Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd November 2024, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 3
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd November 2024, 06:34 PM
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Replies: 3
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Small cretan?? yataghan dagger translation please
Good evening dear members,
I'd like your opinion about this small yataghan or large ;
bichak: 50cm long with scabbard.
Strange feeling because the hilt is too long and the tip of the blade has a...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th November 2024, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 1
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Heavy steel mace
So, always poking around,
I have just picked up this pretty
heavy mace,
large model, 71 cm long.
Besides its size, it's heavier than conventional weapon masses 2 kg 400 grams but...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th November 2024, 07:54 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 12,437
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd November 2024, 10:03 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 16,652
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd November 2024, 09:57 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 12,437
Thank's a lot Dear Ron and Jim !!!
My...
Thank's a lot Dear Ron and Jim !!!
My feeling ( and few knowledge ) were right ,
For the seller opinion;
or an amazing trip adventure for the shield
Or ''a momentary lapse of reason'' / Pink...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd November 2024, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 12,437
Ethiopian ''dhal'' shield ??
Hello dear members,
Maybe in link with my other post about the african dagger,
I was today in a fleamarket and I found this old all waved leather shield 😁
I think/hope 19th century
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd November 2024, 06:15 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 16,652
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st November 2024, 10:57 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 16,652
Tunisian dagger ? European style ...
Good day dear members,
I wanted to show you this old dagger and try to fix the origin,
It looks to me old north african work for blade and scabbard
But the hilt looks more european.
Some...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th October 2024, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 545
Views: 2,091,568
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th October 2024, 11:48 PM
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Replies: 545
Views: 2,091,568
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th October 2024, 11:37 PM
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Replies: 545
Views: 2,091,568
Here a picture of the wife of a famous south...
Here a picture of the wife of a famous south italian bandit
named Ninco Nanco from Basilicate-Lucania .
The band , chief and wife fight against the Savoy soldiers that wanted with lot of violence ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th October 2024, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 25,587
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th October 2024, 06:08 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 29,798
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th October 2024, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 29,798
Hello Ian,
Thank's a lot for your message, ...
Hello Ian,
Thank's a lot for your message,
Do you think the blade can come from a cut down klewang ?
Or something more european ?
It looks like a shortened pioneer sword-cutlass .
Small...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd October 2024, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 48,229
Hello,
I like the words you used in your...
Hello,
I like the words you used in your first post
'' The pedang is not in my possesion.''
''Now'' we now why 😅🙃 ( cousu de fil blanc...)
I remember my first posts time ago. we were...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd October 2024, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 37,541
Wow beautiful blade!!
( and nice job ! )
for...
Wow beautiful blade!!
( and nice job ! )
for the sheath I have already seen an identical one for a Khyber with ivory handle but I cannot put my hand on the picture .
The handle is nice too and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd October 2024, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 29,798
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd October 2024, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 29,798
Thank you for the message!
I received my...
Thank you for the message!
I received my package,
so the blade is a little shorter than indicated: 31 cm long and 8 mm thick for a total weight of 1 kg. interesting the tang of the knife on the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th September 2024, 10:53 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 29,798
Curious massive knife or machete
I wanted to show you to this large, somewhat special machete knife, extremely massive, almost 1 cm thick at the heel and weight of more than a kilo.
The end of the blade looks like a Bowie and is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
27th September 2024, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 41,348
Hello David, No, that’s for sure! 🙃
thank you...
Hello David, No, that’s for sure! 🙃
thank you for your message,
clearly we are in the contrast between the modern woman who wants everything to be clean, zen and bright at home and me who tends to...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd September 2024, 02:50 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 19,190
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Forum: European Armoury
21st September 2024, 07:47 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 19,190
German ? Style Halberd for comment
Here is the halberd that went with the Walloon sword, (thanks again !)
it was called decorative and almost offered for the sale price.
No hallmark but I find it well made,
the steel sounds good...
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Forum: European Armoury
21st September 2024, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 14,045
Hello Daniel(?)
Thank's a lot for your...
Hello Daniel(?)
Thank's a lot for your message !!
There are two latin locutions on the blade
( maybe shortened )
One side
AINE MENT ?
On the other. IP HO?ETM? MENT. ?
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Forum: European Armoury
21st September 2024, 06:10 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 14,045
Old sword with inscriptions
Hello dear members,
I recently won this old sword at an auction as well as a halberd, I will show it later in another post,
I think early 18th century .
Can you help me to date it and fix...
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