Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
10th November 2018, 06:15 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
9th November 2018, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 16
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
8th November 2018, 01:15 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 19,395
I don't suppose we will ever know, but I would...
I don't suppose we will ever know, but I would not rule out some large or commercial kitchen use, or bakery etc.
Attached, I hope, is a picture of a kitchen of an aristocratic home in the UK which...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
16th October 2018, 07:05 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 13,542
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th September 2018, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 10,832
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th September 2018, 10:20 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 75,426
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
7th September 2018, 08:00 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,099
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th August 2018, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 18,176
Hello Rick,
I wonder if you have had the lock...
Hello Rick,
I wonder if you have had the lock off yet? The reason I ask is I am wondering if this was originally a matchlock barrel and whether there is any evidence of the pan etc. having been...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th August 2018, 11:38 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 18,176
Hello,
There are a couple of anomalies I can...
Hello,
There are a couple of anomalies I can see in this lock.
1, A lock dated 1799 should have a swan-necked cock rather than ring-necked. The EIC did use ring-necked flat locks, but on pistols...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th May 2018, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 19,937
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th April 2018, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 17,113
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th April 2018, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 43,875
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th March 2018, 02:20 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 12,777
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd March 2018, 09:32 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 14,795
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd March 2018, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 16,050
In my experience many of these Kurdish Jambiyas...
In my experience many of these Kurdish Jambiyas have a watered blade. I would give it a go, you can always polish it out if you're not happy. A lot of etchants seem to leave a brown/yellow tinge. I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd March 2018, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 53
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I have seen a few of these. A polished or...
I have seen a few of these. A polished or burnished blade is not uncommon, and for that matter common to many Arab swords. I think it is most probably how the original owners would have wanted it, so...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd February 2018, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 10,414
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Forum: European Armoury
28th January 2018, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 24,035
I think the lion is actually meant to be...
I think the lion is actually meant to be 'couchant' or possibly 'dormant' (lying or sleeping). Either way it is a heraldic device that represents peaceful intent, but ferocity and power if that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd January 2018, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 27,129
Hello Osobist and Rickystl,
Now, I'm probably...
Hello Osobist and Rickystl,
Now, I'm probably going to make a fool of myself, (not for the first time,I hear you say), but have you released or operated the lock yet?
The reason I ask is that it is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th January 2018, 05:02 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 30,750
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th December 2017, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 30,750
I would have said this barrel is set up in a...
I would have said this barrel is set up in a modern version of the traditional Scinde stock. I have seen a number of these Scinde 'jezails' with this type of barrel. My suspicion is that these...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th December 2017, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 21,861
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Forum: European Armoury
26th October 2017, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 74
Views: 113,425
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th October 2017, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 28,492
I'm not sure I can see this as a combat weapon,...
I'm not sure I can see this as a combat weapon, it is just too strange. But I wouldn't be surprised if it had a specific purpose within the military. For example, some form of farrier's instrument,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th October 2017, 02:42 PM
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Replies: 121
Views: 218,404
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