Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th May 2025, 02:17 PM
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Delhi and Lahore most likely. Lahore had...
Delhi and Lahore most likely. Lahore had enameling on hilts more prevalent.
Example 1 is a Mughal tulwar with diaper pattern gold koftgari, note langet form.
#2 is a Rajput tulwar, regarded as...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th May 2025, 03:09 AM
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Replies: 10
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On perpandicular guard on discussion example
Looking further at the guard orientation on this, the seemingly popular striations on the guard reflect the Spanish colonial influence, while it appears possible that British officers spadroons...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th May 2025, 09:32 PM
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Replies: 3
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Without resources at hand, very attractive...
Without resources at hand, very attractive example of what appears to Mughal court sword of N.India, but its hard to categorize regionally. The high relief baroque decoration with what seems a...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th May 2025, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 2
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This is a fascinating item which truly accents...
This is a fascinating item which truly accents the overall circumstances involving the storage of these weapons at the ready for use. It falls into the scope of the cannon on deck with fighting sail,...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th May 2025, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 5
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Tough one Jeff.
As you have noted, while in...
Tough one Jeff.
As you have noted, while in Filipino context, Luzon, approximated by the hilt presumably....the blade as often the case likely European. While I know little on SE Asian or the...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th May 2025, 03:44 PM
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Replies: 10
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Forum: European Armoury
26th May 2025, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 10
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Thank you Keith! I appreciate the support as...
Thank you Keith! I appreciate the support as always, and honestly dont expect much with my loquacious soliloquys, but I write them anyway. It is indeed lengthy pondering, and my writing things out is...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th May 2025, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 10
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The conundrum continues
While this discussion ended as often the case with more questions than answers, it remains very much a mystery to me. The interesting suggestion of the similarity of the blade on this example (OP) to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th May 2025, 04:49 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 35,368
Stone (1934)
In the Stone reference, there is a three way view of the 'manople' and he notes as his reference the catalog of the Royal Armory in c.1840, by A. Jubinal.
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd May 2025, 05:44 PM
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Replies: 18
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Colichemarde and military application
In rereading this thread, there is attention to the French M1767 regulation sword, In my understanding, the character of most 'regulation' swords in many if not most cases, is an official recognition...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd May 2025, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 34,145
Hi Keith,
While not able to add a lot here, I...
Hi Keith,
While not able to add a lot here, I still follow as most interesting as always, Your command of Shotley and all related is unsurpassed.
Regarding the 'French connection' , there were...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd May 2025, 04:43 PM
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Replies: 2
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Good solid example of a Udaipur style (Pant,...
Good solid example of a Udaipur style (Pant, 1980) tulwar from Rajasthan, mid to late 19th c. IMO.
While unusual to see numbers placed like this, various forms of administrative marks do occur that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd May 2025, 03:30 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 35,368
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd May 2025, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 35,368
Back to the PATA
Returning to the example pata of the original post. This example was acquired from a well known dealer, collector who was a most unusual character, and his acquired holdings and holding were almost...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd May 2025, 07:59 PM
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Replies: 15
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The Quest for the Manople
For those still with me, the 'manople' is the curious 'Moorish boarding weapon' with unusual trident like appendages extending from the bottom of the gauntlet hilt. As noted, this is the term used by...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd May 2025, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 35,111
This is truly a fascinating discussion Rob and...
This is truly a fascinating discussion Rob and thank you for opening it. I think you bring out most salient points, however I cannot add much to what you have already noted as far as this specific...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st May 2025, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 15
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Possible source for manople term
To continue this soliloquy, I recall many years back with Jens as he sought the origins of the katar, and we came across the 'manople' as shown in Calvert (1907), and in Stone (1934). This curious...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th May 2025, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 15
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The Indian PATA and the mysterious MANOPLE
This pata example I acquired over 40 years ago, in circumstances which are somewhat intriguing, but irrelevant. In those days of my collecting, naturally I saw this as a fascinating ancient Indian...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th May 2025, 06:30 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 50,994
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th May 2025, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 100
Views: 159,887
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Forum: European Armoury
16th May 2025, 12:01 AM
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Replies: 2
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th May 2025, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 39,948
Iain,
This is such fascinating and important...
Iain,
This is such fascinating and important detail on these VERY esoteric topics!!
While outside my general areas of study, what you have shared here is so important, and not only helps me...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th May 2025, 06:23 AM
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Replies: 100
Views: 159,887
This is a great example of an original British...
This is a great example of an original British EIC lock on a very old jezail!
The lock by John Fox Twigg, an English maker who moved to Piccadilly in 1776, the year on this lock, seems original and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th May 2025, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 50,994
Nimcha is just a collective term for these...
Nimcha is just a collective term for these Maghrebi sa'ifs, not technically correct, as often the case with the terms collectors and writers describing them over a century. The term nimcha supposedly...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th May 2025, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 50,994
Thank you Yuri :) It is always fun to solve (or...
Thank you Yuri :) It is always fun to solve (or try) mysteries. It is doubtful anyone has records of these often variously configured markings as to what meaning they might have had. Makers tended to...
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