Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
Yesterday, 11:32 PM
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This is excellent Peter, and a good opportunity...
This is excellent Peter, and a good opportunity to bring together a good discussion on these distinctive Saharan swords! While these of course have been discussed countless times on these pages over...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
Yesterday, 04:59 PM
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While very much in accord with what has been...
While very much in accord with what has been said, I'd like to add some notes to this interesting hilt. The open hilt without guard has always seemed to me to be more of a 'court' type weapon, not...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2024, 11:06 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2024, 11:00 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd May 2024, 07:11 PM
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Well noted Keith, now that I see the shells it...
Well noted Keith, now that I see the shells it does look like a Pappenheimer.
Norman speaks to the often practiced 'overpainting', not to mention later 'restorations'. It really does set the mind to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2024, 04:39 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd May 2024, 03:37 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2024, 01:21 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd May 2024, 12:58 PM
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THANK YOU KEITH!!!
We have always shared the...
THANK YOU KEITH!!!
We have always shared the pure lust for discovery in the search for true history in the weapons and related items we have acquired. I always think of the old refrain, ''..if only...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd May 2024, 02:36 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd May 2024, 06:57 PM
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British cutlass early 19th .
During the Napoleonic wars, ending in 1815 with Napoleons defeat at Waterloo, the British Royal Navy had been using the 'figure 8' pattern hilt cutlass of 1804 pattern with a straight blade. With the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2024, 05:47 AM
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Indian tulwars are a tough crowd.......it is...
Indian tulwars are a tough crowd.......it is really difficult to accurately peg them without significant provenance or detailed decoration which might signify region or entity likely associated....
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Forum: European Armoury
1st May 2024, 01:46 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st May 2024, 01:08 AM
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I think as a rule, in accord with the late Nick...
I think as a rule, in accord with the late Nick Norman ("Rapier and Smallsword 1460-1820", 1979) he based his entire work on hilts taken from portraits as in his view portraits of individuals tended...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th April 2024, 10:27 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
30th April 2024, 08:34 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th April 2024, 08:00 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th April 2024, 06:44 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th April 2024, 04:17 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th April 2024, 03:59 PM
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What an exciting Scottish knife!!! and as often...
What an exciting Scottish knife!!! and as often the case with these Scottish weapons, a conundrum as far as classification. I would say it is distinctly 18th century, but hard to define without close...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th April 2024, 02:47 PM
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Thank you so much Capn! What an incredible...
Thank you so much Capn! What an incredible 'shell' that is!!!
Great insight into these types of cutlasses, and how key this is to the scope of the espada ancha, which of course evolved it seems from...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th April 2024, 06:33 PM
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LINK TO ESPADA ANCHA ARTICLE IN FULL;
HERE IS THE FULL ARTICLE: Courtesy of Staffan Kinman, Director, Swedish Arms Society, Livrustkammeren, Stockholm, 2023.
http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/espadaan/McDougall Espada Ancha...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th April 2024, 12:11 AM
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Actually its good to see life on this thread...
Actually its good to see life on this thread after it has lain in state since December!
With the Bowies, its important to note that the familiar large clipped point types were made that way, and I...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th April 2024, 06:35 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th April 2024, 02:40 PM
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