Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th March 2013, 11:40 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2013, 11:28 PM
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Congratulation on your nice collection of...
Congratulation on your nice collection of Abyssinian sabres, Wolf (nicely treated blades)!
As far as the group photo is concerned, I think the lowest sabre is "gile" ("jely"), allegedly used by...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st February 2013, 01:21 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st February 2013, 01:19 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th February 2013, 08:41 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th February 2013, 02:12 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th February 2013, 01:43 PM
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There is stable exhibition of America´s art in...
There is stable exhibition of America´s art in Naprstek museum in Prague, incl. nice shields (but I think mostly north American). If they do not mind making photos, I could try, but I think they are...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th February 2013, 10:35 PM
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Replies: 34
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Hi Iain,
The head of upper spear (not the...
Hi Iain,
The head of upper spear (not the shape, but the style of surface - flat section followed by a rib) shows a likeness to another Indian spear called Ballam (again from the book by Tirri)....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th February 2013, 10:23 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th February 2013, 09:35 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
14th February 2013, 10:11 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th February 2013, 12:04 PM
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Yet another older threads and link: ...
Yet another older threads and link:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/search.php?searchid=306697
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12998&highlight=javelin...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th February 2013, 11:43 PM
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Replies: 11
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Hi Iain,
Thank you, this is nice. -...
Hi Iain,
Thank you, this is nice. - congratulations ! (Once, I would like to do something similar. Or better - once I would need to do the same - I mean to organize the collection...But for me it is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th February 2013, 11:18 PM
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Very interesting spear...Probably from the...
Very interesting spear...Probably from the northern part of Africa - but would Arabian origin be a big nonsense ? (what about heavier kind of javelin with "armour piercing" head ?)
For comparision...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th February 2013, 09:04 AM
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Replies: 18
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Hi Dom,
As I wrote already I stroke sail...
Hi Dom,
As I wrote already I stroke sail .....so I do not understand. :confused:
Of course before I made reference for Tirri´s book I went through it. But If you are going to be precise, there is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th February 2013, 08:52 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th February 2013, 08:37 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th February 2013, 05:58 PM
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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...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th February 2013, 12:38 PM
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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...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd February 2013, 09:36 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st January 2013, 09:53 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th January 2013, 03:09 PM
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Hi,
Without any aspirations (I don´t have...
Hi,
Without any aspirations (I don´t 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...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th January 2013, 10:27 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th January 2013, 10:13 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th January 2013, 10:34 PM
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