Forum: European Armoury
1st February 2016, 01:24 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 15,614
Actually Beowulf
Hi All,
The movie (and the book) was originally written by Michael Crichton and titled Eaters of the Dead. It is actually a retelling of Beowulf's fatal encounter with the dragon.
Sincerely,
RobT
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th January 2016, 01:32 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 16,964
Now A Spear in Good Standing
Timo,
Thanks so much for sticking with this and giving such a good explanation. The spearhead will join my budiak and my Masai lion spear as a spearhead in good standing.
Sincerely,
RobT
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Forum: European Armoury
10th January 2016, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 7,910
Thanks
Inglered,
Thanks so much for the ID. I would assume that my knife is the Sicilian folding version of the fixed blade Vendetta knife?. Do you have any idea how old it is?
Sincerely,
RobT
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th January 2016, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 16,964
Thickness & Tangs
Battara & Rick,
Thanks for the heads up about the tangs. A further search online shows that what I originally thought were sockets are quite likely ferrules.
Timo,
My micrometer (Starrett) gives a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th January 2016, 02:07 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 16,964
It Does look Mandayan
Battara & Ian,
Thanks for your responses. It does look like a Mandayan shape and the sheath does look Philippino. I do have two concerns however. First is that all the Mandayan spearheads I have...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd January 2016, 11:51 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 16,964
Philippine Spearhead?
Hello,
Sold as: "spear point w/case brought back Herbert read Carney 32nd Div 126th Inf bronze medal Abecito River". In 1945, the 126th Infantry was engaged in bitter fighting with the Japanese in...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd January 2016, 11:01 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 7,910
French Vendetta Corse?
Hello,
Slip joint folder with 4.125" blade. No marks on blade. Hilt 5.25" long. Brass bolsters & butt caps. Steel liners & pins. Horn scales. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
RobT
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th July 2008, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 16,159
Why?
Hi All,
Hopefully my comment isn't so far off base as to have me compared to a recent "contributor" to the forum but after seeing the other photos on the AlamShah website, the tang still looks...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th July 2008, 03:57 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 16,159
Odd tang placement
Hi All,
It's a really nice looking keris but what strikes me as odd is that the tang appears to be off center to the axis of the thrust. Am I seeing something that isn't there?
Sincerely,
RobT
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th April 2008, 01:19 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 10,620
I'm a typographer
Hi Ariel,
It's on the square. I started in type just as hot metal was going out in the 70s and I've worked in just about all the cold type jobs there were in the old typehouses. Paste-up and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2008, 02:58 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 10,620
Times Roman Bold
Hi Ariel,
The word "Cloth" (and the other letters on that line) is in Times Roman Bold. The fact that the type is pseudo condensed indicates that it was originally set in cold type as opposed to hot...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th April 2008, 03:13 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 10,620
A very good deal
Hi knife7knut,
It's a well and traditionally (except for the hilt and sheath materials) made piece. May we all make such good deals.
Sincerely,
RobT
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th April 2008, 02:46 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 22,865
Knives of Finland pg 24
Hi Jussi M,
Sorry for not getting back to you more promptly. Page 24 of the Knives of Finland by Lester C Ristinen shows a set of three knives captioned, "Knives of Lappland by Lauri Tuoteet"....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th April 2008, 04:12 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 22,865
A good debate
Hi All,
I'll take the points in order of appearance.
Louieblades,
I didn't suggest getting into what each group calls it and I agree that approach could become confusing, that's why I suggested...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd April 2008, 03:45 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 22,865
Full Circle
Hi VVV,
I am not entirely convinced that the differences of your examples when pronounced are as great as they appear when spelled out (i.e. the cognates dha and darb) but, for argument's sake I'll...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th April 2008, 04:47 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 22,865
Tough Example
Hi VVV,
Given the wide spectrum of knives called Bowie, if in Europe there is a custom of calling single edge generally clip point blades with a cross guard that were used in the north American west...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th April 2008, 03:30 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 22,865
what's it called in Lap?
Hi Jussi M,
Perhaps in Finland these blades aren't called Saami but that is a commonly used term for them here in the States and, as I stated in my reply, I thought the name was that of the Lap...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th April 2008, 02:44 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 13,479
Batangas
Hi All,
I recall reading in this forum that the swelling of the hilt where it meets the ferrule, in combination with the short ferrule itself, is a design especially favored in Batangas.
Sincerely,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2008, 02:55 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10,447
North African Spine?
Hi All,
Well, the bolster sure looks Afghani as do the brass liners between the tang and the hilt scales but the file work and jimping on the spine looks the same as my khodmi/bou saadi blades. The...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
24th February 2008, 02:38 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 20,171
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th February 2008, 01:18 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 6,682
reverse electrolysis?
Hi RSWORD,
Just curious, can't plating be effectively removed by reverse electrolysis?
Sincerely,
RobT
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th January 2008, 01:37 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 17,963
Syrian for me also
Hi All,
I agree with Battara. I just looked at my two Majali Shams jambiyia and the butt caps on both (with the exposed tang) look very similar to kronckew's blade.
Sincerely,
RobT
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th January 2008, 01:22 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 8,122
Thanks for the info
To M ELEY and Jim Mcdougall,
Thanks for the information. I will have to try to look into that Gilkerson book. I'm pretty sure the hilt is bone (the seller was also). There are some dark porous areas...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th January 2008, 02:58 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 18,518
It all adds up now
To A. G. Maisey,
Your idea that the addition of a pendok was a quick (and relatively cheap) fix for a rotting gandar is supported by: 1) the figure in the wood on the front of the gandar matches the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
28th January 2008, 03:15 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 18,518
Wow
To A. G. Maisey,
I feel like Watson. How the deuce did you know that Holmes?! I compared the hilt on my keris side by side to a bandolan hilt that I am certain is Balinese and for sure the one on...
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