Forum: European Armoury
2nd April 2015, 11:20 AM
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What about Goyet instead of Goyel?
My book by...
What about Goyet instead of Goyel?
My book by Johan f Stockel states there to be a Goyel in about 1690s. This pistol is not from that time but Goyel could have been working after this as well....
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Forum: European Armoury
19th March 2015, 10:18 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
18th March 2015, 10:37 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
18th March 2015, 10:16 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
18th March 2015, 01:41 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
17th March 2015, 06:18 PM
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A collage of some of the illustrations i...
A collage of some of the illustrations i collected, please cf the treads as well for more.
My opinion on the above piece is that it very well could be european and later on altered, but i have...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th March 2015, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 1
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Combination mace and tiller gun
This curious piece might, according to the person who sold it, be an original 17th century Indian mace.
I still wish to discuss it here though seeing as it reflects a tiller gun which, if not for...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th March 2015, 07:46 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, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Swap Forum
10th March 2015, 05:31 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st March 2015, 12:05 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
18th February 2015, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 14
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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, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 14
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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, 03:23 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd December 2014, 02:05 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
21st December 2014, 11:38 PM
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Replies: 29
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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, 08:35 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
21st December 2014, 07:59 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, 05:41 PM
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Replies: 121
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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, 03:44 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, 10:01 PM
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Replies: 3
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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, 08:41 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st December 2014, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 9
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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, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 13,655
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Forum: European Armoury
1st December 2014, 09:17 PM
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