Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th June 2022, 11:39 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th June 2022, 02:13 PM
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Hi Wayne,
As the 'decoration' is...
Hi Wayne,
As the 'decoration' is relatively symmetrical I think added bling is the most probable. I had forgotten that old oil finishes can look like varnish so that is a definite...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th June 2022, 02:15 PM
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Unusual Knobkerrie.
Hi,
This belongs to a friend and he has asked me to find out more re the where and the when therefore I would appreciate your assistance in helping him. There is some possible provenance as the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th May 2022, 06:47 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th February 2022, 06:32 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th February 2022, 06:26 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th February 2022, 06:24 PM
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Hi,
A relevant passage from the article that...
Hi,
A relevant passage from the article that Fernando highlighted.
"The hunt was masterminded by a group of local hunters called ‘shikharis’, which was headed by a ‘mir shikaran’ or the head...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th February 2022, 01:47 PM
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Hi Fernando,
I was wondering the same thing. In...
Hi Fernando,
I was wondering the same thing. In decorated hunting related European examples it either shows the quarry being hunted and/or the huntsman engaged in the hunt. The lack of evidence re...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th February 2022, 12:36 PM
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Hi,
Europe has a long tradition of depicting...
Hi,
Europe has a long tradition of depicting scenes of the hunt and of trophies of the hunt on weapons that are particularly designed for hunting. Perhaps it may be the case in other cultures?...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th February 2022, 01:57 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th February 2022, 05:57 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th February 2022, 07:11 PM
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Hi Cathey,
Another take on a...
Hi Cathey,
Another take on a hunting motif albeit a lot less prominent. This Tulwar hilted Kora of mine has a figure on the blade hunting with a 'boomerang' an image Jens was able to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th February 2022, 06:40 PM
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Hi Cathey,
Not just bladed...
Hi Cathey,
Not just bladed weapons, here is a chiselled steel shield of mine, 45cm across, also with hunting scenes. The reverse has some kind of pitch on it probably as a fixative for...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st February 2022, 04:31 PM
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Hi Jim,
For me it is not beyond the...
Hi Jim,
For me it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that a repurposed Indian blade would have this feature ground out. As far as I can remember a lot of the Mamluke style blades in...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st February 2022, 02:16 PM
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Hi,
Along a similar vein, a late 17thC early...
Hi,
Along a similar vein, a late 17thC early 18thC Indian Tulwar and a mid 19thC Austrian cavalry sword with an earlier, probably 18thC, Austrian made blade in the Ottoman style. Not too...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th November 2021, 01:53 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th November 2021, 01:41 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th October 2021, 06:41 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
16th October 2021, 02:24 PM
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Hi,
Yes, appears to be a standard...
Hi,
Yes, appears to be a standard Charleville 1777 type, see attached photo, as Fernando has noted. This design was used throughout this period by various countries. This link shows a Dutch 1815...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th October 2021, 02:13 PM
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Hi,
I found a Wostenholm catalogue page from...
Hi,
I found a Wostenholm catalogue page from the late 19thC which shows the one you posted, third from the left, but not the one I posted. I think this would put mine well into the 20thC so I...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th October 2021, 12:07 PM
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Hi,
England is in the address after...
Hi,
England is in the address after Sheffield on the blade. I have found a few similar Wostenholm blades on the net but no indication as to when they were manufactured. The total length of the...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th October 2021, 05:30 PM
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Hi,
Thanks for replying. Can you tell me the...
Hi,
Thanks for replying. Can you tell me the time scale for this Bowie profile. I know it is after 1848 as that was when Wostenholm moved to the Washington Works on Wellington Street and this is...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th September 2021, 04:43 PM
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Bowie Knives
Hi,
Does anyone have a copy of I*XL Means I Excel -A Short History of the I*XL Bowie Knife by William R Williamson that they could reference for me?
Thanks,
Norman.
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd September 2021, 07:03 PM
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