Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 11:40 PM
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Hello Bryce, Great examples here. I think the...
Hello Bryce, Great examples here. I think the sharp Yelman and recurve idea is a well thought out concept.
What I would suggest here is that no matter how much design was being applied on blade...
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Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 11:19 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 10:59 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 03:16 AM
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Great replies... but hold on... ...
I have...
Great replies... but hold on... ...
I have posed the question at post 1 in bold letters and now is the time face it... What was the problem? People were being trained were they not?
But were they...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th October 2025, 05:11 PM
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Hello Will,
Interesting seeing it...
Hello Will,
Interesting seeing it lined up with the`1796 and I imagine how that would have been used against Tulvars and the like. The floral design looks amazing and was apparently from...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th October 2025, 06:12 AM
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Videos.
One thing I like to feed in are good videos on all things antique weaponry... especially in this case on Swords..Please do hit the buttons and view these as they are very well placed for easy viewing...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th October 2025, 04:03 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th October 2025, 03:54 AM
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Hello Pertinax , I have a few George V swords...
Hello Pertinax , I have a few George V swords here and some with different Rulers Cyphers on the blades...and some with different capital letters on the stub on the blade test mark.My examples also...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th October 2025, 03:26 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th October 2025, 12:37 AM
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Hello Jim, and thank you for your posts 12 and...
Hello Jim, and thank you for your posts 12 and 13. In fact your end picture on 12 was so near the answer ...to the conundrum of what actually caused the downfall of the use of swords as Battle Field...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th October 2025, 05:22 AM
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Hello Jim, Thanks for your reply and I see you...
Hello Jim, Thanks for your reply and I see you went straight into search mode and nailed it in regards to the Indian Scinde Cavalry link.
When looking at the 19th Century most people give up on...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th October 2025, 04:30 AM
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Hello Will... Your flat bladed Wilkinson looks...
Hello Will... Your flat bladed Wilkinson looks formidable. This blade was designed to cut.There was no fuller, pipeback or raised back blade to impede cutting. Some variation was allowed and Officers...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th October 2025, 04:07 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
25th October 2025, 02:28 AM
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It has been said that the design of the Hilt on...
It has been said that the design of the Hilt on British Army Infantry Officers originated with the Scinde Irregular Cavalry in India. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Horse_(Scinde_Horse) It...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th October 2025, 02:07 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
24th October 2025, 11:22 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2025, 04:33 PM
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Its not a Jerz axe from Musandam . There is...
Its not a Jerz axe from Musandam . There is evidence that Musandam axes are related to Luristan axes and also from axes from the Omani Wahiba desert region....but no link is noted from other...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th June 2025, 01:07 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th June 2025, 09:28 PM
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Hilt.
Hello , You have a nice Rhino Hilt there. The weapon is an Omani Khanjar. ...No Scabbard? Please note that on the thread Omani Khanjars; at post 221 is an example of a rhino hilt showing a picture of...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd June 2025, 01:38 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd June 2025, 01:17 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
17th November 2024, 02:30 PM
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WOOTZ.
The excellent video mentioned several times is a great place to kick off on WOOTZ as are the many articles here on Forum and already noted. To say the least however not being a blacksmith or...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th August 2024, 03:05 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd June 2024, 07:17 PM
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Arrow Heads
Good question however you may be on the money where you got the items; after all South East Asia has the biggest array of Arrow Heads outside Africa. The arrow shafts as you point out are cane/bamboo...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th May 2024, 06:07 PM
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The association of this individual with the...
The association of this individual with the fortunes and subsequent downfall of Catholics and thus the eventual outcome of The Jacobites are mysterious indeed.
Popular feeling ran very high...
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