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Forum: European Armoury Today, 12:46 AM
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Which was Hutton's complaint in the period, and...

Which was Hutton's complaint in the period, and why he started studying older manuals and eventually produced his own.

Robert
Forum: European Armoury Yesterday, 08:29 PM
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My finale point on the cut vs thrust is always...

My finale point on the cut vs thrust is always the report of an encounter between a French cuirassier and a dragoon of the Scots greys at Waterloo.

They charged each other and the Frenchman gave...
Forum: European Armoury Yesterday, 08:15 PM
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I'm going to have to take issue with Radbound's...

I'm going to have to take issue with Radbound's idea that a thrust is always quicker than a thrust.

For a smallsword or rapier held in a very point forward guard this may be true, but cut and...
Forum: European Armoury 27th October 2025, 08:26 PM
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Posted By toaster5sqn
The cut vs thrust debate raged for a century...

The cut vs thrust debate raged for a century until they attempted to settle it scientifically.
Consulting military doctors it was noted that men arriving in field hospitals with stab wounds most...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd October 2025, 12:40 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,546
Posted By toaster5sqn
Doesn't look hand forged to me, but it does look...

Doesn't look hand forged to me, but it does look like apprentice McNumpty's first day on the grinding wheel.
Forum: European Armoury 15th August 2025, 01:47 AM
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Views: 30,518
Posted By toaster5sqn
It doesn't appear to be any of the pattern...

It doesn't appear to be any of the pattern swords. The 1788 spadroons had a wide variety of guards but the pattern mandated a 32" blade so it's not one of those.
Of course there were a huge range...
Forum: European Armoury 14th August 2025, 09:41 PM
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Views: 34,841
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A.G. Maisy, thank you for the details of the...

A.G. Maisy, thank you for the details of the Henry/Harry pronunciation. As a New Zealander I'm a long way from the "Royal" way of doing things and know of Mr Angelo only from written sources (I have...
Forum: European Armoury 13th August 2025, 05:58 AM
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Posted By toaster5sqn
Slight correction, I believe you will find it was...

Slight correction, I believe you will find it was Henry Angelo not Harry.
Forum: European Armoury 2nd August 2025, 06:05 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 17,882
Posted By toaster5sqn
Dirks were traditionally single edged, often made...

Dirks were traditionally single edged, often made from cut down/broken backswords. Something like that could, perhaps, have been carried by a poorer highlander pre 1746 but I'm not sure your knife...
Forum: European Armoury 11th May 2025, 10:08 PM
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Posted By toaster5sqn
The shell is to far in front of the rings and the...

The shell is to far in front of the rings and the lack of detail on the front of them is jarring. Also the grind on the blade does not look truly hollow, is there a fuller on the other side? your...
Forum: European Armoury 14th April 2025, 09:51 PM
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Posted By toaster5sqn
Do you really believe that a rolling and pitching...

Do you really believe that a rolling and pitching ship would store cannonballs in such an unstable manner?
I've read that the whole story was made up in Victorian times to sanitize the obvious...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th February 2025, 08:00 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 45,847
Posted By toaster5sqn
Is it just me or has it been disassembled at some...

Is it just me or has it been disassembled at some point and put back together with the quillons inverted.

Robert
Forum: European Armoury 17th September 2024, 09:40 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 44,221
Posted By toaster5sqn
I've heard it said (hopefully someone can...

I've heard it said (hopefully someone can actually give a source) that the practice of grinding the tips was developed during the peninsular campaign. Because none of the household cavalry was...
Forum: European Armoury 22nd July 2024, 10:40 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 125,995
Posted By toaster5sqn
I see in Swordlover79's Sinclair sabre a clear...

I see in Swordlover79's Sinclair sabre a clear example of the transition from the finger ring of the side sword to the 2 "sword catcher" bars of the later basket hilts. This theory that those bars...
Forum: European Armoury 18th July 2024, 08:42 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 29,150
Posted By toaster5sqn
Also remember that guards and blades would often...

Also remember that guards and blades would often be made in different shops and assembled in a third. This is a sidearm that will be replaced if it ever receives significant battle damage.

Robert
Forum: European Armoury 11th July 2024, 09:48 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 81,778
Posted By toaster5sqn
My biggest concern would be the lack of any...

My biggest concern would be the lack of any laminations showing in the corrosion as the most common manufacturing method for Viking axes was a softer iron body with a forge welded steel edge. This...
Forum: European Armoury 1st May 2024, 03:22 AM
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Posted By toaster5sqn
More likely derived from knives such as the...

More likely derived from knives such as the German messer.

Robert
Forum: European Armoury 26th March 2024, 01:03 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 52,214
Posted By toaster5sqn
Auckland War Memorial Museum has an 1751 pattern...

Auckland War Memorial Museum has an 1751 pattern British infantry hanger with a Gill blade. As with the OP's sword this hilt predates the blade, by the time Gill was making blades the use of infantry...
Forum: European Armoury 5th March 2024, 03:23 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 37,160
Posted By toaster5sqn
28" is hardly long, infantry swords were a...

28" is hardly long, infantry swords were a standard 32" and cavalry swords generally longer than that with 34" to 36" being common and some were longer again.

As for being late, the last British...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th March 2024, 02:17 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 15,217
Posted By toaster5sqn
One thing to watch with the "obviously Chinese"...

One thing to watch with the "obviously Chinese" pieces is that there was a huge fashion for Chinese styled items in Europe in the 1800's (possibly earlier as well). My own family has a Chinese dragon...
Forum: European Armoury 15th January 2024, 06:40 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 199,491
Posted By toaster5sqn
Thank you Jim, but it's still just an idea until...

Thank you Jim, but it's still just an idea until someone finds some evidence.

Regarding the wrist guards on Scottish broadswords, fencing manuals from Scotland actually detail various techniques...
Forum: European Armoury 14th January 2024, 08:16 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 199,491
Posted By toaster5sqn
Just having found this post and read the...

Just having found this post and read the discussion about the mysterious notches. As a HEMA practioner there is a trick with sabres of snapping a short back edge draw cut at your opponents sword hand...
Forum: European Armoury 7th January 2024, 07:12 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 52,108
Posted By toaster5sqn
Thanks to Radbound for answering Jim's question...

Thanks to Radbound for answering Jim's question to me before I got to it.

Robert
Forum: European Armoury 6th January 2024, 06:34 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 52,108
Posted By toaster5sqn
What you are calling the arch then is correctly...

What you are calling the arch then is correctly known as the knuckle bow these days. Although I am aware of one period source (Rowarth) who refers to it as the 'ward iron'.

Robert
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th November 2023, 04:33 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 17,721
Posted By toaster5sqn
Stuart's grandson has asked me to pass on his...

Stuart's grandson has asked me to pass on his thanks to all who provided information about these types of swords.

Robert
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