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![]() Thanks much, Udo. I had a feeling for French, but couldn't discern the St. Etienne mark. |
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![]() What would you guys say this is from ... British, French ? Some help here ... please ? . |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Working for a free tot of port when you come over to the continent, old chum ? ;). |
Forum: European Armoury
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![]() I have been called many names in my life, but erudition, Jim ? You sure are pulling my leg :rolleyes: :confused: . It was just a copy/paste operation :o . |
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![]() Splendid links; obviously to be kept in one's files :cool:. |
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![]() Here i go (again) Jim, with my crusade over the "BILBO" ambiguity. (Quoting a source that i reputed as reliable at the time; i regret i don't recall whom). "Bilbo" is an English catch-all word used... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() That was an extra photo i though of adding to those in the blog ... unedited :o . |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Good shot Ren Ren; the Spanish version of the Media Luna :cool: . (COMBATE DE MUJERES, by José de Ribera, 1636). . |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() It didn't work either way, Filipe; but it doesn'r matter so much at this stage. Muito obrigado, anyhow. |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() An interesting blog; and apparently one with significant knowledge. https://greatmingmilitary.blogspot.com/2019/03/telling-apart-chinese-polearms-quick.html?showComment=161069358338. (scroll down... |
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![]() Those pictures are curious, as the Monks device is supposed to have a half moon in one end and a spade (shovel, pá in Portuguese) in the... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() I have looked into that link before i posted my question, Bruno. But as i saw plenty other links appointing to gekken being sword fencing, i realized the caption in the picture was wrong, as so often... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() I would guess certainly not a Spanish name, Stefan. An excelent Pata, by the way :cool: . |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Bruno, do you mean to say that the term 'Gekken' is the name of this weapon ? Apparently this is (also ?) the name of some form of Fencing art. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gJWs4z5nfA . |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Philip, do you recall the key word/s to locate such example at the Met ? |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Why don't you try and get a more clear picture, Stefan ? |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Good choice; "no replicas" is my middle name. You might as well strengthen your search and acquire one as used by this Inca General of Division ;). . |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() For plural we always use the S. Castillian (so called Spanish): Un (cuchillo) Corvo, dos Corvos. Un (pajaro) Cuervo, dos Cuervos. Portuguese: Um (passaro) Corvo, dois Corvos. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Wayne, you are unique. You now perfectly that it is the translation engine that decided on such flaw. The Spanish version: Como prueba de su predilección por el cuchillo como arma de lucha, se cuenta... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Famous Chilean historian Don Benjamin Vicuña Mackena affirms in "" El Libro de la Plata "(1882) that the corvo is actually Peruvian and that it was adopted by the Chilean workers who worked in... |
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