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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th February 2013, 08:52 PM
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Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Sometimes the honest description of the place...

Sometimes the honest description of the place (and date) of collection of specific weapon adds to this hobby another dimension....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th February 2013, 08:37 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 16,463
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
There are also articles about North African long...

There are also articles about North African long guns, including nice photos, in "Islamic Weapons from Maghrib to Moghul" by Anthony C. Tirri.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th February 2013, 05:58 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 16,463
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Hi Dom and Cerjak, OK - I strike sail, guns are...

Hi Dom and Cerjak,
OK - I strike sail, guns are not my field.
But where are those old times of takoubas and teleks.....- Enclosed plese find "Tuaregs through the eye of time".
And also - where are...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th February 2013, 12:38 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 16,463
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Wink Hi Cerjak and Dom, I will try to resist a...

Hi Cerjak and Dom,
I will try to resist a little to make the discussion more funny. This style of the gunstock including the shaping for finger was common in Sahara a and till now I was of the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd February 2013, 09:36 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 16,463
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Hi Cerjak, I would say - very nice Tuareg...

Hi Cerjak,
I would say - very nice Tuareg musket with snaphance lock
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st January 2013, 09:53 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 27,959
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Hi figs999, enclosed please find photo from a...

Hi figs999, enclosed please find photo from a book about Ghat......
Regards,
Martin
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th January 2013, 03:09 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 31,152
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Hi, Without any aspirations (I donīt have...

Hi,
Without any aspirations (I donīt have knowledge about jambiyas), let me just join this opportunity and share the picture of the only one jambiya from Arabian peninsula I have. This jambiya...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th January 2013, 10:27 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 4,677
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Thank you very much for posting this interesting...

Thank you very much for posting this interesting articcle !
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th January 2013, 10:13 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 7,238
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Yes, Vágner described the picture (book "Africa -...

Yes, Vágner described the picture (book "Africa - Paradise and Hell of the Animals", 1970) as Dinka. I did not mention it before because I had certain doubts - I thought this forehead horizontal...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th January 2013, 10:34 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 7,238
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Thanks Asomotif. Here is another relatively new...

Thanks Asomotif.
Here is another relatively new picture from that time southern Sudan. New picture .... - can we say it if it is already 43 years old ?
(Picture by natural scientist Josef Vágner)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th January 2013, 12:53 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 7,238
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Nuba with arm-dagger

Here is an interesting picture
http://www.davidstewart-smith.com/portfolios/nuba
(it is not possible to copy the picture)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th January 2013, 10:29 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 26,123
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Hi Iain, it is not so far from South Tunisia to...

Hi Iain, it is not so far from South Tunisia to Libian Tripoli. Also Berbers have been living on both sides of the border (using e.g. the same or similar jewelery design).
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th January 2013, 10:15 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 15,232
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Hi Sajen, here are the relevant pictures from the...

Hi Sajen, here are the relevant pictures from the book panga na visu
Regards,
Martin
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th January 2013, 11:02 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 15,232
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Acc. to M. Zirngiblīs book Panga na visu this...

Acc. to M. Zirngiblīs book Panga na visu this nice sword has signs of Boa, Angba and Bandia on one side, but also of Kango, Benge Bati (?)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th January 2013, 10:49 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 26,123
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Thanks. It was pictured of by the traveller...

Thanks. It was pictured of by the traveller Bedrich Machulka
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th January 2013, 10:23 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 26,123
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Fresh Domīs thread brought me one and half year...

Fresh Domīs thread brought me one and half year back - to this thread about Berberīs swords: Enclosed is photo with streight swords employing the typical handles. It is from Tripolis (Libya), 1898 -...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th January 2013, 10:31 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 37,066
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Hi Iain, I am afraid - arenīt you developing a...

Hi Iain,
I am afraid - arenīt you developing a taste for Ethiopia ? (BTW - If you are in Prague this Saturday, Ethiopians celebrate theit Christmas in Technical Library)
The history of the country...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th January 2013, 06:58 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 11,271
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Hi Iain, there is no "four-leaf design on metal...

Hi Iain,
there is no "four-leaf design on metal parts", but still - what about Nupe ? (I enclose picture of an old wooden Nupe plate).
I think your collection of Takoubas is pretty representative...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th January 2013, 05:58 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 15,993
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Hi Detlef, I donīt have any special thoughts. As...

Hi Detlef, I donīt have any special thoughts. As Lew said - "nice older example". Maybe faded look of the crocodile leather could be used as criterion of the age of the sheath, also the thinness of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th January 2013, 12:55 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 15,993
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
This is very nice representative of its type....

This is very nice representative of its type. Congratulations
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th January 2013, 12:49 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 13,990
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
The metal part is real blade. Copper work reminds...

The metal part is real blade. Copper work reminds Central Afrika, thatīs true. On the other side, I was in Ethiopia several times from 1995 till 2012 and I lived there a few years. So as far as...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd January 2013, 03:20 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 37,066
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
There is nothing more to add. Classical, nice...

There is nothing more to add. Classical, nice shotel.
Martin
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd January 2013, 12:39 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 13,990
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Thanks for kind words. The end of the shaft...

Thanks for kind words.

The end of the shaft is like crumbled away (during my ownership it was not broken)
The small bottles are without hair, and also covers or plugs were missing. I bought them...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd January 2013, 12:15 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 14,070
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Enclosed please find 2 pictures - cav. officers...

Enclosed please find 2 pictures - cav. officers M1869 and M1904:

M1869 has symmetric basket ending with valute

M1904 has assymetrical basket without valute.

M1869 usually, or mostly...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st December 2012, 03:39 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 13,990
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Hi Iain, I do not know, maybe from horseback.

Hi Iain, I do not know, maybe from horseback.
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