Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st August 2025, 06:06 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st August 2025, 05:58 PM
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Hi Mate! :cool::) I came across the khodmi with...
Hi Mate! :cool::) I came across the khodmi with the bone handle by the German ebay and after I received it and was very pleased with it after a little bit care and I thought that it's a good idea to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th August 2025, 11:28 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th August 2025, 06:05 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th August 2025, 05:10 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th August 2025, 05:52 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th August 2025, 09:54 AM
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The one from my collection with the bone handle...
The one from my collection with the bone handle has a very similar construction as the one from Yuri where some of the wire binding got lost like Yuri confirmed. I am nearly sure that my one has two...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd August 2025, 09:03 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd August 2025, 08:52 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd August 2025, 08:35 PM
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Hello Serdar,
Tim is correct, it's a Somali...
Hello Serdar,
Tim is correct, it's a Somali billao dagger. A very nice example, it will look great with a little bit of TLC. The horn isn't rhino, it's some sort of black horn, most probably goat....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd August 2025, 12:13 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd August 2025, 06:09 AM
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Thank you very much for showing your nice...
Thank you very much for showing your nice examples!
Your long one isn't a khodmi, it belongs to the long daggers from Bou Saada without the wire binding in down from the handle, see my examples...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st August 2025, 06:09 PM
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Show us your khodmi/Bou Saadi knife
These small Algerian knives have a great variation in handle style and material, material of the wire binding down from the handle and blade markings.
I own three of these knives, two with wooden...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th August 2025, 03:17 PM
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Hi Jeff,
This is a very good sign. I've seen...
Hi Jeff,
This is a very good sign. I've seen this before, at the first look this construction looks like the one-piece mid. 20th century examples, but I've seen a few with two-piece construction...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th August 2025, 02:57 PM
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Hello Raymundo,
Congrats, a very nice kampi!...
Hello Raymundo,
Congrats, a very nice kampi! :cool: Similar to others I like the beautiful hilt and also the scabbard is a nice vintage variation. :) Are the mounts from aluminium?
Best...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th August 2025, 09:16 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th August 2025, 03:55 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th August 2025, 06:11 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th August 2025, 10:05 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th August 2025, 05:10 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th August 2025, 05:01 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th August 2025, 04:52 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2025, 10:28 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
4th August 2025, 07:10 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd August 2025, 05:04 PM
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