Forum: European Armoury
4th August 2025, 07:14 PM
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numbers
Hey Jim. Mole and Co. Birmingham worked alongside WS supplying the British government and governing entities in all manifestations, (East India Co. for example).
They were the only manufacturers...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd August 2025, 10:09 AM
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hammer time
Regarding the time it took to make a sword:
there were many stages in the production of a finished sword.
The first stage is obviously the forging of the blade.
Oley was getting his steel from...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th July 2025, 07:19 PM
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extra thoughts
Stuart wonders why there are so few "Made In Hounslow" blades on Hounslow hangars... Solingen blades seeming to predominate.
One of his examples is lavishly scripted "IN SOLINGEN ANNO 1644". ...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th July 2025, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 29
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Detail
I always suspected - given the lack of a button - that the grip has a rebind; probably a working-life job and very well done.
Stuart Mowbray, Brit. Mil. Swords page 165 shows an identical hilt in...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th July 2025, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 29
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Hilt
It's Keith - by all means.
246547
246548
246549
it is still a very sharp blade.
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Forum: European Armoury
29th July 2025, 02:57 PM
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dates and talismans
My Hounslow Hangar has - along with a Passau Wolf latten - a date which actually corresponds to a local event in history:
246535
246536
This was the date of the crowning of the sixteen year old...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th July 2025, 10:59 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th July 2025, 10:48 AM
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Wolves and cutlers
Here's something I picked up on Jim, outside of the Hunting Hangar thread's purpose:
"In Hounslow Johann Kindt 1630-40 used the running wolf...."
Much debate has attended the issue of the Wolf...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th July 2025, 09:10 PM
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Replies: 29
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numbers
This is a very important thread re. talismanic numbers. It appears no-one has fully plumbed these depths. Jim, you were the first person I encountered who suggested talismanic sigils and numerology...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th July 2025, 06:28 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 11,715
No memory
Well, I got to thinking about what a hell of a good move Josie Wales is and well worth a quiet Saturday afternoon's viewing, seeing it has been some time.
Mostly he was using what looked like big...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th July 2025, 01:44 PM
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Other worldly
This is a handsome sword Jim and obviously ripe with provenance.
We are in a new world for me but it is very interesting.
Let me ask a question that falls marginally into my ball-court: where was...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th July 2025, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 29
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Fox
Hey Jim, are you watching? There's that fox again.
With reference to the history of this sword, I suspect this is a second generation grip. The cap and the peen are indicative of a previous antler...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th July 2025, 08:25 PM
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Elementary my Dear McDougal
Do you know that those words were never actually spoken in any of the novels!
Elementary... yes. My Dear Watson... yes. But never together.
Anyway, with the absolutely utmost modesty I must...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd July 2025, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 11,715
cap it all
Thank-you CC. I was not aware of the percussion ignition spreading, but now I look at my Colt (made for export to London) pocket pistol I see just how much damage was done to the surrounding...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd July 2025, 10:03 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd July 2025, 09:58 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd July 2025, 09:50 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 11,715
no make mentioned
"I am certain the final showdown in the movie "The Outlaw Josie Wales" features a replaceable cylinder winning the day... yes?"
Yes, and it was a Remington; I didn't mention a manufacturer, only...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th July 2025, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 27
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Our Man Clint
I am certain the final showdown in the movie "The Outlaw Josie Wales" features a replaceable cylinder winning the day... yes?
It was a definite boon with percussion arms and it would have been...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th July 2025, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 27
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one shot
I would feel that your carbine was certainly a Kentucky even without the undeniable proof.
It was my Remington RB pistol that showed up so very occasionally in Hollywood depictions that convinced me...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th July 2025, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 27
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block?
Is this a falling-block Jim?
It is on my list of must haves.
I have a Remington Rolling Block carbine .43 Spanish and I also have my treasured Winchester lever with a fantastic story behind it....
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Forum: European Armoury
16th July 2025, 08:56 PM
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examples of the BTF
Here are most of the examples of the Bushy Tailed Fox I have either physically acquired or simply copied.
The first image is the small-sword that convinced me that the BTF was actually Oley's mark,...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th July 2025, 10:45 AM
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Replies: 6
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cont:
Hi Jim and Werecow. Thanks for responding to this. Let me first explain: I bought this sword at an auction last week simply because it is an Oley blade.
Its BTF (bushy tailed fox), like below, is...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th July 2025, 06:51 PM
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Replies: 6
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Bezdek
I've been searching in Bezdek but the nearest I can find is this:
246215
Can no-one offer any more?
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Forum: European Armoury
15th July 2025, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 11,534
Linings
Hi Jim. Thanks for your help here, I am much obliged.
The leather patch in my hilt will have been a working repair as the original linings were traditionally deerskin. I don't know how much of the...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th July 2025, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 11,534
Timely
This is all great stuff Gents. Despite living on the border I have never been exposed to much info on Scottish weapons.
Actually, here in Newcastle, there is no real source of info on any of the...
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