Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th December 2004, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 11
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More photos
Mike just added the last of the photos he had from the museum. They are in the same gallery as the others it's just 41 photos larger now!
And he got some great shots of the polearms.
Mike...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th December 2004, 02:11 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 17,787
Mark's avatar
Andrew, Mark's avatar is called a "yaak" translates as monster. I don't know the mythical signifigance, however many of the old preist knives I've seen have a similar figure in the same pose. I ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th December 2004, 01:51 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 15,133
More to come
This only the first gallery, Mike has more to post. I've heard the sheilds referred to by many names most commonly though the square one was called "lo" and the small round one a "kaen" but as I said...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th December 2004, 01:31 AM
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Replies: 15
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Yep that's it! it's the last stop on the route...
Yep that's it! it's the last stop on the route they have marked out as you walk through the palace grounds. Didn't see the Gatlin gun, but I WAS distracted by all the steel. ;) The museum is the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th December 2004, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 19,095
Quality
I've been eyeballing the jians over at Chinese Arms website as I really liked their refurbished jians. I thought those were top grade but they don't seem to have the depth of casting or the carving...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th December 2004, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 10,381
Vietnamese
Thanks Ian. I did not want to look stupid :confused: as I haven't dealt with many Lao dha. I had only seen a few Vietnamese swords on the web and that was my guess, but I had nothing to back it up....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th December 2004, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 15,133
National Museum Bangkok
First batch of photos is up. These are not the photos that Mrs. Jarunee is supplying us with. She gave a broad spectrum of sword types in her database so I arranged with her to let us back in to take...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th December 2004, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 17,787
Features
Now that I've spent the last day playing around with everything I love all the new features. Avatars are great (and I learned a new word). I even finally figured out how to quote. Gives everything a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th December 2004, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 32,234
Answers
Let me see if I can address your questions and comments. To clear up any confusion this is the Grand Palace Arms Room. They have a seperate museum that holds all royal weapons (climate controlled -...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th December 2004, 01:16 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 12,953
TAIPEI
What a nice find. I just came through the airport in Taipei where they have a disply of the aboriginal artifacts. From what I hear this stuff is pretty rare. They didn't have any weapons but the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th December 2004, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 134
Views: 127,740
Yeah Baby!
Having just made his offering at the spirit house Dan anxiously waits to see if a keg of beer and female paratroopers will drop out of the incoming C-130.
CLEAR TO DROP BABY!
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th December 2004, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 12,410
Pelican caes
JT, the Pelican cases you refer to are definately the E ticket. We use them for all our weapons and radios. They are however expensive. The nicest thing is you dont have to use any additional...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th December 2004, 12:16 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 32,234
Arms room Grand Palace Bangkok
My apologies on the photography in this post. They didn't allow photos and while I did try to get permission it was going to take longer than I had left in country to gain it. Soooo... I had the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th December 2004, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 10,381
Dealer says it's Laotian
Picked up this little pig-sticker on my last trip to Bangkok. The dealer was insistant it was Laotian. Handle is 7" and the blade is 25 1/2" spine is 7/16" at the guard. Extremely solid. Small guard...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th December 2004, 09:50 AM
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Replies: 110
Views: 90,066
Once more into the breach
Ok, guess the files were too large -didn't have that problem before but let's give this a run.
OK now having looked at this I'm not real pleased with the result. I had to shrink the pics to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th December 2004, 08:57 AM
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Replies: 110
Views: 90,066
Been playing all day..
...with these new features. As for the lack of dha, well hears a new Bangkok era blade I picked up last trip.
Hmmm! Well that's not working back to the FAQ page!
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