Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th November 2017, 06:41 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th October 2017, 04:34 AM
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Thanks for the informations.
Detlef....as a...
Thanks for the informations.
Detlef....as a knifemaker I have my tricks to etch my own damascus. I touched it ab with my 600/800 finishing stones. The etching was not realy good after iron3, at...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th October 2017, 02:34 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd October 2017, 07:47 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd October 2017, 04:00 PM
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Golok or pedang to identify?
Hi Guys
Got this piece for some minor handful of Euros. From my opinion a 21 st century piece. 52 cm long . The blade has a hard edge and a soft back ( tested slightly with a file. A quick...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd October 2017, 03:31 PM
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Spear head to identify
Hi there
I like to get some help to identify this spearhead ( have got it today from a fleemarket for 10 . The table looks like asian things so I put my post into ethnographic weapons. Feel free...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st June 2017, 06:31 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st June 2017, 05:43 PM
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Dear Philip
Yes I completly agree with you....
Dear Philip
Yes I completly agree with you. All of this was my first impression too. I have bought this piece just because of the feeling of the balance of the blade. As a knifesmith my focus is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st May 2017, 07:15 PM
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Khukuri
Right out of the shipping box a second ago from a german auction-platform for weapons.
40 cm long in total. Hollow grind, which makes the blade light for the thickness. From my opinion it is not a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th May 2017, 07:23 PM
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Thanks ausjulius
Yes Ibrahim wrote, that it...
Thanks ausjulius
Yes Ibrahim wrote, that it is from the garo-people. My information "naga" was with a "?" . It was named like this in an auction of a similar piece at oriental arms ( link from...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th May 2017, 07:09 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th May 2017, 07:33 PM
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Number 3
Also 44 / 59 cm outer measurements. This blade is the thinnest of them 3 all. It starts at the grip with 4mm and goes down continously. From the feeling this makes the most usable feeling of the 3...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th May 2017, 07:25 PM
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Number 2
Blade length 44 cm , total 59 cm , thickness starts at 7 mm , around 5 mm at half of the length. The scabbard shows a complete metalwork. I think that was a lot of handwork but from my opinion it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th May 2017, 07:14 PM
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Number 1
Total 60 cm, bladelength 46 cm. The blade starts at 1 cm thickness and 6 mm thickness at half bladelength. This seems a little bit to heavy for a blade of this size for me. I have etched the blade...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th May 2017, 07:02 PM
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3 x Kabeala, Goluk,Alaman ? Do not know
Hi there
3 pieces of my collection and I do not know how to decide what they are. For a Kabeala the blade of 2 seem right not the scabbard. For a Alaman there is one blade with a damascus...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th May 2017, 08:05 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th May 2017, 09:23 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th May 2017, 09:15 PM
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Klewang (?) 2
Hi folks
Is this piece named as Klewang ? Any information will be welcome. 540 gramm , 77 cm total. Lots of hollow forged grooves. Feals very light in the hand. A crack on the back but I think...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th May 2017, 08:24 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th May 2017, 07:30 PM
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Klewang ? 1
Hi everybody
I have got for small money a Klewang ? During my search Ihave found different information, nerly similar pieces but not identical. In the blademuseum in Solingen near my home there is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd May 2017, 08:45 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd May 2017, 08:19 PM
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Hi Detlef
Nice to meet you.Thanks for the...
Hi Detlef
Nice to meet you.Thanks for the information. I īm from Bergisch Gladbach, not so far away from Dortmund. Must be possible to meet. There is the " Messerstammtisch Rheinland " near...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd May 2017, 06:55 PM
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Dao ?
From my collection a Dao (?)
66 cm blade, total 81 cm. The blade starts with a thickness of 7 mm at the guard and is forged down continuisly to 0 to the tip. The last 15 cm are below 2 mm...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd May 2017, 06:33 PM
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Lading terus ?
Hi
I have found different names for a piece like this and I don īt know the origin. A Lading terus usaly will have a grip with a knuckel? Itś a dagger made from a spear. I think rework a spear...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd May 2017, 06:22 PM
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Dao from Naga of Assam ?
Hi everybody
It is my first thread as a new member so at first I like to introduce myself shortly. My name Thomas Hauschild from germany. I īm 52 years old working as a production manager and a...
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