Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th February 2012, 02:49 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
28th February 2012, 02:54 AM
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Replies: 33
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As someone who has unintentionally grabbed,not...
As someone who has unintentionally grabbed,not gently touched nor bumped, but put a hand sqeeze on an orange bar of steel in a very unfocused moment.....I would say that it is all legend. It took me...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th November 2011, 01:56 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 14,026
Denis,
To me it looks like a variation of the...
Denis,
To me it looks like a variation of the same technique used by Japanese Koshira makers (fittings makers).
The effect is called Nanako.
Each "dot" is placed individually..not a simple thing...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th October 2011, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 31,191
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st October 2011, 11:20 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 43,952
I really look forward to Dr. Feuerbach's book...
I really look forward to Dr. Feuerbach's book when she puts it out.
I recently ran a Merv crucible run here in the shop..learned a lot even though it failed...nothing to do with Ann's input ..more...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th October 2011, 10:41 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 23,696
That blade is called a "Kamara"..I saw one in...
That blade is called a "Kamara"..I saw one in North India belonging to a landed family. It hardness tested different from one side to the other...first indication that it was one of those as the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th October 2011, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 43,952
I make wootz, I make bloomery steel, I make...
I make wootz, I make bloomery steel, I make European crucible steel (Huntsman), I make blister and shear steel (I'll be doing studies into Chinese cast iron decarburization next year)....I have...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th July 2011, 10:49 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 13,249
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2010, 02:08 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 40,105
I feel I must put my foot in here as well.
I...
I feel I must put my foot in here as well.
I was sent one of these ingots by Artzi many years ago I have not forged it as I said I would..it is still in ingot/ball form and I am shamed for not...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd March 2009, 04:43 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 8,234
Movie the Wizard of Bagdad 1960
"The Wizard of Bagdad" 1960
Sadly, I just saw 20 or so swords destroyed in the filming of this movie. The man character had what looked like a rather nice serviceable shamshir with kilij...
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Forum: Swap Forum
9th February 2009, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,650
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Forum: Swap Forum
25th January 2009, 09:34 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,366
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Forum: Swap Forum
8th January 2009, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,402
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Forum: Swap Forum
8th January 2009, 01:41 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,402
Wanted Book
Hello,
Does anyone have a copy of
Beitrage Zur Morphologischen Entwicklung Des Schwertes Im Mittelalter:
Eine Analyse Des Fundmaterials Vom Ausgehenden 8. Bis Zum 12. Jahrhundert Aus Sammlungen...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th December 2008, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 88,164
Hello All,
This will be rough, but its from...
Hello All,
This will be rough, but its from memory.
I can not speak for Dr. Williams, but I was in India when he first presented this paper in 2007 (later published in Gladius I think). It is my...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th November 2008, 06:51 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,808
Depending upon how much patterning or forging...
Depending upon how much patterning or forging quite a bit of material can be lost as forging scale or filed away.
As to average sizes of ingots, well, without a very large sample body or quite a...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd November 2008, 04:03 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 11,087
dents
Hello All,
I think the work "The Knight and the Blast Furnace" by Dr. Alan Williams has some interesting info on quality of various armors.
BUT
I believe the gambison (padding) in some time...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th October 2008, 04:23 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 13,811
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Forum: Swap Forum
10th October 2008, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,781
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Forum: Swap Forum
4th October 2008, 02:51 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 4,215
I'd like this book:
indian armours in the...
I'd like this book:
indian armours in the national museum collection,from g.n.pant, softpaper, 28 x 22cm, 191 pages with very good pictures and also good descr. 40 €
If the others have photos I'd...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st October 2008, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 13,353
Hello All,
This may not be exactly what is...
Hello All,
This may not be exactly what is discussed here, but it does involve a rivet on a blade...
I have seen rivets holding on a portion of wootz near the spine which had broken off due to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st October 2008, 12:57 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 15,320
I can not see pattern on the blade (other than...
I can not see pattern on the blade (other than the seam..whatever may have caused it), but there is a form called Kamara which is wootz on one side and pattern-weld on the other....I saw several...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st October 2008, 12:46 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 13,595
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th September 2008, 01:50 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 16,220
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th September 2008, 09:03 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 16,220
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