Forum: European Armoury
22nd November 2021, 09:00 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
19th October 2021, 08:41 PM
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Jim, I think you hit the nail on the head...
Jim, I think you hit the nail on the head regarding the Pandours and the curious notch on the sword. Franziskus Freiherr von der Trenck must have been a remarkable man. I read what purports to be his...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th October 2021, 07:04 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
17th October 2021, 08:50 PM
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Hi Jim, Thank you so much for posting photos of...
Hi Jim, Thank you so much for posting photos of your interesting pandour sword! In fact itÂ’s the first time I see what it really looks like, as I had only seen WagnerÂ’s drawing of it before. ItÂ’s...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th October 2021, 03:38 PM
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Maybe it’s the Bavarian Pottenstein :D
Note...
Maybe it’s the Bavarian Pottenstein :D
Note that there is a senior and a junior Melchior Steiner (see the text). The factory was started by the uncle and continued with the nephew (knighted)...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th October 2021, 01:03 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
17th October 2021, 09:55 AM
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In the 18thC Austria manufactured sword blades...
In the 18thC Austria manufactured sword blades mainly in Pottenstein and Weiz. Melchior Steiner started production of sword blades in Pottenstein (lower Austria) in 1765. He successfully competed...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th October 2021, 09:21 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
10th October 2021, 10:37 AM
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My sword is only good for pricking with in its...
My sword is only good for pricking with in its current condition. In the early 20thC Swedish Dragoons were trained in cut and thrust sabre (more correctly termed pallash) fencing. First they received...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th October 2021, 09:43 AM
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Hi Jim, I first learned about this Bosnian...
Hi Jim, I first learned about this Bosnian alphabet in this forum, see post #51: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=14049&page=2. I understand it was used primarily in the territory of...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th October 2021, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 29
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Here are some pictures of my unsharpened...
Here are some pictures of my unsharpened pallasch. In Sweden it’s defined as Cavalry Sabre m/1893 for Officers. The blade is in good quality steel with two fullers. Although the tip is sharp the...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th October 2021, 12:14 PM
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An observer’s comment on an inscription on a...
An observer’s comment on an inscription on a schiavona once alerted me to the now extinct Bosnian Cyrillic language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_Cyrillic. ”After the Ottoman conquest,...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th October 2021, 12:06 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th October 2021, 07:11 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th October 2021, 04:15 PM
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I have a pallasch from an ancestor who was an...
I have a pallasch from an ancestor who was an officer in the Kungliga Norrlands Dragoner in early 20thC which is unsharpened. I believe the reason for this is that the swords were only sharpened for...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd October 2021, 01:22 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd October 2021, 09:10 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd October 2021, 08:50 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd October 2021, 03:25 PM
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Hi Jim,
Many thanks for your comments. This...
Hi Jim,
Many thanks for your comments. This is the officers’ version of the M1869 and a private purchase. The cavalry trooper’s sabre has a 3.6cm wide blade and a simpler guard perforated with...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th September 2021, 02:22 PM
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Austro-Hungarian cavalry sword M1869
I recently acquired an Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal (k.k.) cavalry sabre M1869 for officers. It’s a nickelplated version with scabbard. There’s a fuller down one side of the 83.5cm long blade...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th August 2021, 06:50 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th August 2021, 07:50 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd August 2021, 08:37 PM
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At the Wallace Collection:
” “War Hammer...
At the Wallace Collection:
” “War Hammer (Czákany), with a square, stepped, hammer-head with a square face and moulded neck, balanced by a long, slightly drooping, fluted beak. Short, socket...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st August 2021, 09:03 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
26th July 2021, 08:41 PM
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Armour used by machine gunners apparently....
Armour used by machine gunners apparently. Perhaps it accounts for the enlarged arm opening on the right hand side? Otherwise I speculate it could be to swing and throw stick grenades.
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