Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th July 2016, 05:27 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th July 2016, 03:28 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th July 2016, 03:26 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th July 2016, 05:03 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th July 2016, 02:40 PM
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Ottoman pistol - need help with script on barrel
Hi chaps and chapesses, been a while!
We have here at the Museum come into possession of a number of firearms from the Royal Green Jackets' museum, among which is a pistol, listed in their books...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th April 2016, 02:19 PM
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Hi Dana,
I've been musing on your problem...
Hi Dana,
I've been musing on your problem for a while and was wondering if I might be able to lend a hand.
One of the tools conservators use (I hasten here to add that I'm a mere assistant...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd April 2016, 07:08 PM
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Replies: 19
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Locks
Hi folks,
First, thanks for the compliments; she's a nice old thing, albeit far and away the oddest single gun in my little set so far.
Second, re: locks: I can well believe that these things...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th March 2016, 01:58 PM
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It's a weird design. I'll try and get a decent...
It's a weird design. I'll try and get a decent picture, but a quick description my be useful too.
From what I can tell, the North African snaphaunces are copies of originals traded with Morocco...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th March 2016, 01:43 PM
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Norman,
Personally and professionally, I'd...
Norman,
Personally and professionally, I'd say that if you're careful then removing the varnish is generally preferable. Primarily this is for four reasons:
1) The lacquer's composition is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2016, 04:03 AM
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Replies: 19
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Moukhalla
Well, perhaps like an idiot, I went and finally acquired one of these oddities in September last. Been meaning to post it on the forum since then but, well, you know how it goes...
Overall length...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st September 2014, 10:28 AM
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That looks like a very modern screw in the grip...
That looks like a very modern screw in the grip you show in close-up; is the grip, as it looks, cast brass? The screw holding the cock to the tumbler square also looks very new, and held in rather...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th December 2013, 01:23 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd December 2013, 10:13 AM
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Oof! That's a hefty-looking barrel, Berkley....
Oof! That's a hefty-looking barrel, Berkley. Looks like a nice piece though. The mother-of-pearl's probably recent but quite artistically done, which is always satisfying to see. What sort of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd December 2013, 10:06 AM
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Hi all; Jim, glad to be mooching about again...
Hi all; Jim, glad to be mooching about again after spending so long in a lather of uncertainty. Figure it's time to give this old girl some TLC. And I still have to think before remembering which is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th November 2013, 11:08 PM
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Replies: 12
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Well, thread necromancy ahoy. I have recently...
Well, thread necromancy ahoy. I have recently begun work on this again, after a year's hopeless indecision. My eventual call was to make or have made a new fore-end for the stock. Microscopic...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th June 2013, 11:16 AM
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Replies: 28
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th June 2013, 04:45 PM
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A few observations, from looking more closely....
A few observations, from looking more closely. First, the lock looks old but isn't the original, unless there's also absent some considerable quantity of inlay or filler material. Second, the gun as...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th June 2013, 02:22 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th June 2013, 04:06 PM
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Not sure. I've worked this barrel quite...
Not sure. I've worked this barrel quite extensively with wire wool and oil, and although it's removed the looser rust on the surface, it seems to have minimal effect on the tougher, older deposits....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th June 2013, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 28
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Hah! I got as far as getting the FeCl, but have...
Hah! I got as far as getting the FeCl, but have yet to get round to trying it. Partly this was from caution, partly from lack of a suitable workspace, and partly from a lack of time. We're hoping to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2013, 08:02 PM
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Replies: 5
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Forum: European Armoury
12th April 2013, 12:04 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th December 2012, 02:33 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th December 2012, 02:02 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd November 2012, 04:21 PM
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Norm, when it comes to kit I agree with safety...
Norm, when it comes to kit I agree with safety first, believe me. I've no issue with the Proofing laws in this country, which I think entirely sensible and, indeed, in one's ownj interest and those...
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