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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st March 2011, 10:46 PM
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Posted By Billman
This does not only happen in Asia - even in...

This does not only happen in Asia - even in countries such as France a few miles difference can mean a different spelling, a different pronunciation or even a completely different name...

The...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st March 2011, 10:14 PM
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Posted By Billman
Spanish and Portugese Billhooks

This style is found in Northern Spain and Portugal - the similarities in blade shape was what first caught my eye...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st March 2011, 10:07 PM
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Posted By Billman
Inventarisnummer: 370-48

And then they get even more bizarre (to European eyes...) - also listed as from Java Indonesia....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st March 2011, 09:59 PM
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Posted By Billman
Inventarisnummer : 3600-2850

This one is classified differently, but is shown as being from: Madura / Jawa Timur / Jawa / Indonesië, as is its twin (inventory No 3600-2855)...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st March 2011, 09:48 PM
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Posted By Billman
Inventarisnummer : 300-1562

The Rijksmuseum for Volkenkunde in Leiden (Holland) has a similar tool, sadly no data given. When I first saw this some years ago, my first impression was it was a copy of an European billhook - very...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st March 2011, 09:36 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 18,240
Posted By Billman
Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden

Don't know how you are travelling, but if by car from the UK to Germany, you may want to detour via Leiden in Holland - if their on-line collection is anything to go by, you may not even get to...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th February 2011, 07:10 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 18,090
Posted By Billman
Many thanks - another word for my billhook...

Many thanks - another word for my billhook lexicon - only a few thousand other languages and dialects to go.....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th February 2011, 07:06 PM
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Views: 31,891
Posted By Billman
Ref the Vietnamese rice sickle - these are often...

Ref the Vietnamese rice sickle - these are often sold on eBay.fr as Cambodian - but I guess a similar shape is found throughout the region...

Last time I looked there were about 20 from the same...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th February 2011, 10:31 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 18,090
Posted By Billman
Alternative spellings

Very pleased to have been of help - I've just found a few more alternative spellings:

"Catty" we use comes from the Tamil "Katthi" - a knife or billhook - see:...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th February 2011, 06:43 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 31,891
Posted By Billman
Indian sickle

Yes this is an an Indian sickle - modern ones are sometimes found in the UK, presumably exported as samples along with cheap Indian made billhooks etc..

Modern ones are often made with a thin...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th February 2011, 06:20 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 18,090
Posted By Billman
Catte

Not Nepalese, Ceylonese (now Sri Lanka) - a very ornate form of the local billhook (or one of the local shapes) generally known as a "catte"... pronounced kattay - not sure of the spelling as...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st February 2011, 10:50 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 31,707
Posted By Billman
Roncola

Hi
I have just come across this post, so my answer is a little late. This is definitely Italian - the handle style is typical of the roncola (plural roncole) or billhooks of Piemonté in northern...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th December 2010, 09:38 AM
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Axe
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Posted By Billman
My thanks to all who contributed to a positive ID...

My thanks to all who contributed to a positive ID for this axe, additionally, Michel (the francophone owner from Canada) has asked me to pass on his thanks.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th December 2010, 04:53 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 80,318
Posted By Billman
One great thing about forums such as these is...

One great thing about forums such as these is that they allow pepole to contribute to a common theme from a wide variety of perspectives and experiences - people that in the normal way of life would...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th December 2010, 10:59 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 77,410
Posted By Billman
You mean this one, from China at Work by Hommel,...

You mean this one, from China at Work by Hommel, also one from the Anglo Scandinavian (Viking??) era found in the UK....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th December 2010, 04:05 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 9,445
Posted By Billman
Ref insrted edge - you guys must be sick to death...

Ref insrted edge - you guys must be sick to death of me going on about edge tools, but here is another instance of tool making technology that can apply to making swords and other weapons....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th December 2010, 08:49 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 77,410
Posted By Billman
Vandoo - your tool looks like an Italian roncole...

Vandoo - your tool looks like an Italian roncole or billhook or possibly a serpe from Provence (Var region) in France - the Alpine region of Europe is the only region that regularly provides a hand...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th December 2010, 08:30 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 30,182
Posted By Billman
Thanks for your response Spiral - khukri are not...

Thanks for your response Spiral - khukri are not my area of expertise, so I always bow to greater knowledge - but my experience of billhooks from many lands has shown me nothing is set in stone, and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th December 2010, 08:13 AM
Replies: 10
Axe
Views: 13,159
Posted By Billman
Axe

Hi

Submitting this on behalf of a french speaking friend - he bought it in the USA, sold as a native axe/weapon - to me it looks african, but I know about tools not weapons... Can anyone give a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th December 2010, 06:41 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 29,617
Posted By Billman
Labels and certificates of provenenace are only...

Labels and certificates of provenenace are only worth anything if you know the reputation of the dealer/seller... Even so, reputable dealers get sucked in - see my comments on a Pennsylvanian German...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th December 2010, 09:44 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 65,001
Posted By Billman
and a few more - the 1914 one is en route from DE...

and a few more - the 1914 one is en route from DE to GB....

Another name I found is rubenkopfbeil - which I believe roughly translates to beet head axe i.e. a beet trimming knife, but I think this...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th December 2010, 09:28 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 65,001
Posted By Billman
More images of decorated hippen - good to meet...

More images of decorated hippen - good to meet another enthusiast...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th December 2010, 06:47 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 65,001
Posted By Billman
Hi Thanks for the pictures of the knipp -...

Hi

Thanks for the pictures of the knipp - hippe - haap - haumesser... I have another with the same stamp, but a little older I think... A similar one stamped FK was also for sale in the US earlier...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th December 2010, 02:07 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 30,182
Posted By Billman
Hi Recently joined the forum, and trawling...

Hi

Recently joined the forum, and trawling through some old blogs... My area of expertise is the billhook, and as a working tool, as well as a weapon, I class a khukri as a form of billhook (note...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 7th December 2010, 06:49 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 21,260
Posted By Billman
Is pounder the correct description for these...

Is pounder the correct description for these stone tools??? It implies a striking action - surely they are used with a rocking/grinding action - stone is relatively brittle, and does not withstand...
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