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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th December 2010, 02:27 PM
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Views: 80,318
Posted By Billman
It's good to be able to hypothesise on the...

It's good to be able to hypothesise on the site.... Apparently about 60,000 tons of meteorite debris hit the earth each year.... mostly dust and rock, and over 2/3 of the earth is sea - but some will...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th December 2010, 06:21 PM
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Views: 80,318
Posted By Billman
Wood burning kilns can reach temperatures of 1300...

Wood burning kilns can reach temperatures of 1300 degrees Celsius with natural draft, but require dry timber, preferably hardwood, and often several days to reach this. Wood firing can thus be used...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd December 2010, 08:42 PM
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Posted By Billman
Ref Meteoric Iron - the Cape York Meteorite from...

Ref Meteoric Iron - the Cape York Meteorite from Greenland was used by the locals to make tools:

"The 407-kilogram (897-pound) fragment of Cape York known as the Dog was extensively hammered by...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd December 2010, 12:45 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 23,366
Posted By Billman
Pipe racks come in two types - bowl down, sitting...

Pipe racks come in two types - bowl down, sitting on a small shelf, and bowl up with the stems sitting through holes...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st December 2010, 09:35 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 13,126
Posted By Billman
What about the other bagpipes of Europe??? Even...

What about the other bagpipes of Europe??? Even in the British Isles there are Irish Uillean Pipes, Northunbrian Small Pipes, Scottish Lowland and Half Long Pipes - all with a longer history than the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th November 2010, 10:44 PM
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Views: 15,927
Posted By Billman
African tools and weapons, e.g. Mangbetu knives,...

African tools and weapons, e.g. Mangbetu knives, are frequently found in Belgium - many came from the various parts of the former Belgium Congo (in 1960 it became the Democratic Republic of Congo)....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd November 2010, 12:05 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 15,113
Posted By Billman
Thanks guys - please keep the replies flowing...

Thanks guys - please keep the replies flowing in.... From the answers so far you can see why I am having problems....

Even the names for tools (and weapons) vary from region to region in a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd November 2010, 12:53 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 15,113
Posted By Billman
Help in terminology in other languages

I am attempting to compile a list of words, specifically related to edge tools, but also applicable to many types of weapon. Can anyone help with:
a) checking what I have is correct
b) filling in...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd November 2010, 12:33 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 23,366
Posted By Billman
Looks like a pipe rack - failry common in the...

Looks like a pipe rack - failry common in the Edwardian period, when men smoked pipes rather than cigarettes...

It would be a shame to alter it...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th November 2010, 06:23 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 18,329
Posted By Billman
Meat or kitchen cleavers with the blade in the...

Meat or kitchen cleavers with the blade in the shape of an animal are common in Central and Eastern Europe, less so in France and Germany - but they can also be found there. Most of the ones I have...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th November 2010, 08:56 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 65,001
Posted By Billman
No, hedges are much older than the 18th century -...

No, hedges are much older than the 18th century - but up to that date they were old hedges - often the remains of ancient woodlands left to define boundaries... After the Enclosure Acts, small...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th November 2010, 05:58 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 65,001
Posted By Billman
Thanks for those images of the dreaded Dacian...

Thanks for those images of the dreaded Dacian falx - again lots of debate on the origins - tool or weapon??? I guess that like the bill of the medieval English footsoldier, the beidane of the Italian...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th November 2010, 10:19 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 65,001
Posted By Billman
Ref billhooks and slashers - there is little...

Ref billhooks and slashers - there is little historical record for the slasher in the Roman to Medieval period - many hundreds of billhook blades survive, ditto sickles, scythes and axes - but little...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th November 2010, 05:03 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 65,001
Posted By Billman
More on lead tempering: It ws used on the...

More on lead tempering:

It ws used on the backs of knife blades, but a spirit lamp was used for the edge...

The Hardeneing and Temering of Steel by Fridolin Reiser page 96

link...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th November 2010, 01:49 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 65,001
Posted By Billman
Information on lead for hardening and tempering...

Information on lead for hardening and tempering at http://www.7now.com/tempering_steel.htm

I think part of the problem is the use of the term tempering - in the UK it is the name of the process...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th November 2010, 01:21 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 65,001
Posted By Billman
Gonzalo, thank you for your long and detailed...

Gonzalo, thank you for your long and detailed response. It is always good to have different points of view, especially with reference to historical research. The use of the word machete in the 16th...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th November 2010, 05:39 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 25,199
Posted By Billman
These knives are usually regarded as ceremonial...

These knives are usually regarded as ceremonial or currency, despite their close kinship with working sickles or billhooks. Most appear to be made mid 19th to mid 20th century, and many hundreds,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th November 2010, 09:47 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 57,146
Posted By Billman
Hi Just joined the forum, so a few years...

Hi

Just joined the forum, so a few years late in replying to this post. However, all information is potentially useful - so here is my contribution... Based on my collecting of mostly European...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th November 2010, 10:59 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 28,050
Posted By Billman
Sorry, wrong museum, should be the Volkenkunde at...

Sorry, wrong museum, should be the Volkenkunde at Leiden, not the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam - correct link is:

http://www.rmv.nl/collections/home.aspx
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th November 2010, 10:53 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 28,050
Posted By Billman
Not all socketed tools had long handles, e.g....

Not all socketed tools had long handles, e.g. English billhooks with sockets from Kent, Hertfordshire and Rutland

Not all socketed tools had any handle fitted at all - the socket was the handle,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th November 2010, 11:56 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 51,888
Posted By Billman
Yes sickle would be the best word to describe...

Yes sickle would be the best word to describe these... in French they are known a 'faucille à riz' - rice sickle...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th November 2010, 02:20 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 28,050
Posted By Billman
sickle, billhook or other

There is much overlap between sickles (grass cutting) and billhooks (wood cutting) - in between there us a wide range of sickle shapes billhooks, e.g. the French faucillon or faucille à bois. The...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th November 2010, 11:25 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 65,001
Posted By Billman
The OED gives machete as an alternative spelling...

The OED gives machete as an alternative spelling for MATCHET (also machet and macheto) - first written reference (at least in English) is given as 1598. The definition is a broad and heavy knife or...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th November 2010, 06:22 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 51,888
Posted By Billman
Hi Names of tools/weapons in other languages...

Hi

Names of tools/weapons in other languages is a major problem... I collect billhooks, variously know in the UK as pruning hooks, spar hooks, block hooks, hedging bills, hand bills, bills and a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th November 2010, 05:49 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 32,499
Posted By Billman
Yes, all of these tools bear more than a...

Yes, all of these tools bear more than a superficial resemblence to the European billhook (only called a fascine knife in the USA). Working tool/weapon/ceremonial use must depend upon the context -...
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