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Hi everyone, here you can download short reports about some representative weapons/armor from the spanish archaeological museum, most of them found in...
Hello all, Take a look at this dagger at ebay, described as found in Sparta , Greece!. To my view a quite ordinary Iranian dagger from the Marlik area with the...
I saw all of those auctions and my first thoughts concur with yours. Since middle-eastern stuff is not my specialty I just thought I was mistaken and deferred...
There is absolutely no doubt this "Greek" dagger is a copy of a standard Marlik dagger. There are a few examples of a similar type in Moorey's bible,...
PS: The so-called "Egyptian"; bronze sword - Luristan and probably a dud as well. Why else cover it in so much dirt??!! I think the dirtier the piece, the...
Dear Sue and all, You are right, either a damaged sword cut down to a dagger or a fake all together. In any case greatly misrepresented. We are past salestalk...
Fraud? On Ebay? Couldn't happen. Didn't you read his ad? It says that he's honest. That's enough for me. ;-) -- ... Tony Dah m Oderint dum metuant - Cicero Si...
He had a fairly good reputation for a while but it seems as though he is doing his best to destroy his business. When he first started selling fakes a while ...
Dear Sue, I really want to know how does it looks like that baked chemical patina, please see this other dagger also from Eftis, could be that shining patina...
Dear Diego, This dagger is good enough, the surfaces looks right for the age and culture. Most of Eftis weapons are genuine, the problem is not so much ...
Dear Diego, In fact these swords are rare “fakes”, as usually they copy more ordinary style swords… I have one copy of very high quality, purportedly...
Dear Diego All three are fakes. It's not only the patina, but the styles are wrong as well. They're supposedly southern Chinese swords of the Sichuan or Yunnan...
Sorry for the delay in replying, I have been away. What I described as "baked chemical patina", mostly the surface will be covered with the acid wash (that...
This request was initially posted to the ancient artifacts group but I think it more appropriate for it to be here. Please see the original information below...
... Yup, those look like pretty typical big knives, to me, though the line between weapon and tool would be pretty fuzzy. Late Roman-era stuff is not my...
Hello The long skinny knife is very similar to some Viking age knives found in Gotland that I have images of. Do you have any idea where they were found? As...
Dear Friends, I am trying to interpret a commercial letter in the Bactrian language (presumably from Afghanistan, ca. 6th century CE). It contains a sentence...
Hello Nicholaus / Group, The Aztec used cotton armor, which was quite effective against arrows and even spears and swords to a lessor degree. I think that silk...
Dear Nicholas I'm not aware specifically as to the make-up of Bactrian armour, however there appears to be a general pattern that was followed by all cultures....
... Silk being quite strong for it's weight, a (very) multiple layer jacket would perform as armor. A vague memory of 40 layers of silk used as armor comes to...
Hi Everyone, I noticed that Jimmy has placed a very fake item on one of his ebay pages. The item number is 7394865008 I bought this piece from him two years...
I just came across this Iranian Bronze Arrowhead among the FC.Laurie artifact collection & downloaded a photo for the group to preview in an attempt to...
The silk was probably intended to be used for lamellar armor, which was made of small metal plates laced together with silk or sinew cords. This type of armor...
Many thanks to all the members of the group who took the trouble to answer my question about possible uses of silk in armour. The information which you...
The ancient greeks also used padded armor stiffened with pine tar from what I recall. Lee __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? ...
