Forum: European Armoury
3rd June 2024, 10:32 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd June 2024, 08:51 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd June 2024, 08:26 PM
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Based on the photos, the grip wire is a...
Based on the photos, the grip wire is a replacement. On original swords, the wire is a lot finer. This wire is too thick in my opinion. The markings in the fuller are fine, fairly typical of a mid...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd May 2024, 10:54 PM
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Replies: 3
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I think you need to narrow your question to...
I think you need to narrow your question to specifi periods. By the late 19th century the maintenance and supply of the army had switched over to the responsibility so a nobleman of this time would...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st May 2024, 02:52 AM
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Replies: 348
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On the artistic licence, I think a lot will...
On the artistic licence, I think a lot will depend on the wealth of the customer. The less wealthy the more generic the clothes and accessories will be.
One needs to consider that most of the art...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th April 2024, 10:03 PM
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Replies: 25
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Jim, the spike is used to untie knots. As you...
Jim, the spike is used to untie knots. As you will appreciate, knots are placed under a lot of tension on boats (or swell from water when natural materials are used). So there are times when extra...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th April 2024, 09:47 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st April 2024, 10:54 AM
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Replies: 12
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alas it is outside of my area, but I asked a...
alas it is outside of my area, but I asked a collector / dealer friend that has a lot of British swords pass through their hands and they described it as a particularly nice example of a Victorian...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th March 2024, 05:07 AM
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Replies: 25
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Thank you for joining in Bryce.
Other than...
Thank you for joining in Bryce.
Other than the stamps already mentioned (Crown over HO, G and GG for Osborn and the rare S for Dawes) are you aware of any other makers using similar markings?
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Forum: European Armoury
26th March 2024, 04:16 AM
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Replies: 25
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Hi Robert, thanks for sharing this sword; very...
Hi Robert, thanks for sharing this sword; very pertenant to the discussion. From memory the blade was marked I. Gill, which was how John Gill marked blades of his production (I the latin equlivent...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th March 2024, 10:49 PM
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Replies: 25
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As Bryce notes elsewhere, the G stamp is only...
As Bryce notes elsewhere, the G stamp is only fond on officer blades, Osborn and later Osborn and Gunby do not appear to have marked their troopers swords in this manner. Interestingly the Crown over...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th March 2024, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 6
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What a fantastic sword Pertinax, Swedish swords...
What a fantastic sword Pertinax, Swedish swords of this era a truely lovely pieces and yours is no exception. Unfortunately there is too little information in English on these wonderful pieces. So...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th March 2024, 01:11 AM
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Replies: 25
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Minor correction here Jim, but Henry Osborn...
Minor correction here Jim, but Henry Osborn initially stamped his blades with a crown over the letters HO. This changed somewhere around 1797 as there exists a 1798 dated Osborn sword with the G...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st March 2024, 03:52 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 12,308
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Forum: European Armoury
29th February 2024, 08:42 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 12,308
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Forum: European Armoury
17th February 2024, 06:46 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
5th February 2024, 08:38 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd February 2024, 09:24 PM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: European Armoury
1st February 2024, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 7,281
We’d need to see both sides of Phil’s sword...
We’d need to see both sides of Phil’s sword before we can discount it being the same one in Cornelistromp’s photo.
On the face of it there are differences in the guard that indicate that it’s not...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st February 2024, 01:50 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
31st January 2024, 08:38 PM
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Replies: 12
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What an interesting sword and great to see...
What an interesting sword and great to see another silver basket hilt. As you say I also suspect the basket is later than the blade. Fortunately it is hallmarked which should help give us a more...
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Forum: European Armoury
31st January 2024, 08:59 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 7,281
What material is the pommel and guard made of?...
What material is the pommel and guard made of? Also how is the pommel attached?
My first impression of the eyelash stamp is that it is too clean, too sharp. The authentic ones I usually see aren’t...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th January 2024, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 5,636
When my family travelled to Bali in the 1980's...
When my family travelled to Bali in the 1980's these 'shaver cool' swords were available in every second tourist junk shop we wandered into. They'd be stacked up alongside fake Kris, katanas and...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th January 2024, 09:58 PM
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Replies: 4
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Georgian 'Horse head' Yeomanry officers sabre
Georgian era Yeomanry officers sabre styled after the 1796 Pattern light cavalry sabre.
Produced by William Henry Archer of Dublin using a Solingen produced blade imported J J Runkel.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th January 2024, 07:53 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,407
While I haven't built a catalogue of images,...
While I haven't built a catalogue of images, these briquets (with Dutch origins but found in Indoneasia) do show up on Facebook sword groups from time to time. Usually they have been worked very hard...
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