Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th September 2022, 06:04 AM
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BTW- for whoever is interested in the internal...
BTW- for whoever is interested in the internal structure of the hilt- part of the horn hilt had a wide crack, so I decided to open it up and secure the surface gap with no-sag epoxy (I don't want tu...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th September 2022, 12:08 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th September 2022, 09:49 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th September 2022, 01:07 AM
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Hallo just to clarify: that's my kris- Jose's...
Hallo just to clarify: that's my kris- Jose's kris is different :) I'll etch it again as you suggested though. The previous etch on it was a side-effect of cleaning it via white vinegar (it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th September 2022, 04:00 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2022, 08:51 AM
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Dear Kai:
Thanks very much for the deluge of...
Dear Kai:
Thanks very much for the deluge of info and learnings! Really good stuff. One really needs to do legwork (in this case, metallurgy knowledge) to connect the dots and figure out the hows...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st August 2022, 04:22 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th August 2022, 04:30 PM
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Nice and elaborate piece sir!
In the context...
Nice and elaborate piece sir!
In the context of these odd monosteel pieces...can it then be assumed that an old Moro or Filipino traditional blade's status as a laminated piece, doesn't...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th August 2022, 02:35 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th August 2022, 02:27 AM
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Thanks for the response sir Jose!
If you...
Thanks for the response sir Jose!
If you would allow me some topic deviation already- I'm curious regarding the monosteel / laminated impact on age estimation. As I understand- there was an...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th August 2022, 10:57 AM
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Thanks for the kind words everyone!
Kai,...
Thanks for the kind words everyone!
Kai, here's the gangya pic. The blade measure from the base of the gangya is 20 inches long. It's monosteel, very light, and flexible. The fuller is wide and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th August 2022, 12:14 PM
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Hybrid kris for comment
Just got this kris with a Luzon animal horn hilt. Open to comments and analyses. My initial assessment is that it's a late 1800s kris blade that was re-hilted in Luzon sometime during the American...
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