Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th February 2026, 02:20 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd February 2026, 04:56 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd February 2026, 02:58 AM
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Ausjulius,
Thank you for your confident post...
Ausjulius,
Thank you for your confident post about the original club being African in origin.
Yes, the club I posted is without doubt Fijian. As noted already, it is an ula, or more precisely...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
31st January 2026, 11:23 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 6,192
Uploads
Amuk, only graphics files (such as .JPG, .GIF, .PNG) open as images. Other files (such as .DOCX, .PDF, etc.) upload as files that have to be downloaded in order to view them. Hope this helps in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th January 2026, 11:11 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th January 2026, 12:24 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
26th January 2026, 11:56 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2026, 12:48 PM
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Oriental Armament Collection,
I have resized...
Oriental Armament Collection,
I have resized and rotated your pictures to landscape orientation so that they better fit the screen of viewers, and it is not necessary to scroll up and down to see...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th January 2026, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 4
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Two Cuban machete swords
These two swords are Spanish Colonial examples from Cuba.
The top one is from the late 19th C and is marked "Fernando Esser Elberfeld Warranted Machete No. 87." Total length = 30.25 inches, with...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th January 2026, 11:08 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 7,187
Yuri, a couple of possibilities come to mind....
Yuri, a couple of possibilities come to mind. First, the Africans may have found a way to use the relatively carbon-poor voyage iron from Europe for weaponry by adding some carbon to the iron....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th January 2026, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 10
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Hello George and welcome to the Ethnographic...
Hello George and welcome to the Ethnographic Forum!
I was surprised to read in your original post that you have been assured this is not an Oceanic club. That would have been my first thought,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
14th January 2026, 05:06 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th January 2026, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 7,187
Pertinax,
I performed a web search for the...
Pertinax,
I performed a web search for the first few words of your article, "Brittany voyage iron," which seemed an unusual phrase and one that might be successful in finding this text. while I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
12th January 2026, 05:21 AM
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Replies: 7
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SE Asian rice sickle knife (Cambodian?)
This is a nice example of the rice sickle knife that is used widely in mainland SE Asia to harvest rice. The hilt is the wooden area capped by a carved snake head. The large curved wooden section is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th January 2026, 04:26 PM
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Replies: 18
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th January 2026, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 8,643
Hi Detlef,
Yes, I've read similar stories...
Hi Detlef,
Yes, I've read similar stories about these swords "reaching around" shields to cause damage, similar to the reported use of shotels. No less authority than Richard F Burton (The Book...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th January 2026, 05:32 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 8,643
Hi Jeff,
Yes, this one is a mambele from the...
Hi Jeff,
Yes, this one is a mambele from the various tribal groups of Zaire/Central African Republic. The picture you posted was hard to see any details, so I photoshopped it so we can see it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th January 2026, 01:36 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th January 2026, 01:24 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 4,650
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th January 2026, 11:56 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,059
Hi Albert,
Nice sword! Just to add to the...
Hi Albert,
Nice sword! Just to add to the chorus that this is likely a Luzon bolo. My only additional observation is that this one might be a variant of the San Bartolome style which dates from...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th January 2026, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 37
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Ray, I don't know the precision of the...
Ray, I don't know the precision of the carbon-dating method for steel. However, I did find a nice overview article for the use of carbon dating of iron and steel: HERE...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd January 2026, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 23
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd January 2026, 01:07 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,766
Hi Detlef,
Yes, lines on the blade adjacent...
Hi Detlef,
Yes, lines on the blade adjacent to the hilt are certainly seen on some Visayan knives and swords, including those with Panay hilts. And yes, an occasional Spanish Colonial blade of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd January 2026, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 15
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Hi Detlef,
What puts me off a Visayan origin...
Hi Detlef,
What puts me off a Visayan origin for the smaller knife is the full length tang and the form of the D-guard. Perhaps something from Cebu, but I think that is less likely than Luzon.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd January 2026, 08:51 AM
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