Forum: European Armoury
30th November 2014, 05:40 PM
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Hello Michael!
Nice to see you back on the...
Hello Michael!
Nice to see you back on the forum!
I have a question for you: Do you have any more info on the black steel bow crossbow in post #65? It looks like an auction crossbow.
And...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th April 2014, 06:46 AM
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Lovely Michael!
I would say that your...
Lovely Michael!
I would say that your Straubing #2 is the oldest and most interesting of the three, (made in like 1410-1420?), and a bit of a missing link between the older type like W1109 in Köln...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th April 2014, 06:07 AM
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Aha, I have seen an extremely nice S-marked...
Aha, I have seen an extremely nice S-marked crossbow with a hook for the riemenrollenspanner at Deutsche Jagd- und Fischereimuseum Munich, but i didn't know that the S on it stood for Straubing. ...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th April 2014, 04:34 PM
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Hello again Michael!
I have been intrigued...
Hello again Michael!
I have been intrigued since I first read in Harmuths book about the crossbows in Hermannstadt, now Sibiu. 25 war crossbows that have been hanging in storage in an armoury...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th April 2014, 12:16 PM
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I forgot the pictures I was going to show.
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I forgot the pictures I was going to show.
The black and white picture shows the rounded under side of the rope holder, used in the 15th c.
The two pictures with the beige colored rope sling...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th April 2014, 11:54 AM
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Hi Michael, and everybody else!
At first I...
Hi Michael, and everybody else!
At first I would like to write a few words about the cranequin in post #276.
I think this could also be a cranequin that is bit older than 1550-1560. My guess is...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th April 2014, 03:59 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd March 2014, 07:42 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd March 2014, 12:06 PM
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Very interesting information Michael!
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Very interesting information Michael!
Richter mentions that, “Acht gleichartige Waffen besitzt das Ungarische Nationalmuseum in Budapest”, but I thought that that was eight DIFFERENT weapons....
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Forum: European Armoury
21st March 2014, 07:37 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
21st March 2014, 04:37 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
21st March 2014, 04:20 PM
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Hello Michael!
First you got my hope up for...
Hello Michael!
First you got my hope up for visiting this collection someday :) , but now my hope is almost gone again :( .
It's so sad with that kind of trouble to get some simple photos...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th March 2014, 07:15 AM
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The most interesting thing about that photo is,...
The most interesting thing about that photo is, as you know 😉, the rack with crossbows on the right! I guess it is THE rack that they have been hanging on since the 15th or 16th century.
Thank you...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th March 2014, 03:38 PM
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Hi David!
I 'think' at least towns, maybe...
Hi David!
I 'think' at least towns, maybe even regions, must have had some standards for a lot of military stuff including distance between nut fingers.
I think that Josef Alm mentions this in...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th March 2014, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 304
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Hello again Michael!
On what do you date the...
Hello again Michael!
On what do you date the cranequin in post #248 to around 1525?
To me it looks more be a late 15th century cranequin because I think the string hooks and the small housing...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd March 2014, 08:27 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
5th October 2013, 06:19 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
21st March 2013, 11:59 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
5th March 2013, 02:11 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st March 2013, 06:47 AM
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Hello David!
Do you guys in the Royal...
Hello David!
Do you guys in the Royal Armouries Support Group have any special access to take photographs of things on display?
The thing is that I need a few good photos of the bow pattern of...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th February 2013, 06:20 PM
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Replies: 304
Views: 510,794
Hi David!
Yes I’m also thinking that this...
Hi David!
Yes I’m also thinking that this crossbow maker was hiding this new invention so that it wasn’t copied by his competitors. I believe that this crossbow maker could actually be THE...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th February 2013, 01:14 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st February 2013, 12:55 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th January 2013, 04:43 PM
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Hello David and other interested!
These two...
Hello David and other interested!
These two crossbows in Nürnberg have inventory number W755 and W1762.
My guess is that W755, Armbrust 1, was made in the later part of the 15th century,...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd January 2013, 08:18 AM
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