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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th June 2025, 09:03 AM
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Posted By ausjulius
The small sharp knife is just that. A small knife...

The small sharp knife is just that. A small knife
The other tool is a a fire steel to strike a tinder.. the Mongolian word is chagmag or chakmak for the complete tinder pouch and striker typically...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th June 2025, 05:33 AM
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Views: 14,399
Posted By ausjulius
Yeah they are neat knives, people still use them...

Yeah they are neat knives, people still use them there. So they are not simply souvenirs but still local market products
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th June 2025, 04:59 AM
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Views: 88,643
Posted By ausjulius
Hi Yuri, yes I know the text has nothing to do...

Hi Yuri, yes I know the text has nothing to do with cyrillic . It is just random shaped by a person who can't ready cyrillic.
It is like the European mediaeval fantasy text Mongolian writing in...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th June 2025, 11:28 AM
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Posted By ausjulius
the range still made is quite good. here you...

the range still made is quite good.
here you can see the production of a knife
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYqAbOAC7-s
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th June 2025, 11:26 AM
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Posted By ausjulius
Mexican knives from Baja california.

Mexican knives from Baja california.
regional ethnographic knives from mexico.

these are called "desert knives"--"cuchillos del desierto"
there is a large array of knives made around the city ...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th June 2025, 10:47 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 54,486
Posted By ausjulius
yes the cupped iron guards to protect from water...

yes the cupped iron guards to protect from water in the scabbards and the pointy asymmetrical blades are pretty typical of the Khampa peopels sword and long knives. this spcific style is further...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th June 2025, 10:03 AM
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Views: 88,643
Posted By ausjulius
hello this looks like a souvenir sword probably...

hello this looks like a souvenir sword probably from iran, georgia has such tourist items too but theyed get the cyrillic correct or put georgian script.

the false damascus pattern and the shape...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th June 2025, 02:21 AM
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Views: 54,486
Posted By ausjulius
It's from tibet

It's from tibet
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st May 2025, 05:37 AM
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Posted By ausjulius
Hehe yeah I hope not I have some asmat bows and...

Hehe yeah I hope not I have some asmat bows and arrows about I was fooling with some the other daym. But I'd suspect the idea PNG arrows are poisoned is the bamboo or Palmwoods fighting arrows are...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd April 2025, 04:09 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 56,789
Posted By ausjulius
Honestly I've never actually seen a poisoned...

Honestly I've never actually seen a poisoned arrow or spear from PNG.. but it's a diverse place.

There is some isolated groups using blowguns there.. in new Britain anyway ..but the darts are as...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st April 2025, 10:30 PM
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Views: 56,789
Posted By ausjulius
Hi Peter, I've never seen anything toxic used on...

Hi Peter, I've never seen anything toxic used on antique wooden ethnographic items comming out of Australia.. the worst this I see is Australians seem to be willing to drill holes in things to bolt...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th February 2025, 08:46 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 44,980
Posted By ausjulius
Hi this is from one of the tribes of the eastern...

Hi this is from one of the tribes of the eastern Himalayas not Garo or Naga but one of the smaller groups. There is several YouTube videos sworing the making of similar (not the same) cane scabbarded...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th February 2025, 07:21 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 44,929
Posted By ausjulius
The Persians in that period produced very large...

The Persians in that period produced very large amounts of swords, mostly shamshir.. for export to the ottoman Empire, Arabia, North Africa and the Caucasus, but they also exported large amounts of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st January 2025, 09:35 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 26,105
Posted By ausjulius
Yep they pack a punch for sure. The dog would...

Yep they pack a punch for sure.
The dog would not be walking of a blow from these for sure.
There is no written instructions for their use but I have seen some old black and white pictures of the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st December 2024, 02:18 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 26,105
Posted By ausjulius
Haha well everything is illegal In the UK. You...

Haha well everything is illegal In the UK.
You just need to be imaginative with the shape I suppose..
In Tibetan regions people all immediately recognised what it was.
Useful multitool.
Monks...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st December 2024, 05:12 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 26,105
Posted By ausjulius
Some more examples of mine

Some more examples of mine
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st December 2024, 05:02 AM
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Views: 14,257
Posted By ausjulius
A bonan axe

Here is a bonan style of axe, newly made, it cost about 6$ us in a weekend market I attended, they were selling livestock, nuts and metal products mostly.
The axe is basically identical to Mongol...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st December 2024, 04:47 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 8,239
Posted By ausjulius
Bonan belt knife

A bonan belt knife with its original retention thong.
This style typically has a diamond shaped handle crossesction .
The blade is asymmetrical.
The bonan seem to make more than a dozen very...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st December 2024, 04:30 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 25,411
Posted By ausjulius
Yes it's part of the continium of the family of...

Yes it's part of the continium of the family of those hooked weapon pons of knife size (not tools) that encompass karambits and many styles throughout Malaysian cultures in South East Asia. The...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th December 2024, 04:58 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 26,105
Posted By ausjulius
Here is some more images

Here is some more images
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th December 2024, 04:50 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 26,105
Posted By ausjulius
Tibetan dog "stick" pocket flail

I purchased several of these in Ganan, a Tibetan city Gansu province in western china.
I've seen these on Tibetans belts in photographs, sometimes with a bunch of keys, typically on a leather thong...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th December 2024, 04:15 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 25,411
Posted By ausjulius
Curious Indonesia hooked knife

I purchased this knife in indonesia so I'd be inclined to presume it originated there.

The leather sheath is interesting.
The handle is buffalo.
The seller thought it might be from Sumatra .....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th December 2024, 03:37 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 20,810
Posted By ausjulius
Hi, it's a cast iron reproduction. Probably...

Hi, it's a cast iron reproduction. Probably European made.i have also seen Indonesian cast iron reproductions of similar inreicate spears and also dagger blades too.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th November 2024, 03:01 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 48,314
Posted By ausjulius
i guess int his category of period fantasy...

i guess int his category of period fantasy weapons or souvenir weapons we can add the Persian made and indian made of this type, zulfiker swords, the etched bladed swords with iron handles and some...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th November 2024, 02:54 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 39,555
Posted By ausjulius
haha all good, i have 100s of them. not a problem

haha all good, i have 100s of them. not a problem
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