Forum: European Armoury
28th December 2021, 10:33 PM
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Hi Jim, and Seasons Greetings !!!
I was...
Hi Jim, and Seasons Greetings !!!
I was talking also to Keith at Urbanspaceman and referring to his opener as to where these strange blades were produced for which there is some proof that Shotley...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th December 2021, 10:03 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd December 2021, 09:09 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
21st December 2021, 11:57 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
20th December 2021, 09:31 PM
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Hello Jim, I was reading up on the Mary Rose...
Hello Jim, I was reading up on the Mary Rose about the English Basket Hilt found after the vessel was recovered recently following its disastrous sinking over 400 years ago and where many revealing...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th December 2021, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,481
I did some work at...
I did some work at http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16838&highlight=omani+swords on Omani Shamshiir The silver sword knot looks like typical to Omani style but looking at the scabbard it...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd November 2021, 04:12 AM
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Replies: 29
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Nice to see you on the page here Keith and I...
Nice to see you on the page here Keith and I recall seeing this detail on your general page on Shotley Bridge Swords.
Dress at court was developing into a shortened jacket. Few people realise that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th October 2021, 03:29 AM
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Replies: 17
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th October 2021, 08:07 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th October 2021, 11:47 PM
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Replies: 7
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Quite a good likeness to the subject Khanjar...
Quite a good likeness to the subject Khanjar illustrating a simple cloth belt and an Ameriki hilt (plastic) . Eyes of the bedouin decoration below the belt common on Omani Khanjars. See The Omani...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th September 2021, 07:50 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th September 2021, 07:38 AM
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Replies: 29
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th September 2021, 02:00 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,738
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd September 2021, 06:14 PM
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Views: 4,738
Yes that was flattened as below....and later...
Yes that was flattened as below....and later rebuilt.
Quote https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zanzibar_War
."The Anglo-Zanzibar War was fought between the United Kingdom and the Zanzibar...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2021, 11:29 PM
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Replies: 17
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2021, 10:30 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2021, 08:21 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,738
Thanks Jim, This is a good point and worth...
Thanks Jim, This is a good point and worth reinforcing...Said Sultan took a long time to relocate his Oman capital to Zanzibar and a lot happened in the meantime for example with design of certain...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2021, 02:01 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,738
Before I advance I want to place the Tughra or...
Before I advance I want to place the Tughra or signature Of Said The Great as it is a mark we see on a lot of Omani Hilts of the Dancer Sayf form as above... and the Kitara. On Khanjar belts as well...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2021, 01:48 AM
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Replies: 17
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Thanks Jim, Your input is accurate and precise...
Thanks Jim, Your input is accurate and precise with superb references supporting your post ...as always. Thank you for your supporting evidence. A good deal of further evidence can be found simply by...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st September 2021, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,738
Please see...
Please see https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=bonyoro-kitara&qpvt=bonyoro-kitara&view=detail&mid=7F11F74248A6CF4E48957F11F74248A6CF4E4895&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%
A very interesting Video by the BBC...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st September 2021, 05:54 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st August 2021, 01:55 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,738
The African Great Lakes and The Omani Empire.
Considerable thick fog shrouds details on both parts of my tltle. Several years ago I located one important detail about the middle of the region while tracing Omani Traders and what they were up to...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th August 2021, 10:35 PM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: European Armoury
25th August 2021, 02:14 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 6,006
This following extract from the Leon Paul...
This following extract from the Leon Paul Treatise at https://www.leonpaul.com/blog/the-de...f-foil-part-1/spells out one of the main reasons why the Small Sword was developed... Fashion! ....
Or...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
24th August 2021, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 17
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