Forum: European Armoury
14th July 2025, 08:32 PM
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book of Scottish weapons
This book looks wonderful Corrado, so I have ordered a copy. Thanks for highlighting it. I would never have known about it otherwise.
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Forum: European Armoury
14th July 2025, 08:08 PM
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Unknown brass hilt
I found an Oley (Shotley Bridge) blade with this hilt and wondered if anybody would tell me about the hilt. It has lost its grip binding in the past, replaced with copper wire - which works but is...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th July 2025, 09:19 PM
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Replies: 9
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box lock example
These are box-locks with the mechanism centered into the top of the breech as opposed to the side.
Percussion cap versions became available though not so much as the flint variety.
You will often...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th July 2025, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 9
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Lock
This is not a box-lock Jim.
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Forum: European Armoury
13th July 2025, 09:10 PM
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Replies: 10
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Sabre grip
Hi Jim. I was mistaken... Matt was talking about a transition in the Victorian period when basket hilt and sabre were the same fighting technique, so concessions were made to facilitate the sabre...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th July 2025, 06:05 PM
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Matt
My thoughts too regarding Matt's comments on sabre grip.
I was a later change if I remember correctly.
Well done, Werecow.
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Forum: European Armoury
11th July 2025, 11:12 PM
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symmetrical
Hey Jim, that is a cool hilt. It is symmetrical, which, if I remember correctly, was a later style more suited to the gloved hands of the English than the bare clan hands.
Apart from embellishments...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th July 2025, 10:48 PM
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Replies: 5
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Error
Hi Norman. Thank-you; now I can see the blade from different angles I can see it is not as I had described and consequently will need to be removed. This is the great advantage of getting my work...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th July 2025, 07:49 PM
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Response
Hi Norman. Specifically which sword? I was not aware one of them was a Dutch officer sword. Thanks for your appreciation; it is a pleasure to share this story. Keith.
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Forum: European Armoury
10th July 2025, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 5
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The German Swordmakers in Shotley Bridge
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I have decided to give free access to a pdf. of my book that tells the story and history of The German Swordmakers of Shotley Bridge, including the entire peripheral details - which are...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th July 2025, 08:17 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 6,725
weather
Umbrellas ! ? The British Brolly. What happened to the war of independence? Hey hey! You Guys thought you had won it; until it started to rain.
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Forum: European Armoury
9th July 2025, 08:32 PM
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Replies: 20
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Holland
I spent quite a bit of time trying to ascertain exactly what was present in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. No defections to Holland were recorded by the Solingen guilds and I couldn't find any examples of...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th July 2025, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 20
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doubtful knavery
I'm not sure Jim, maybe I'm rose tinting, but my instinct tells me that it was Koln traders alone.
I've read - somewhere in the past - that those markets employed smiths to stamp the blades...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th July 2025, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 20
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German iron industry
Hey Jim, I do know that they have ascertained that the iron and blade industry in the Wupper Valley dates back 2,000 years.
The relevant area for metal working was Remscheid, which latterly tended...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th July 2025, 06:28 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
7th July 2025, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 20
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Hounslow iron ore supplies
This thread got me thinking... then researching, because I had never considered where Hounslow got its iron ore from; or London - for that matter. I suppose if pushed I would have said - without...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th July 2025, 08:24 PM
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Replies: 18
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Cherchez la femme
Mr Eley... it's Mark isn't it?
That is a 5 pint story of a three month long adventure, but in a nutshell - yes, I got the girl out; married her in the UK then returned and was welcomed into the...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th July 2025, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 6,725
new thread
Perhaps these last two posts could become a new thread.
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Forum: European Armoury
4th July 2025, 12:15 PM
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iron ore
Hi Jim. Somewhere in my hundreds of files of research is a detailed account of all the various impurities in the various iron ores according to region. I will track it down as this sort of detail...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd July 2025, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 5
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Catholics
Quite right Jim, many Jacobites were not Catholics but were simply dedicated Royalists. I don't know how the Catholics aligned when William and Mary were enthroned.
The reason I called it a...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd July 2025, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 18
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Lupara
I was threatened with a Lupara when attempting to elope with a Mafia princess from Catania/Sicily back in the '70s (1970s!!). It didn't have a trumpet muzzle but it was loaded with rock salt.
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd July 2025, 09:39 PM
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Replies: 9
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The Grand Review
James II (present, as indicated by the viewing platform) is marshaling his troops to intimidate Parliament. There are various countrys' flags adding insult to injury.
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd July 2025, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 9
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The Heath
Good question Triari. General knowledge appears to indicate the suitability of the (originally 4,000 acre) location as an army camp-ground, certainly dating back to Roman occupation times.
The Cut...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd July 2025, 09:31 AM
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Replies: 18
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Shrewsbury
David! Shrewsbury was awash with weapons?
Why was that? You make it sound like it was the norm. Was it a dangerous place? More dangerous than Tyneside!? Nowhere except Sicily was more dangerous...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd July 2025, 10:23 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,229
dating
Thank-you Battara.
I also, instinctively, felt your dates were more appropriate.
I thought it a Sterling style hilt - but I may be wrong.
Whatever it is, it has been fitted to an exemplary, very...
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