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Forum: European Armoury 25th August 2020, 05:46 PM
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Posted By Philip
veneficium plumbo

Jim, did you know that Ludwig van Beethoven is also believed to have died of lead poisoning? A sample of his hair, tested some years back, revealed a high lead content. His bio indicated that he ...
Forum: European Armoury 25th August 2020, 05:32 PM
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Posted By Philip
Thanks, Jim. The literature in Italian uses...

Thanks, Jim.

The literature in Italian uses both storta and coltellacio to describe these weapons. I believe that the former is a Venetian dialectical term. In the book Armi e Armature...
Forum: European Armoury 25th August 2020, 05:38 AM
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Posted By Philip
These cutlasses or short sabers with clipped...

These cutlasses or short sabers with clipped points have a long history in Italy, having been in use for over two centuries. The painting below is San Michele ed il drago, by Antonio del...
Forum: European Armoury 25th August 2020, 02:36 AM
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Posted By Philip
The artist, whose real name was Michelangelo...

The artist, whose real name was Michelangelo Merisi, died a tormented man indeed. According to one account he was on the lam trying to escape a murder charge arising from the brawl that you...
Forum: European Armoury 25th August 2020, 02:26 AM
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Posted By Philip
I don't think it was gratuitous, the way many of...

I don't think it was gratuitous, the way many of us moderns (well not necessarily me) like dark and violent movies for the sensationalism and morbid thrill. Recall that this was an age that was...
Forum: European Armoury 25th August 2020, 02:18 AM
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Posted By Philip
She was martyred by being broken on a spiked...

She was martyred by being broken on a spiked wheel, so this is why iconography always show her standing next to a wheel, in this case shown broken as an allegory of the triumph of Faith. Centuries...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st August 2020, 05:36 AM
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Posted By Philip
Borislav, you do excellent work. The precision...

Borislav, you do excellent work. The precision of the craftsmanship and the fidelity to traditional forms and styles is commendable. By and large, the quality of the work is better than what I've...
Forum: European Armoury 20th August 2020, 02:13 AM
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Views: 51,650
Posted By Philip
Thanks, Raf! Would be interesting to know the...

Thanks, Raf! Would be interesting to know the location of the find and its cultural and historic context, especially considering that during the period in question, the lands of the eastern Baltic...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th August 2020, 05:32 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 40,845
Posted By Philip
On those Russian/Scandinavian rifles you've seen,...

On those Russian/Scandinavian rifles you've seen, what is the rifling configuration? Polygonal bore, as you see here, or else the round bore with semicircular grooves as typical on barrels made in...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th August 2020, 06:03 AM
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Views: 40,845
Posted By Philip
found two more!

This, from a French magazine, Gazette des Armes, December 1986, article by J R Clergeau on firearms from Siberia, prior to the introduction of industrial-age weaponry from Imperial Russia and the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th August 2020, 05:39 AM
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Views: 40,845
Posted By Philip
OK, so here we have a Russian snap lock,...

OK, so here we have a Russian snap lock, published in the same book. This is a very princely example, dated 1654, in the Kremlin Armory, Moscow (no. 6763).

Note 3 things similar to the primitive...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th August 2020, 05:30 AM
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Views: 40,845
Posted By Philip
Udo, you raise an interesting point. Let me...

Udo, you raise an interesting point. Let me first show this pic of two Scandinavian snaphaunces, both out of Howard L Blackmore's Guns and Rifles of the World (1965), figs 136, 137.

The one...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th August 2020, 05:06 AM
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Views: 40,845
Posted By Philip
horse of a different color

Hello,
Looking closely at the image of the Afghan (a drawing, not a photo) I can see that the artist has depicted a firearm notably different from your "pistol". The lock mechanism in the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th August 2020, 04:56 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 40,845
Posted By Philip
Hi, Fernando, please see my comments on this...

Hi, Fernando, please see my comments on this post, as re lack of frizzen springs on other locks as well.
Forum: European Armoury 16th August 2020, 04:56 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 51,650
Posted By Philip
lack of frizzen-spring

Hi, Raf
There are a number of extremely primitive snaplock guns kicking around the States, having been brought back by American servicemen during the Vietnam War. Smallbore, pistol grip stock not...
Forum: European Armoury 14th August 2020, 10:35 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 29,606
Posted By Philip
blade taper

Thanks, Casey. The deep spiral fluting on the pommel and the quillon finials, mirrored on the obverse side-ring, are typically Germanic.

Regarding taper, the width measurements I gave in my post...
Forum: European Armoury 13th August 2020, 02:49 AM
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Views: 29,606
Posted By Philip
A specimen for comparison and contrast

Here's the sword I referenced in my post last night. This reportedly came out of a private collection in the Netherlands, via a Scandinavian dealer. German, ca 1520-30.

Blade length: 35 7/8...
Forum: European Armoury 12th August 2020, 04:55 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 29,606
Posted By Philip
Thanks, Casey! This is a beautiful sword you...

Thanks, Casey! This is a beautiful sword you have, congrats.

Yours certainly has a responsive balance. Comparing with an example in my collection which I got recently (photos are in a PDF file...
Forum: European Armoury 10th August 2020, 06:39 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 29,606
Posted By Philip
images for comparison

Some examples of the genre to start the discussion. Line drawings show the gamut of hilt styles, from Ewart Oakeshott's European Weapons and Armour, fig 54. The simpler Group I guards are earlier,...
Forum: European Armoury 10th August 2020, 06:04 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 29,606
Posted By Philip
Thanks for posting this, looks nice! Could you...

Thanks for posting this, looks nice! Could you please give us some measurements, and the position of the balance point? Also,a pic of the tang button?

The "straight line" that you mention --...
Forum: European Armoury 10th August 2020, 05:58 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 28,631
Posted By Philip
You're most welcome. The term "shagreen" is...

You're most welcome. The term "shagreen" is widely used, and in many cases it's not clear whether the writer or speaker is really describing something from surf (ray- or sharkskin) or turf...
Forum: European Armoury 9th August 2020, 10:19 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 28,631
Posted By Philip
It's worth mentioning, to elaborate on my comment...

It's worth mentioning, to elaborate on my comment above re donkey skin as used on Persian and Ottoman scabbards, that there there is yet another hide from a related equine species with a decidedly...
Forum: European Armoury 9th August 2020, 06:36 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 39,860
Posted By Philip
This combo function is also seen on the Spanish...

This combo function is also seen on the Spanish patilla lock (aka miquelet). Of course that type of lock has a half-cock safety so a notched stud that performs that function is attached to a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th August 2020, 06:09 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 10,030
Posted By Philip
Antecedent for Otto miq

Rick,

Here's an early version of the Spanish patilla miquelet lock made outside of Spain, in this case Brescia, in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy, ca 1630. Considering that the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th August 2020, 05:23 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 10,030
Posted By Philip
Dutch for comparison

Hi, Rick

Here's an example identified as Dutch, or Dutch style, in Robert Held, The Age of Firearms (1957), fig. 149.

Like yours, it has a plain, polished surface, with large round disc on...
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