Forum: European Armoury
18th June 2012, 08:53 PM
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If you have posted the last and others, why do...
If you have posted the last and others, why do you then write such clearly wrong statements (to avoid the word nonsence) as Quote:
'extremely rare instances in period artwork where a spanning belt...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th June 2012, 07:19 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
18th June 2012, 07:04 PM
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Quite the contrary, spanning hooks are often...
Quite the contrary, spanning hooks are often depicted in medieval artwork, I needed only a minute to find an earlier one. St. Stephan South-Tyrol c.1400-1410.
Pleas note the kink in the trigger...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th June 2012, 06:41 PM
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Hi David ,
surveying the drawing once again,...
Hi David ,
surveying the drawing once again, I noticed that the tiller and the bow are very slender and not very large. The depicted scene therefore may be a target shooting at short range at a...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th June 2012, 02:37 PM
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Katzbalgers are not my special interest, but I...
Katzbalgers are not my special interest, but I know how old blades should look. I was present at the pre auction viewing of this sale and have examined this Katzbalger. This blade was never heavily...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th June 2012, 09:06 AM
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A nice Landsknecht Arquebus
This rare Arquebus, dated 1535, but the stock a later working time replacement, was sold some time ago at auction.
Three nearly identical examples, two of them with identical barrels and locks,...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th June 2012, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 5
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Good
No answer sometimes says more than an...
Good
No answer sometimes says more than an answer.
I sum up:
These hackbut barrels are surely not genuine, but ridiculous fakes, easily recognizable at first sight, very probably forged...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th June 2012, 06:58 PM
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Hi David,
This is an other drawing than I...
Hi David,
This is an other drawing than I remembered, but it looks clearly like a Zapfenschloss. Unfortunately I'm no expert for medieval fashion, therefore I can say nothing to the dating. But as...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th June 2012, 05:34 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
13th June 2012, 07:45 PM
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Hi David,
I remember having seen this...
Hi David,
I remember having seen this drawing somewhere, but can't remember what type of lock it had. If the drawing is from 1475, it is unlikely that it has this type of lock (or an outmoded type...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th June 2012, 04:14 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
13th June 2012, 03:47 PM
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Unfortunately this 'remarkable' item is no...
Unfortunately this 'remarkable' item is no medieval crossbow! This is a tiller of a whale-bow which were used in Norway until about c. 1900! See Josef Alm: European Crossbows.
Depending on the...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th June 2012, 09:06 PM
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Hi Micke,
If I have left the impression to...
Hi Micke,
If I have left the impression to criticise you personally, I apologize for that. Every contribution that is well foundet is wellcome, irrespective thereof if it comes from an expert or...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th June 2012, 08:09 PM
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Replies: 304
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Dear Fernando,
It is not my intention to...
Dear Fernando,
It is not my intention to exchange personal disputes here, but if I am criticised hard to depict fakes here, it must be allowed to give a hard answer.
I don't believe that this...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th June 2012, 09:24 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th June 2012, 09:21 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th June 2012, 09:16 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th June 2012, 09:13 PM
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Looking through this old post, it was was...
Looking through this old post, it was was criticized by two experts. This I can't let stand without contradiction. But before I'm going to disprove all arguments, the reader must have the opportunity...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th June 2012, 09:27 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd June 2012, 10:07 PM
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The tip of the halberd 7 is a bit reshaped, the...
The tip of the halberd 7 is a bit reshaped, the mark is not only at the same position, it is the same mark (only visible on the original scan of the panoply with a magnifying glass). The lower cog...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd June 2012, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 15
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd June 2012, 06:35 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd June 2012, 11:02 AM
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Replies: 14
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Fig. 6
This photograph, taken in 1889 by...
Fig. 6
This photograph, taken in 1889 by Abdullah Freres, shows another panoply of captured arms. The two swords dating c. 1400 are of European origin, captured by the Ottomans during their...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd June 2012, 11:03 AM
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Replies: 304
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The bow of this crossbow is surely a later...
The bow of this crossbow is surely a later replacement and of a later date as the tiller. An etched and gilded bow does not match to the undecorated long tiller of a (war-)crossbow. Also the price of...
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Forum: European Armoury
31st May 2012, 08:16 PM
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