Forum: European Armoury
5th August 2022, 11:37 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
5th August 2022, 09:50 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
5th August 2022, 09:33 AM
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Looks like a common carpenter's hammer poll...
Looks like a common carpenter's hammer poll hatchet & nail-puller notched blade, painted with whatever paint the owner had on hand at the time. Probably many million of these rusting away in tool...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th August 2022, 09:22 AM
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Replies: 14
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd August 2022, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 2
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Pair of long Parangs
Just acquired these two parangs on a Scottish Borders auction
labelled as 2 eastern swords with cockatoo handles 40 in. ;)
Look like long Parang Amanrmu to me.
Any comments would be...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd August 2022, 07:45 AM
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Replies: 5
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Forum: European Armoury
1st August 2022, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: European Armoury
31st July 2022, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 18
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Old style windmill water pumps used in remote...
Old style windmill water pumps used in remote prairie or outback locations for livestock, etc, generally had a speed governor that uses heavy iron balls as part of the mechanism. Some get sold as...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st July 2022, 09:09 AM
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Replies: 2
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Bing (Microsoft) search can bring up more...
Bing (Microsoft) search can bring up more specific images. Google adds images that do not apply, as it assumes an OR between search words, and doesn't honour an AND.
Use (on bing OR google)...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th July 2022, 09:39 AM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: European Armoury
29th July 2022, 08:25 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 583
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd July 2022, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,663
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd July 2022, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,119
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd July 2022, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,663
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th July 2022, 10:59 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,119
Wiki does a good job explaining - the name...
Wiki does a good job explaining - the name implies a double 'something', some interpret it as double points, I agree with wiki it probably just means double edged, like the photo above.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th July 2022, 08:21 AM
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Replies: 11
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th July 2022, 03:38 PM
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Your Top one is a Cretan typical hunting knife....
Your Top one is a Cretan typical hunting knife. Most come with an engraved Greek message on the blade. (mine below) Yours looks like an older version.
Your Bottom one is a Celanese (Sri Lanka) Pia...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd July 2022, 06:06 AM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd July 2022, 05:55 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,663
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd July 2022, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th June 2022, 08:44 AM
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Replies: 12
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So. Africa has made steel tools for quite a...
So. Africa has made steel tools for quite a while, including sharp pointy things. I have a number of knives made in So. Africa. They still do. The non-zulu Shona tribes also made tools and weapons...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th June 2022, 05:34 PM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th June 2022, 06:29 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,663
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th June 2022, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,663
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th June 2022, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,727
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