Forum: European Armoury
18th September 2024, 01:56 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
18th September 2024, 10:32 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
17th September 2024, 05:31 PM
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Hi Jim,
Both incidents were in contemporary...
Hi Jim,
Both incidents were in contemporary broadsheet articles, pictures of which were included in the posts. I'm now more minded towards it being on Facebook in maybe the IASC forum or similar....
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Forum: European Armoury
17th September 2024, 02:43 PM
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British 1796 HCS pattern blade shape
Random question, as I've lost my notes; about the modified point on the British 1796 HCS.
I read two examples which indicate that the changes from hatchet to spear point potentially happened some...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th September 2024, 10:57 AM
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Very nice indeed. Getting interested in these...
Very nice indeed. Getting interested in these now. They have a range of common features with a number of variations in quillions and so on.
The marks on the ricasso of yours reminds me to resume the...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th September 2024, 02:11 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
5th September 2024, 02:07 PM
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I'd be interested in any identification of the...
I'd be interested in any identification of the inspection marks. As far as I could ascertain, its not clear if the numbers were linked to specific individuals or inspections carried out at specific...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st September 2024, 08:16 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st August 2024, 01:03 PM
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Random thought, having seen it elsewhere and...
Random thought, having seen it elsewhere and having a blade where grinding out nicks has changed the blade profile in a similar fashion eg rapid change in blade depth;
Could the broadsword cutting...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th May 2024, 11:32 AM
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Replies: 348
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Forum: European Armoury
10th May 2024, 11:18 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
10th May 2024, 11:07 AM
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That's a nice piece. I have a soft spot for...
That's a nice piece. I have a soft spot for those. There are a number of those in the colonies.
On this side of the Atlantic they're known as Riding swords, which is a contemporary term...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th April 2024, 01:54 PM
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Replies: 348
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Thankyou.
Wonder if that mortuary style hilt...
Thankyou.
Wonder if that mortuary style hilt has been re-bladed or they were still in vogue in the 1680s. I thought that in Britain they'd faded out in the 1660s, though were still in use in the...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th April 2024, 09:17 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
17th April 2024, 03:49 PM
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Ref #310.
Can I clarify something please. Is...
Ref #310.
Can I clarify something please. Is that third from left an earlier hilt with a later SB blade? The style appears to be mid C17th so-called Hounslow hanger but the discussion indicates its...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th March 2024, 08:56 PM
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What I've read so far on the German smiths at...
What I've read so far on the German smiths at Hounslow is that they didn't let the English workers there into the secrets of their craft. A number of mills are mentioned and are described as being...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th February 2024, 01:26 PM
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Yes, Dealing in Death is disappointing in that...
Yes, Dealing in Death is disappointing in that respect. I was looking through it last night to find the 'Dutch blades' source. I need to create an index of topics as it took me a while to find where...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th February 2024, 04:19 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
25th February 2024, 04:06 PM
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Thanks all.
I have indeed been scraping...
Thanks all.
I have indeed been scraping together all sorts on Hounslow, however fragmentary. Benjamin Stones PR puff when he sets it up gives an idea of intended if not actual output, though the...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd February 2024, 11:09 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
14th February 2024, 02:43 PM
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Hounslow Sword Factory
Afternoon all.
I have been attempting to read up on the Hounslow sword works. I can find fragmentary articles, with the longest being a rather good one which is a part of an article by John F....
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Forum: European Armoury
1st December 2023, 08:42 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
20th November 2023, 12:07 PM
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On regulation v bespoke, the 1803 pattern came...
On regulation v bespoke, the 1803 pattern came about partially at least because so many officers were already carrying curved blades. The 1803 effectively regulated existing fashion. I had an 1803...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th November 2023, 05:13 PM
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I think we're agreeing that for land and sea...
I think we're agreeing that for land and sea service they were initially gentry swords - hence only being seen in more ornate versions in the mid C17th before evolving into more munition quality for...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd November 2023, 02:10 PM
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