Forum: European Armoury
28th August 2014, 06:53 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th August 2014, 06:26 PM
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Exactly, but it is much too short for a battle...
Exactly, but it is much too short for a battle axe, or a working man's tool as well.
I guess we realize that it is not the first, original haft; the proportions should, of course, be about equal...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th August 2014, 12:28 PM
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Hi Shakethetress,
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Hi Shakethetress,
You sure shook - no; not just the trees: YOU shook the WOODS, the very moment you spotted and acquired that fine battle axe, manufactured within...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th August 2014, 02:40 PM
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Hi there,
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Hi there,
I just found this booklet.
Please note that the illustration is NOT from the Late...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th August 2014, 12:59 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
25th August 2014, 08:12 PM
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Thank you so much, Dana W and Nando!
I'm...
Thank you so much, Dana W and Nando!
I'm trying to make contacts with one of the authors, Dr. Wolfgang Knabe, in order to get more and better images!
After all, I can tell them a whole lot on...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th August 2014, 08:04 PM
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Replies: 6
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Forum: European Armoury
25th August 2014, 07:24 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
25th August 2014, 05:58 PM
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Exactly, Nando,
And thank...
Exactly, Nando,
And thank you so much for identiying that item!
It IS a barrel from an Indian Toradar, most probably coming from the arsenal of Rajpoot:
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Forum: European Armoury
25th August 2014, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 7
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Of course you're right, Nando,;):eek:
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Of course you're right, Nando,;):eek:
They must be on some older back-up disc dating back about 8 years, and saving my data from an earlier computer of mine.:shrug:
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Forum: European Armoury
25th August 2014, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 7
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Forum: European Armoury
25th August 2014, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 7
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Hi Marcus,
Thousands of those...
Hi Marcus,
Thousands of those lead-wrapped flints used in the cocks of military flintlock muskets are found by farmers every year; several of them are preserved in The MICHAEL TRÖMNER...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th August 2014, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 12
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Top 5 attachments:
A Nuremberg made...
Top 5 attachments:
A Nuremberg made snap-tinder/snap-matchlock arquebus of ca. 1530, the lock recess showing the contours of a triangular shaped lock plate which united all the mechanical...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th August 2014, 04:23 PM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: European Armoury
13th August 2014, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 12
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I definitely doubt the alledged fact that...
I definitely doubt the alledged fact that attachment no. 1 shows a touch hole prick (German: Räumnadel); in my opinion, this long needle with the double scroll to its upper end was a bodkin used for...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th August 2014, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: European Armoury
13th August 2014, 02:05 PM
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Replies: 21
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Hi, my dear friends Marcus and Nando,
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Hi, my dear friends Marcus and Nando,
First of all: THANKS for caring!
I feel like Marcus has got the better understanding of what situation I am in;
Secondly:
As Marcus correctly...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th August 2014, 11:42 AM
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Replies: 21
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Hi, my dear friend Nando,
I write most of...
Hi, my dear friend Nando,
I write most of my posts using WORD, and then copy them here.
It's much easier that way editing and saving them.
So that's why.
Apart from that, I definitely...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th August 2014, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 21
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Well, Nando,
That's exactly what I have...
Well, Nando,
That's exactly what I have been trying to tell you for months:
My complete new Office 2013 is broken - WORD and Outlook email included ...
Nothing works out alright ...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th August 2014, 05:16 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 19,011
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Forum: European Armoury
10th August 2014, 06:51 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 14,667
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Forum: European Armoury
10th August 2014, 04:56 PM
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One more detail of the patron.
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One more detail of the patron.
Now let's start with the decoration on Italian maces, ca.1530-50.
First of all, I'd like to introduce you to some of their Late Gothic...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th August 2014, 01:17 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
10th August 2014, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 14
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Hi fellows,
You're right, of...
Hi fellows,
You're right, of course, no doubt about that!;):):cool:
I fully agree with your statements that the item in question is a cast-iron 19th c. decorative...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th August 2014, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 50
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Here are some finely decorated wrought-iron...
Here are some finely decorated wrought-iron Italian (Brescia made) barrels from snap-matchlock or snap-tinderlock Landsnecht arquebuses.
The were all wrought three-staged, with a rear and...
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