Impetus for the collection of antique weapons

AJ1356 · 3rd July 2015, 05:22 AM

drac2k, do you have any pictures of the mantioned sword?
Mine was what I now think to have been a shashka leaning the the corner of one of the rooms of house I grew up in. It was said to have belonged to my grandmother's family brought with them from Samarqand. I still wonder what happened to it.

drac2k · 3rd July 2015, 05:47 AM

I'm glad you mentioned the sword ; I went upstairs at 11:25 PM and I was able to find it after only 20 minutes of searching.I will post pictures tomorrow after my wife has had her first cup of coffee.
I have really enjoyed all of the stories from the forum members !

drac2k · 3rd July 2015, 04:28 PM

Here are pictures of that first sword.My wife has corrected me(she knows my family history better than I do) ; the house where the sword was found was on 50 Lenriet st.,in Rochester N.Y.

A. G. Maisey · 4th July 2015, 02:08 AM

Two things:-

visit to my mother's aunt's house when I was about 5 and handling keris and other artifacts sent to her by her son who lived in Malaya for a number of years after release from Changi at end of WWII.

at age 12 my grandfather gave me his small collection knives and daggers that he had collected in the period 1918 to about 1930.

drac2k · 4th July 2015, 05:01 AM

Very cool (yes, I speak the language of dinosaurs ); If a parent acted in a similar manner that our mothers, fathers and relatives did then, introducing artifacts to children, they would be in jail and their children taken away by
Social Services .

A. G. Maisey · 4th July 2015, 05:55 AM

At age six, I was given a full size bowie by my uncle. He was a boiler maker, and he'd made it himself.

Age 8 I used my saved up pocket money to buy an OKEH hunting knife while I was on holidays. It had plastic handle that broke years ago, about 30 years ago I re-birthed it as trout-bird.

My 12 yo and 16 yo grandsons are permitted to have pocket knives --- whilst on camping trips. Once home these extremely dangerous Opinels go back to mum for safe keeping.

Talk about a nanny society!!

Battara · 4th July 2015, 06:25 AM

My interest originally started in martial arts, especially escrima and arnis with modern stuff like balisongs. However, right after I got married, I wanted more historical things, so my first old piece was an SA Nazi dagger, but after lots of trading and learning, I moved toward mostly my Filipino heritage.

Now it has grown to mostly Filipino, some Ottoman/Turkish, some Indonesian, Indian, and some sacred/religious weaponry (and some Philippine textiles). I am also interested in Arabic, Scottish, Tibetan, and Japanese to name some other areas of interest.

It is the artwork, spirituality, anthropology, and history of these human symbols and artifacts that keep my interest and connection.

3rd July 2015, 04:28 PM	#3
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,294	Here are pictures of that first sword.My wife has corrected me(she knows my family history better than I do) ; the house where the sword was found was on 50 Lenriet st.,in Rochester N.Y. Attached Images

3rd July 2015, 05:22 AM	#1
AJ1356 Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Nashville Posts: 317	drac2k, do you have any pictures of the mantioned sword? Mine was what I now think to have been a shashka leaning the the corner of one of the rooms of house I grew up in. It was said to have belonged to my grandmother's family brought with them from Samarqand. I still wonder what happened to it.

3rd July 2015, 05:47 AM	#2
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,294	I'm glad you mentioned the sword ; I went upstairs at 11:25 PM and I was able to find it after only 20 minutes of searching.I will post pictures tomorrow after my wife has had her first cup of coffee. I have really enjoyed all of the stories from the forum members !

4th July 2015, 02:08 AM	#4
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,085	Two things:- visit to my mother's aunt's house when I was about 5 and handling keris and other artifacts sent to her by her son who lived in Malaya for a number of years after release from Changi at end of WWII. at age 12 my grandfather gave me his small collection knives and daggers that he had collected in the period 1918 to about 1930.

4th July 2015, 05:01 AM	#5
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,294	Very cool (yes, I speak the language of dinosaurs ); If a parent acted in a similar manner that our mothers, fathers and relatives did then, introducing artifacts to children, they would be in jail and their children taken away by Social Services .

4th July 2015, 05:55 AM	#6
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,085	At age six, I was given a full size bowie by my uncle. He was a boiler maker, and he'd made it himself. Age 8 I used my saved up pocket money to buy an OKEH hunting knife while I was on holidays. It had plastic handle that broke years ago, about 30 years ago I re-birthed it as trout-bird. My 12 yo and 16 yo grandsons are permitted to have pocket knives --- whilst on camping trips. Once home these extremely dangerous Opinels go back to mum for safe keeping. Talk about a nanny society!!

4th July 2015, 06:25 AM	#7
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,345	My interest originally started in martial arts, especially escrima and arnis with modern stuff like balisongs. However, right after I got married, I wanted more historical things, so my first old piece was an SA Nazi dagger, but after lots of trading and learning, I moved toward mostly my Filipino heritage. Now it has grown to mostly Filipino, some Ottoman/Turkish, some Indonesian, Indian, and some sacred/religious weaponry (and some Philippine textiles). I am also interested in Arabic, Scottish, Tibetan, and Japanese to name some other areas of interest. It is the artwork, spirituality, anthropology, and history of these human symbols and artifacts that keep my interest and connection.