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    Posted: 08-Nov-2011 at 18:46
Nice topic. I haven't even seen some of these before. Great work.
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  Quote Nick1986 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08-Nov-2011 at 19:22
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  Quote Nick1986 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09-Nov-2011 at 19:57

A Mughal mortar used to defend the fort at Jodhpur. Note the Middle Eastern geometric patterns
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  Quote Nick1986 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-Nov-2011 at 19:54

Indian copy of an English pistol. The stock resembles a late 17th century design, but the lock is unmistakably 19th century. Guns like this, made from a variety of scavenged components, were commonplace in the colonies, especially the backwoods of the American South where poor farmers, with a basic knowledge of metalworking, cobbled together rough "barn guns" for home defence, hunting and slaughtering livestock well into the late 19th century
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  Quote Nick1986 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17-Nov-2011 at 20:35

"Kim's Gun," a famous cannon at Lahore also known as Zamzama. A second gun was cast and is now preserved in Afghanistan
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  Quote Nick1986 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22-Nov-2011 at 19:29

A very primitive peasant's knife from India, probably made from the blade of a sickle
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  Quote Nick1986 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06-Dec-2011 at 19:43

Like fakirs, Buddhist monks were also forbidden from carrying conventional weapons. These hook swords originated in China and are particularly effective against polearms
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  Quote Nick1986 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21-Dec-2011 at 19:19

Another Ram Dao, used for sacrificing water buffalo
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  Quote Nick1986 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22-Dec-2011 at 19:03

A collection of Indian axes. Now we know where the Royal Navy got the design for their boarding hatchet
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  Quote Nick1986 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02-Jan-2012 at 22:11

This bronze central Asian spearhead from 2500 BC has vicious barbs to prevent the victim from removing it from the wound
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  Quote Nick1986 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09-Jan-2012 at 20:27

A ship's cannon from Brunei used by Malayan or Dayak pirates. It is decorated with a saltwater crocodile and, according to the link, was damaged by an explosion in the breech
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  Quote Nick1986 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-Jan-2012 at 22:12

Indian dagger with curved blade, "pistol" hilt, and brass knuckle guard to ensure a good grip
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  Quote Nick1986 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15-Jan-2012 at 19:19

East Indian Bulova war axe. More photos of this weapon can be found here
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  Quote Nick1986 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17-Jan-2012 at 19:46

An Indian "tiger fork" used by those who accompanied the hunter on foot. Like the European boar-spear it has three blades so the wounded beast can't move down the shaft and attack the wielder


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  Quote Nick1986 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20-Jan-2012 at 19:32

A Burmese spear or lance. The website where this photo comes from has many other interesting Asian weapons
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  Quote Nick1986 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22-Jan-2012 at 19:39

Japanese spear or halberd forged in a similar way to katana blades
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  Quote lirelou Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22-Jan-2012 at 20:27
Military kukris do  not come with a small knife and fork, as you will see in the photos of the attached lnk.  There are two small knives, whose function I have long forgotten. Also, that is not a 'bottle opener'. As explained to me by LTC Ashtok Mehta, CO of the 2/5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Forces), it had to do with Hindu symbolism. Sorry I don't remember more. 


ps, I remember a line from Frazer's Flashman novels (Flashman and the Mountain of Light) to the effect that the colonial wars in India were greatly misunderstood in England. The Company's troops, and later the British Indian Army, were not up against primitive peoples. Rather, they were up against peoples whose technology often equaled their own. The Sikhs, for instance, could cast their own cannon. The Indian states had a long history of inter-state conflict and a high level of technological military prowess. The British were intelligent enough to capitalize on India's numerous military traditions, incorporating them into the Indian Army of the Raj. Thus while the modern Indian Army only dates to 1947, many of the regiments who compose it have recognized historical traditions going back to both the Raj and earlier, as reflected in their regimental titles and dress. 


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  Quote RobinOne Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22-Jan-2012 at 22:50
Can anyone tell me about this old Polearm?  I think it is a Chinese Qing dynasty sword parrying weapon, maybe from the green banner troops?  I did find some of these that were ceremonial in nature and placed in the imperial palace??  This came out of a Masonic lodge, on the staff it measures around 7 1/2" long and is very well made.  The iron was painted with gold paint.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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