests. The interiors of the point elements are aligned. Also the roots of the points have been relieved like to accommodate or catch...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th June 2025, 01:47 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th June 2025, 01:47 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 15,390
5,000 Year Old Swords: Worlds Oldest
Found in Eastern Turkey.
The World’s Oldest Swords Discovered at Arslantepe Mound
The same question we collectors still ask:
Quoted from article:
"Were these swords wielded in battle or simply...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd June 2025, 08:01 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd June 2025, 01:31 AM
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Views: 31,980
Jim,
Your spear head, perhaps with a colored...
Jim,
Your spear head, perhaps with a colored "flag" or strip, may have been among the several standards held up to identify and form up or otherwise organize various troop units at large parades,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th April 2025, 10:21 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th April 2025, 06:55 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th January 2025, 02:56 AM
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FSV
Your Samoan Nifo Oti's "teeth" were...
FSV
Your Samoan Nifo Oti's "teeth" were likely the most technically sophisticated and challenging part of wooden war clubs of which I am aware. It would be hard to beat that. There are other...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th October 2024, 04:20 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th August 2024, 08:01 PM
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Ian,
The new pictures and the tags are...
Ian,
The new pictures and the tags are informative. The tag that says the sword was found with chain mail, etc. suggests that the sword was owned by a Sudanese knight and a Baqqara tribal calvary...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd June 2024, 08:50 PM
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Ian,
A MET head dress is IDed as Janus and...
Ian,
A MET head dress is IDed as Janus and said is "Headdresses covered with leather are made by many different peoples living in villages along the Cross River and in Cameroon.
Another site...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2024, 06:55 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 201,793
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2024, 01:53 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 201,793
Hello Kai,
Thanks for the gangay-blade...
Hello Kai,
Thanks for the gangay-blade explanation. "Tradition" does cover a lot of bases and is accepted by cultures as "Just the way it is" to be a proper kris". Also, I guess that the kris is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th June 2024, 09:41 PM
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