Forum: European Armoury
15th March 2015, 06:46 PM
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hand cannon
Recently these two hand cannon barrels made their way into my collection.
The first one on top is octagonal with interchanging narrow and broad flats, it has a slightly raised barrel mouth, the...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th March 2015, 08:18 AM
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Forum: Swap Forum
10th March 2015, 04:31 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st March 2015, 11:05 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
18th February 2015, 07:03 PM
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Hi Nando,
With these kinds of bores i always...
Hi Nando,
With these kinds of bores i always try to get a lightsource (sun/lamp) to shine directly into the bore and take a picture from some distance by zooming in.. the quality would however not...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th February 2015, 05:22 PM
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Hi Nando,
In Michl's thread on the position...
Hi Nando,
In Michl's thread on the position of the touch hole (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=18049 ) he states that the octagonal hand cannon barrels with broad and narrow flats...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd December 2014, 02:23 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd December 2014, 01:05 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
21st December 2014, 10:38 PM
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Thank you Michl, but i still have doubts about...
Thank you Michl, but i still have doubts about the interpretation of this mark. It might just be my perspective beeing a bit off.. but i can see either a crude 1592 (especially the 5 and 9 are vague)...
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Forum: European Armoury
21st December 2014, 07:35 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
21st December 2014, 06:59 PM
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I once owned a very similar example, yours has...
I once owned a very similar example, yours has more stamps on it though.
My suhl carbine, also inlaid with bone plaques was made for the saxony market or even the Polish nobility. I would date this...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th December 2014, 04:41 PM
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Hi Michl,
It is indeed a huge labour to...
Hi Michl,
It is indeed a huge labour to leave trough all those manuscripts, hoping to find a single piece which interest us.. though very well worth it in the end :D especially when complimented...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th December 2014, 02:44 PM
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Feuerwerkbuch 1420 1462 and Ms from 1332
Two more books on the art of "feuerwerk" from 1420's and 1462. (links can be traced back to the beginning of the Ms).
http://dlib.gnm.de/item/Hs719/37/jpg/2000...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th December 2014, 09:01 PM
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A wavy blade from??
I found this wavy blade at a Dutch collectors website. They look for all sorts of excavated items but couldn't determine what this is.
It looks like a short version of the Flamberge swords.. but...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th December 2014, 07:41 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st December 2014, 08:20 PM
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Voila, le rest.
Also the interior of the...
Voila, le rest.
Also the interior of the barrel (s) seem altered... the octagonal part which might have been joined later on with the round part looks to be shiny in places.
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Forum: European Armoury
1st December 2014, 08:18 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st December 2014, 08:17 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
21st November 2014, 08:38 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th November 2014, 09:26 AM
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heheh, not really an expert at all, but the...
heheh, not really an expert at all, but the styles of the butstock of pistols was some what like, dagger griped (1520-30's), fish tail(1540-50s), pommel grip....
And on a side note, the first dated...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th November 2014, 07:59 PM
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The pommel headed grips of this pistol denote a...
The pommel headed grips of this pistol denote a period of at least after 1560's.. i would even say 1570 or even later since the styles where first adopted within Germany and there after spreaded to...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th November 2014, 08:06 PM
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Forum: Swap Forum
5th November 2014, 04:21 PM
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Forum: Swap Forum
5th November 2014, 12:18 PM
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Books
I am selling part of my book collection on firearms. My aiming price for all of them is €750,-
Bids are accepted on seperate books, but one complete sale would be preffered.
-The visser...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th October 2014, 04:01 PM
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Post 76
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Post 76
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=8185&page=3
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