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Forum: European Armoury 11th March 2024, 11:45 AM
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Posted By David R
A very nice item and some interesting and...

A very nice item and some interesting and informative replies. My money was on a lead-cutter til I made my way down the thread... the spring clip clinched it and removed all doubt. Private purchase...
Forum: European Armoury 10th March 2024, 10:31 PM
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Posted By David R
New to me, Dutch cavalry sword, Solingen made.

Latest arrival bought via another forum, shabby as all whatever, but at a price I couldn't resist. Sold as a "German made (WK&C) 1876 pattern Dutch cavalry officers sword" which is just what it is....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th February 2024, 07:52 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,006
Posted By David R
All steel, no brass anywhere.

All steel, no brass anywhere.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd February 2024, 10:52 PM
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Views: 2,006
Posted By David R
Kukri from Birmingham (UK) antique arms fair.

The piece I am possibly the most pleased with from Brum. It's been a while since I last bought a Kukri, and this is a cracker, well forged and finished and in good condition, with just a little...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd February 2024, 11:49 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 12,218
Posted By David R
The three fullers are typical of trade blades and...

The three fullers are typical of trade blades and machetes of varied types, some with a curve, some almost straight.... as used here in my recent purchase Mandingo sword.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st February 2024, 03:50 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,760
Posted By David R
That is a blade worth buying though.

That is a blade worth buying though.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st February 2024, 01:11 PM
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Views: 1,397
Posted By David R
Mandingo or not.

You can tell I had a good couple of Antique Arms fairs over the last week or so. Another piece rescued from the dealers tables. All leather and fabric grip, the typical brass button finial on the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st February 2024, 12:55 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,545
Posted By David R
I will certainly be doing more digging around for...

I will certainly be doing more digging around for information, apart from anything else Mole are well known British sword makers of the era, and it intrigues me that they made machetes as well.... I...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th February 2024, 08:52 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,545
Posted By David R
This is of course exactly why I posted it on this...

This is of course exactly why I posted it on this forum!
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th February 2024, 06:13 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,545
Posted By David R
Another Machete.

Back from Sunday's Arms and Militaria Fair in Birmingham (UK) with a small haul of collectables, and here is one of them. A Machete, sold to me as Victorian Military issue, but having seen another...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th February 2024, 10:08 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 9,607
Posted By David R
Very interested in the machete with the ribbed...

Very interested in the machete with the ribbed horn grip as I have the exact same one, but with *arrantizado rather than warranted!
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th February 2024, 05:45 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,760
Posted By David R
A new to me Sabiki or Dharia.

Birmingham Antique Arms Fair yesterday, and a good day out it was. I bought this within the first half hour which is unusual for me, I prefer to buy after a good peruse of the whole market, but I...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th February 2024, 05:20 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,726
Posted By David R
Very nice, and as you say at that price you...

Very nice, and as you say at that price you cannot just walk past! I do wonder if it started life on the other side of the water in India.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th February 2024, 10:20 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,703
Posted By David R
Thank you for that information, what would you...

Thank you for that information, what would you suggest for a stain, I would prefer to avoid toxic chemicals for obvious reasons.
Just to say, I really like and appreciate the expertise on this...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th February 2024, 06:37 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,703
Posted By David R
I am in agreement with you there, in fact I saw...

I am in agreement with you there, in fact I saw your blade while digging around for info on mine.
I have little doubt that blade and scabbard match, but I would not be at all surprised if the hilt...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th February 2024, 05:19 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,012
Posted By David R
Inserted edge steel is a well known technique...

Inserted edge steel is a well known technique both in the east and the west. It saves the expensive higher carbon material for where it's needed, and gives the more brittle material support from a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th February 2024, 01:47 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,703
Posted By David R
New bought Pedang for comment and opinions.

Back from the weekends antics and came away from a local collectors fair with this one. I am still a little ambivalent about it, but the price was right and I like the blade, not so sure about the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th February 2024, 11:58 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,090
Posted By David R
Looks familiar, and I might have seen it on...

Looks familiar, and I might have seen it on another forum. I had one like this some years ago, a nice wootz shamshir blade, stuck into a poor casting from a Victorian bandsman's sword.
I let it go,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th January 2024, 11:04 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,266
Posted By David R
Nice one, one of my favourite types of sword!

Nice one, one of my favourite types of sword!
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th January 2024, 11:02 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,447
Posted By David R
I had one very similar, some time ago, horn hilt...

I had one very similar, some time ago, horn hilt and coral coloured inlays. I think they make them all with a good blade, and really the only difference is size. Smaller is better for modern life as...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th January 2024, 02:29 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,447
Posted By David R
It looks like a Kindjal variant to me, for folk...

It looks like a Kindjal variant to me, for folk dress or dance, so Georgia or the Caucuses heading towards Iran.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th January 2024, 03:24 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,371
Posted By David R
better

Better pix than before.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th January 2024, 03:32 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,371
Posted By David R
Mexican knife.

This arrived in the same parcel as the Machete, fairly ordinary knife with some engraving on the blade, and carved horn hilt scales. Photo's a mix of my own quick and dirty from the phone, and the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th January 2024, 10:15 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,504
Posted By David R
Thank you, it's one of the things that decided me...

Thank you, it's one of the things that decided me to get it. I was a bit surprised when it arrived, it was a fair bit bigger than it looked in the pictures.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th January 2024, 12:40 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,504
Posted By David R
Doing a quick search this turned up... From...

Doing a quick search this turned up... From "Collins Machetes and Bowies 1845-1965" by Daniel Edward Henry, Page 105. "After receiving some feedback from Cuba, the decision was made to equip the...
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