Forum: European Armoury
30th June 2025, 02:23 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th June 2025, 06:02 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th June 2025, 05:57 PM
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Great point everyone. Really good discussion of...
Great point everyone. Really good discussion of an interesting item. Noone has mentioned something I find really interesting. The snake's head is on the inside (medial) aspect of the handle as it is...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th June 2025, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 3
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Plow shards, scythes, crosscut saws, anything...
Plow shards, scythes, crosscut saws, anything handy. Some took a good edge some didn't. When I was a kid/young man I would see them at the flee markets for a few dollars, I guess $4-30 in today's...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th June 2025, 02:31 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
16th June 2025, 03:56 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
7th May 2025, 05:12 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th May 2025, 03:15 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2025, 06:57 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
2nd May 2025, 07:11 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2025, 01:14 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2025, 05:28 PM
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Thank you for a well thought out reply, as...
Thank you for a well thought out reply, as always. I will double back on my tumpal research, start over, reassess, and try to understand more. I know that they are old from before the Hindu conquest...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th April 2025, 03:36 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd April 2025, 11:12 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st March 2025, 01:27 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
25th February 2025, 01:28 PM
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Two ideas cross my mind. 1) Part of a set of...
Two ideas cross my mind. 1) Part of a set of later dueling swords. 2) Someone shortened a practice foil either where it snapped or to where it appeared to have enough rigidity to penetrate...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th January 2025, 02:24 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th January 2025, 01:09 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
8th January 2025, 01:13 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th January 2025, 01:26 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th December 2024, 01:23 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 48,579
Not at all Jeff. Lots of discussion and...
Not at all Jeff. Lots of discussion and datapoints are the dream. I was having trouble seeing the differences between examples. I created this tread to help understand regional differences in the...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th December 2024, 01:15 PM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th November 2024, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 48,579
No worries. I am glad your insomnia is more...
No worries. I am glad your insomnia is more productive than mine. I am sorry that I can't give you dimensions of the last blade. I have been preoccupied with adulting lately and it slipped through my...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
26th November 2024, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 23
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May I ask a few remedial follow up questions...
May I ask a few remedial follow up questions about the feelings this piece gives? Do you think the fluted body is related to the drapery folds on some Madurese donorikko hilts or 18th century...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd November 2024, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 48,579
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