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Forum: European Armoury Today, 08:08 PM
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Very awesome item! I'd lay odds that it probably...

Very awesome item! I'd lay odds that it probably held a liquid, like a wine flask. Black powder and screw-off caps don't go well together (the grinding force of the uncapping could produce friction....
Forum: European Armoury 5th November 2024, 02:12 AM
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Posted By M ELEY
Thank you for this information, Jim. I know we...

Thank you for this information, Jim. I know we had a very long and contested thread I started back in 2012 concerning folding knives at sea. As I recall, we were split down the middle. I, for one,...
Forum: European Armoury 4th November 2024, 03:19 PM
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Posted By M ELEY
Hey, I think I figured out what we are looking at...

Hey, I think I figured out what we are looking at in that museum chart. Post # 4, Figure 148, the 'sailor's sword', is hinged. This was probably a sketch of a very large navaja 'knife',...
Forum: European Armoury 4th November 2024, 12:32 AM
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Posted By M ELEY
Yes! There's the clip point so popular on these...

Yes! There's the clip point so popular on these cutlass types. Indeed, the Dutch klewang, modeled after it's Indonesian namesake, is a perfect example of how both Eastern and Asian patterns had an...
Forum: European Armoury 3rd November 2024, 02:31 AM
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Posted By M ELEY
Talking Clipped points...

:D Yeah. Wayne, you don't recognize that classic 'sailor's cutlass'? I think they used them in 'Water World' :rolleyes:


Jim's point was (dismissing the titles from that page) that the clipped...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd November 2024, 04:08 AM
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Posted By M ELEY
Smile Thanks for coming in on this one, Jim. I know we...

Thanks for coming in on this one, Jim. I know we talked at length about this sword and others with the clipped point. Gilkerson includes in his 'Boarders Away I: With Steel' the so-called Baltimore...
Forum: European Armoury 1st November 2024, 06:17 PM
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Posted By M ELEY
More photos...

I guess what I'm saying is, these types are not to everyone's taste and I get that. As a collector of maritime items, though. these really speak to me. They are not shiny and clean. No officer or...
Forum: European Armoury 1st November 2024, 06:10 PM
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Posted By M ELEY
Cutlass continued

Some might call these essatz types 'uglu ducklings', but I love them. Plus, I think it is monumentally important to consider when it is appropriate for an authentic item to be piece-meal made. If I...
Forum: European Armoury 1st November 2024, 05:50 PM
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Posted By M ELEY
Revolutionary War to Federalist period cutlass

My newest acquisition from the Shanendoah region of Virginia not too far from the Chesapeake Bay. Here we have an excellent representation of a primitive American-made cutlass which I'm estimating...
Forum: European Armoury 30th October 2024, 03:14 AM
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Posted By M ELEY
I just heard the news (always out of the loop, I...

I just heard the news (always out of the loop, I guess). Very sad news and I know he will be greatly missed. I am proud to own several of the great items he chose to part with over the years and this...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 13th October 2024, 12:24 PM
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Views: 21,882
Posted By M ELEY
here's the Christie's auction

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-1953673
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 20th August 2024, 04:13 PM
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Views: 21,882
Posted By M ELEY
Sigh...I know that this particular lovely...

Sigh...I know that this particular lovely specimen isn't a pirate chest, but the point is these types were used by virtually everyone that was considered a person of merit, from rich merchants to...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 16th August 2024, 07:14 AM
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Views: 21,882
Posted By M ELEY
Merenti, that is an incredible strong box!! These...

Merenti, that is an incredible strong box!! These pieces are always so amazing to me in their craftsmanship, durability, and mechanism. Many of these types saw sea service and the only authenticated...
Forum: European Armoury 10th July 2024, 02:21 AM
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Views: 21,179
Posted By M ELEY
That is an incredible piece of shot! I have a...

That is an incredible piece of shot! I have a chain-shot in my collection, but I'd love to one day find a great bar or split shot like this one! The occasional one that pops up for auction are always...
Forum: European Armoury 10th July 2024, 02:16 AM
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Views: 47,960
Posted By M ELEY
Indeed a nice Spanish colonial sword! You can see...

Indeed a nice Spanish colonial sword! You can see that this blade certainly was both a weapon and a tool. It would be perfect for hacking through brush, splitting a cactus or...well, I'll leave the...
Forum: European Armoury 10th July 2024, 02:11 AM
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Posted By M ELEY
I'm not surprised. It seems like just after the...

I'm not surprised. It seems like just after the first quarter of the 19th century, with industrialization and factories, there was a glut of munitions-grade swords made for civil branches of...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 13th June 2024, 05:43 AM
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Views: 20,607
Posted By M ELEY
Thanks for commenting Jim and for the compliment!...

Thanks for commenting Jim and for the compliment! It's ture that many of our passions for the study of weapons/wars/battle strategies and people often lead us down many roads. Since embracing...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 11th June 2024, 03:16 PM
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Views: 20,607
Posted By M ELEY
Thanks, CC! I was hoping the inscription would...

Thanks, CC! I was hoping the inscription would pan out and then I found the proof in the Bennington Museum. These Windsors have always spoken to me. the so-called 'stick furniture' of the common man...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 11th June 2024, 03:11 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 20,607
Posted By M ELEY
Thank you Drac2k, for commenting. It's the only...

Thank you Drac2k, for commenting. It's the only thing I ever found with a paper trail/provenance and I'm happy to have it even though it's not a sword! A cool piece of history, though-
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 10th June 2024, 09:37 PM
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Views: 20,607
Posted By M ELEY
A few more...

Note the exaggerated spindles made to resemble cane or bamboo. Later types of this pattern had far less exaggerated 'joints'.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 10th June 2024, 09:35 PM
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Posted By M ELEY
An old Windsor chair with provenance

I found this at a local antique shop and bought it when I saw the underlying inscription. This is a nice American pattern bowback Windsor side chair, ca. 1790-1800, of the early 'bamboo' form with...
Forum: European Armoury 22nd May 2024, 03:51 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 19,185
Posted By M ELEY
Excellent example of the old style poll axes....

Excellent example of the old style poll axes. These types made their way into North America with the French and the Hudson Bay Company British fur traders. Both Neumann and Hartzler's guides show...
Forum: European Armoury 13th May 2024, 12:25 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 14,451
Posted By M ELEY
Incredible! Another fine example and this one...

Incredible! Another fine example and this one with provenance! Adrian, I am green with envy! If you ever grow weary of it, remember me:rolleyes::cool::cool:
Forum: European Armoury 12th May 2024, 01:58 AM
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Views: 11,164
Posted By M ELEY
Wow! All amazing examples of a form used both in...

Wow! All amazing examples of a form used both in Europe and in the early American colonies. On a side note, I just saw a Hounslow sword supposedly from the Jamestown settlement or there-abouts. If...
Forum: European Armoury 12th May 2024, 01:52 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 14,451
Posted By M ELEY
Very nice find, Ed! These bar- and chain-sot are...

Very nice find, Ed! These bar- and chain-sot are becoming harder and harder to find. Of course, one has to be careful with misidentified (i.e.dumbells!) and downright fakes (some of the sliding bar...
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