The "EXPLAIN YOUR AVATAR" Thread!

Atlantia · 3rd July 2008, 06:04 PM

Just a bit of fun, I've seen some pretty sweet items pictured in peoples avatars, and some fun things too!
So here's todays fun thread!
Tell everyone about what you've chosen, insert a big picture, tell us the story of your avatar picture!

Cheers
Gene

Edit: Hope I'm not missusing the forums with these threads?

kronckew · 3rd July 2008, 06:30 PM

my avatar here is simple, it's my favourite pedang grip

Lew · 3rd July 2008, 06:34 PM

A keris from my collection.

Lew

CourseEight · 3rd July 2008, 06:35 PM

From the past:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=avatar

That thread is over a year old though, many people have changed theirs, and I never contributed, so...

Mine is the makara from the guard of my first really nice piece (and the first one I posted here), this kastane.

--Radleigh

David · 3rd July 2008, 06:37 PM

Easy, i took the keris avatar from the ones provided. I have tried to change this on a number of occasions and i'm always told that the pic is too big....no matter how small i seem to make it. I don't know why this is.

Rick · 3rd July 2008, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by David

Easy, i took the keris avatar from the ones provided. I have tried to change this on a number of occasions and i'm always told that the pic is too big....no matter how small i seem to make it. I don't know why this is.

This size ?

100X100 limit 19.5K

My avatar ?
Semar,complete with gas rising behind him .

Atlantia · 3rd July 2008, 06:46 PM

Since the avatar pictures are so small, how about sharing big close-ups peeps?

Runjeet Singh · 4th July 2008, 12:14 AM

Mine is one of various custom made Logos made for my site when it was launched a few years back. Very talented guys at www.macrojuice.com.
Here is a another....

Runjeet

Maurice · 5th July 2008, 12:06 PM

Mine is a Rugi hilt from Alor.

1 complete pic attached and two pics from old postcards from Alor headhunters/warriors!

katana · 5th July 2008, 01:02 PM

Mine is a character from one of the many 'Benin Bronzes', from the Dahomey society famed for their art and the bravery of their warriors.

Amongst the male warriors there were 'crack elite' women (often referrred to as the Amazons)..whom were considered more ruthless than the men

Atlantia · 5th July 2008, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katana

Mine is a character from one of the many 'Benin Bronzes', from the Dahomey society famed for their art and the bravery of their warriors.

Amongst the male warriors there were 'crack elite' women (often referrred to as the Amazons)..whom were considered more ruthless than the men

Are you sure you're not talking about Portsmouth? It sure sounds like Pompey Girls?

Very Nice Bronze BTW Katana! I was wondering if you'd see this thread and tell us about it.
Did you pick it up in Kent?

katana · 5th July 2008, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Atlantia

Are you sure you're not talking about Portsmouth? It sure sounds like Pompey Girls?

Very Nice Bronze BTW Katana! I was wondering if you'd see this thread and tell us about it.
Did you pick it up in Kent?

Hi Atlantia,
sadly the bronze is not mine....unless the British Museum will 'donate' it to me

So,do you 'hail' from Pompey.....makes sense with a user name like Atlantia, my father is ex Royal Navy and was often down there ....never 'complained' about the local girls though

Regards David

Atlantia · 5th July 2008, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katana

Hi Atlantia,
sadly the bronze is not mine....unless the British Museum will 'donate' it to me

So,do you 'hail' from Pompey.....makes sense with a user name like Atlantia, my father is ex Royal Navy and was often down there ....never 'complained' about the local girls though

Regards David

Thats so weird, My father was RN too!
My mum's from Kent and they met at Pompey when she was a wren!

I worked in Pompey for a while as a nightclub promotions manager. The place is like the wild west. The girls fight with ash-trays, high heels and/or bar stools!!!!!!

I'm in devon now, much quieter.

Strangely, my folks remember Pompey as a really nice place in the 50s!!!!

BTW, I'll PM the BM and ask them to send the bronzes over for you ;-)
Along with their indo-persian collection for me.

Gene

Dom · 7th July 2008, 01:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atlantia

Just a bit of fun, ..snip .. what you've chosen, insert a big picture, tell us the story of your avatar picture!

A day, long time ago my attention has been drawn on an helmet persian style,
I was too young to have my own money,
the helmet was quiet well expensive,
and my parents shoot me, …. big deception

but fortunately, because that helmet was a copy Napoleon III
(Indian copies 45 years ago wasn’t arrived yet on the market ….. LOL)

since, my dream was always present, and never reached
less than 10 years ago, I bought from an auction of collection Rambert-Rat
a real Persian Khadjar « KULAH-KHUD » XVIIIe

it’s my more precious item, not in value, but in feeling

à +

Dom

Atlantia · 7th July 2008, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dom

A day, long time ago my attention has been drawn on an helmet persian style,
I was too young to have my own money,
the helmet was quiet well expensive,
and my parents shoot me, …. big deception

but fortunately, because that helmet was a copy Napoleon III
(Indian copies 45 years ago wasn’t arrived yet on the market ….. LOL)

since, my dream was always present, and never reached
less than 10 years ago, I bought from an auction of collection Rambert-Rat
a real Persian Khadjar « KULAH-KHUD » XVIIIe

it’s my more precious item, not in value, but in feeling

à +

Dom

Lovely display Dom,
Thanks for sharing. I am very envious ;-) (in a nice way)

The peacock feathers are just right! I have similar ones in a helmet of mine.
Is the chainmail butted or rivetted?

Dom · 7th July 2008, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atlantia

Is the chainmail butted or rivetted?

the chainmail is riveted
and very difficult to fix the damaged parts

à +

Dom

Atlantia · 7th July 2008, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dom

the chainmail is riveted
and very difficult to fix the damaged parts

à +

Dom

You read my mind Dom.
The first row around the bottom would provide the donor links to repair the holes, but you need a very steady hand to open the links and keep the pins.
And a very fine heat source like a jewellers blowtorch.
A jeweller could do it for you? You wouldn't lose any significant length on the chainmail from donating the last row?

Its a lovely helmet, is the caligraphy chiselled/hand-cut or etched?
I suppose like many, I am an admirer of arabic caligraphy (Although I understand none of it)
Have you translated the panels on your helmet?

Regards
Gene

Dom · 8th July 2008, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atlantia

Its a lovely helmet, is the caligraphy chiselled/hand-cut or etched?
...snip...
Have you translated the panels on your helmet?

Hi Gene
the caligraphy is chiselled/hand-cut *(what seems to me, at least ...)
framed by gold line
* correction .. at least .. I dunno

no way for the cartouche translation

- the alphabet used, it's well arabic
- the language used, it's not arabic .... according with my sweet translator

- she thing about "farsi", what could be logic, this helmet being persian

à +

Dom

3rd July 2008, 06:04 PM	#1
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	The "EXPLAIN YOUR AVATAR" Thread! Just a bit of fun, I've seen some pretty sweet items pictured in peoples avatars, and some fun things too! So here's todays fun thread! Tell everyone about what you've chosen, insert a big picture, tell us the story of your avatar picture! Cheers Gene Edit: Hope I'm not missusing the forums with these threads?

3rd July 2008, 06:30 PM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,259	my avatar here is simple, it's my favourite pedang grip Last edited by kronckew; 3rd July 2008 at 08:55 PM.

4th July 2008, 12:14 AM	#8
Runjeet Singh Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Warwickshire, England Posts: 150	Mine is one of various custom made Logos made for my site when it was launched a few years back. Very talented guys at www.macrojuice.com. Here is a another.... Runjeet Attached Images

5th July 2008, 12:06 PM	#9
Maurice Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,462	Rugi hilt from Alor Mine is a Rugi hilt from Alor. 1 complete pic attached and two pics from old postcards from Alor headhunters/warriors! Attached Images

5th July 2008, 01:02 PM	#10
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Mine is a character from one of the many 'Benin Bronzes', from the Dahomey society famed for their art and the bravery of their warriors. Amongst the male warriors there were 'crack elite' women (often referrred to as the Amazons)..whom were considered more ruthless than the men Attached Images

3rd July 2008, 06:34 PM	#3
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	A keris from my collection. Lew

3rd July 2008, 06:35 PM	#4
CourseEight Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Coral Springs, FL Posts: 222	From the past: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=avatar That thread is over a year old though, many people have changed theirs, and I never contributed, so... Mine is the makara from the guard of my first really nice piece (and the first one I posted here), this kastane. --Radleigh

3rd July 2008, 06:37 PM	#5
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,250	Easy, i took the keris avatar from the ones provided. I have tried to change this on a number of occasions and i'm always told that the pic is too big....no matter how small i seem to make it. I don't know why this is.

3rd July 2008, 06:46 PM	#7
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Since the avatar pictures are so small, how about sharing big close-ups peeps?