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Forum: European Armoury 22nd April 2022, 08:01 PM
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Posted By Philip
Thank you! As a return favor, here are a couple...

Thank you! As a return favor, here are a couple of images of a hand-and-half sword I used to own (all too briefly). Had to sell it to finance another purchase which was too tempting to pass up. ...
Forum: European Armoury 22nd April 2022, 07:43 PM
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Posted By Philip
I recall finding my copy of Vello / Tonin via the...

I recall finding my copy of Vello / Tonin via the worldwide bookfinder.com search engine, and was directed to Amazon (don't all roads lead to Rome, haha). Apparently it's a self-published,...
Forum: European Armoury 22nd April 2022, 07:28 PM
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Posted By Philip
Smile Hey, Victrix, I really dig that broadsword! ...

Hey, Victrix, I really dig that broadsword! Especially with the inscription on the blade! Do you have a pic of the entire thing? (I know this kind of sword is wandering from the topic of this...
Forum: European Armoury 22nd April 2022, 06:20 AM
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Posted By Philip
the Hungarian imprint

Here are 3 swords that have a strong resemblance.

Top is a typical medieval Hungarian sword, 15th cent., this example in the Hungarian National Museum, Budapest, published in Vas, Ezüst és Arany...
Forum: European Armoury 21st April 2022, 10:24 PM
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Posted By Philip
Victrix, I agree wholeheartedly. You mention...

Victrix, I agree wholeheartedly.

You mention the düssage, another very interesting weapon. I note that this Germanic term seems related to the name tessak, applied to a short bladed and generally...
Forum: European Armoury 21st April 2022, 10:12 PM
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Posted By Philip
Blade production in Lombardy and Veneto was...

Blade production in Lombardy and Veneto was spread between several important towns with large-scale output, the Venetians who governed the areas exported them widely by means of their mercantile...
Forum: European Armoury 21st April 2022, 06:36 PM
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Views: 105,411
Posted By Philip
It would be logical to assume that the style of...

It would be logical to assume that the style of weaponry followed the custom of the mercenaries using it. Yes, the Stradioti were mostly Greek and Albanian, and with these troops one would expect the...
Forum: European Armoury 21st April 2022, 06:01 PM
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Views: 105,411
Posted By Philip
feline connection

Good point, Nando. Yes, even the Italian arms literature refers to "testa di gatto". Some see a stylized pussycat profile, others envision the Lion of St Mark. There is a certain zoological...
Forum: European Armoury 21st April 2022, 12:42 AM
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Views: 105,411
Posted By Philip
I am trying to research that point myself. ...

I am trying to research that point myself. Venice, essentially a city-state, was primarily a maritime power, defending its far flung network of island and coastal trading centers. But at various...
Forum: European Armoury 20th April 2022, 09:49 PM
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Views: 7,626
Posted By Philip
Thanks for sharing this useful document. I...

Thanks for sharing this useful document.
I am somewhat surprised not to find, in the illustrations of swords, the flatted square pommels with central bosses, characteristic of the late-medieval...
Forum: European Armoury 20th April 2022, 09:35 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 105,411
Posted By Philip
Here are additional pics of the same schiavona. ...

Here are additional pics of the same schiavona. Note that the diagonal border of the basket, on the obverse side, is composed of two parallel bars, with "ladder rungs" in between them. This is...
Forum: European Armoury 20th April 2022, 09:30 PM
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Posted By Philip
Thumb rings are found on quite a number of...

Thumb rings are found on quite a number of different European sword types. For example, they are found on Styrian / Bellunese riding-sword hilts ca 1560-70, and also on Polish sabers from the 16th...
Forum: European Armoury 20th April 2022, 01:25 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 105,411
Posted By Philip
The plural is schiavone. The one in the image...

The plural is schiavone.
The one in the image you attached is a nice one. These swords don't have to be fancy to be appealing, they were workaday weapons made for mercenary soldiers. Condition is...
Forum: European Armoury 5th March 2022, 09:57 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 29,309
Posted By Philip
Use of screws as frizzen pivots

Several posts previously I quoted author James Lavin on the use of the fiel which Espinar's 1644 treatise Arte de ballestería y montería
precisely describes this component as "similar to headless...
Forum: European Armoury 5th March 2022, 09:30 PM
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Views: 29,309
Posted By Philip
This hole looks like it held a crosspin that...

This hole looks like it held a crosspin that retains the tenon that projects from the rear portion of the priming pan cover plate / bridle. This tenon fits into a corresponding hole or mortise in the...
Forum: European Armoury 5th March 2022, 06:33 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 29,309
Posted By Philip
I'm trying to decipher the translation of your...

I'm trying to decipher the translation of your post, but it seems that the translation software is not quite up to handling the specialized terminology of a subject that has been out of public...
Forum: European Armoury 5th March 2022, 06:25 PM
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Views: 29,309
Posted By Philip
Lions may not be part of the native fauna of the...

Lions may not be part of the native fauna of the Americas, but would have certainly been known to the human inhabitants of these continents after the arrival of Europeans via trans-Atlantic cultural...
Forum: European Armoury 5th March 2022, 05:28 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 29,309
Posted By Philip
I agree. The motifs strongly point to possible...

I agree. The motifs strongly point to possible production in Latin America, if so this would be an historically and ethnographically more significant object than the typical Neapolitan pistol in...
Forum: European Armoury 5th March 2022, 05:21 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 29,309
Posted By Philip
a matter of translation

Oh, what is described in the thread as a "faithful" is what is known in Spanish as a fiel which is a pin drilled transversely through a screw and its threaded hold to keep it from backing out or...
Forum: European Armoury 26th February 2022, 08:59 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 15,967
Posted By Philip
Yes, I agree that sometimes the distinction...

Yes, I agree that sometimes the distinction between rapier or riding-sword (Reitschwert / spada da cavallo) can get blurry. Riding-swords used the same style hilts (Oakeshott explains this in his...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th February 2022, 06:03 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 19,952
Posted By Philip
That endeavor sounds almost as Sisyphian as...

That endeavor sounds almost as Sisyphian as dealing with the US Dept. of Ag and the Customs Service on a CITES case... Good luck if you want to try it.
Forum: European Armoury 17th January 2022, 06:26 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 44,321
Posted By Philip
Are the bores cylindrical, without constrictions...

Are the bores cylindrical, without constrictions or irregularities from casting? For guns that are meant to be shot, this is important. Besides the bores going all way back to the touchhole.

The...
Forum: European Armoury 12th January 2022, 05:27 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 41,433
Posted By Philip
The relatively coarse execution of the design...

The relatively coarse execution of the design tells me that it was chiseled by hand. Looks like a typical level of craftsmanship for the genre, place, and time.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st October 2021, 09:59 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 9,355
Posted By Philip
Smile Hey Joe, Congrats on getting a very clean,...

Hey Joe,
Congrats on getting a very clean, compleat example that's right as rain! So much nicer than many that you see out there.

My only suggestion is that you resist the temptation to carry...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd October 2021, 02:24 AM
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Views: 4,794
Posted By Philip
Markel Insurance Co., Rosemont, IL insures both...

Markel Insurance Co., Rosemont, IL insures both collectors and dealers in antique arms and militaria. I've worked thru my broker, Steve Boyett and Associates, 330 Franklin Rd, Ste 135A-526,...
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