Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th December 2015, 11:03 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd December 2015, 02:35 PM
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Down Memory Lane
I especially like these lances. I thought I had photographed a number of variations and placed those images on the forum, but now, a focused Google search having failed to show them, I suspect that...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd December 2015, 02:24 PM
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Replies: 14
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Clive Thomas' articles are produced to a very...
Clive Thomas' articles are produced to a very high standard and I greatly look forward to when he brings it all together with the ultimate publication of his intended book on this subject.
The...
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Forum: European Armoury
21st December 2015, 12:46 PM
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Replies: 14
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Correct!
P.S. The one to the right in the...
Correct!
P.S. The one to the right in the picture (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=134582&postcount=14) (that has lost its tip, presumably to many re-honings, ex Maj. Prescott and...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th December 2015, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 29,757
Splendid
This really does demonstrate what the premium for provenance can be at the top of the market. I had totally missed that this was coming on sale and greatly appreciate the links and photos.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th December 2015, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 15
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Another Example
Here is another example with the forte of a Persian shamshir being reformed into a kard blade.
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Forum: European Armoury
12th December 2015, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 11
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More on the Ulfberht theme
You may also find this (http://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/iss/kap_b/backbone/rb_4_3.html) to be interesting.
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Forum: European Armoury
12th December 2015, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 15,567
Ulfberht
In due course a book with the papers presented at the Sword Form & Thought conference is expected to be published.
The presentation relied upon further radiographic studies of four of the swords...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th December 2015, 11:09 PM
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Replies: 11
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Forum: European Armoury
11th December 2015, 02:40 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th December 2015, 02:34 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 15,567
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Forum: European Armoury
10th December 2015, 03:51 PM
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Views: 15,567
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th October 2015, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 58
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th October 2015, 02:59 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 15,139
I guess I should have suspected that the scene...
I guess I should have suspected that the scene was of a real place on the basis of it being repeated on several items I have seen, but I failed to make the connection and thank you, Kubur and estcrh,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th October 2015, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 15,139
Early 20th century...
Thank you again; a Google search for 'Sabaean niello' proved productive. My pictures hide a very nicely bold wootz Damascus blade with a very well formed mid rib. I expect someone was once quite...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th October 2015, 03:00 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 15,139
Marsh Arab (Iraqi)? Jambiya
harrywagner's thread on his Kurdish dagger on his Kurdish dagger (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=20570) brought similarities with this dagger to mind and following Kubur's inquiry on...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd October 2015, 02:50 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 365,606
Work Around
Unfortunately, the software will sometimes scramble the order of the attachments, occasionally spoiling solution #2.
Simple and compatible with the existing software is, when text and pictures...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th September 2015, 02:51 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 53,335
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th September 2015, 02:17 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
21st September 2015, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,439
Very, very nice.
Could it be the Islamic...
Very, very nice.
Could it be the Islamic calendar (AH)? If it starts with '11' instead of '17' this is likely the case and would point to the 18th century (AD).
I also bought an old scale at a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th September 2015, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 61,040
Slowly getting there
A. alnakkas, Jens, estcrh - thank you for your kind comments on my evolving photographic technique.
The greatest step forward came a few years ago when I invested in a Canon 5D which gave me a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th September 2015, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 61,040
Thank you again!
I agree entirely that the...
Thank you again!
I agree entirely that the gold koftari inscription is more recent than the blade itself. It appears to lie in a very shallow depression with a hatched surface to allow the gold to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th September 2015, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 61,040
Blade Inscription Translation Request...
I am most grateful to A.alnakkas for having answered my questions about the mountings of this saif beyond my expectations and I look forward to his publishing his discoveries about the evolution of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th September 2015, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 61,040
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th September 2015, 05:16 PM
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Replies: 58
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