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Forum: European Armoury 9th May 2025, 02:07 AM
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Posted By M ELEY
Very good point, Jim! I do remember those rules...

Very good point, Jim! I do remember those rules concerning 'new' items! I miss Fernando also coming in to remind us of the same. As you mention, though, in context to style, this amazing tomahawk is...
Forum: European Armoury 8th May 2025, 12:04 PM
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Views: 13,243
Posted By M ELEY
Wow! You say you forged this yourself? Excellent...

Wow! You say you forged this yourself? Excellent work! As you point out, the early period tomahawks (ca 1600-1730 or so) were the round poll types and some did indeed have some great decoration and...
Forum: European Armoury 5th May 2025, 02:59 PM
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Views: 39,023
Posted By M ELEY
Hello David and thanks for responding. Also,...

Hello David and thanks for responding. Also, thank you for that great information! In R.R. Gale's "A Soldier-like Way:The Material Culture of the British Infantry 1751-1768", among the Scottish light...
Forum: European Armoury 5th May 2025, 02:39 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 39,023
Posted By M ELEY
There is a huge devide among historians on the...

There is a huge devide among historians on the use of the term 'tomahawk' when it comes to hammer poll axes versus the classic types. Likewise, there are varying opinions as to whether Native...
Forum: European Armoury 5th May 2025, 02:15 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 39,023
Posted By M ELEY
Hammer poll 'tomahawk' trade axe

Here we have a nice hammer poll axe that was obviously sold to a Native American, who refitted it with trade beads and a nice curving haft. The head is of a wedge-shaped pattern, blacksmith-made with...
Forum: European Armoury 5th May 2025, 01:59 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 39,023
Posted By M ELEY
An old spike tomahawk-

Here we have the classic spike-tomahawk type. This one was purchased from a fellow Forumite, Mark Golab (thanks, my friend!). The head is hand-forged, with an old steel bit fitted into the bearded...
Forum: European Armoury 5th May 2025, 01:46 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 39,023
Posted By M ELEY
A few new additions to the collection...

Here we have a couple of nice, authentic 'skull hammers'. Sorry for the grim reference, but these types were both weapon and tool, traded to the Native Americans from the times of the early 1600's up...
Forum: European Armoury 16th April 2025, 04:55 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 29,683
Posted By M ELEY
I agree with the stacking of cannon balls on a...

I agree with the stacking of cannon balls on a ship seeming impractical, but the pyramidal stacking of cannonballs was definitely a practice for land installations and in the field. Cannon 'stations'...
Forum: European Armoury 11th April 2025, 03:42 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 18,883
Posted By M ELEY
Hello Scallywag and welcome to the Forum. This...

Hello Scallywag and welcome to the Forum. This axe head does indeed seem to match the 'hache de bord' pattern of French boarding axe, with it's rectangle eye (that would have been secured with...
Forum: European Armoury 4th April 2025, 03:09 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 19,567
Posted By M ELEY
Thanks for replying, Jim. It is true that these...

Thanks for replying, Jim. It is true that these types of axes are indeed from a very specific area of collecting, but a very fascinating area given the time period and activity for these. The Age of...
Forum: European Armoury 12th March 2025, 12:55 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 19,567
Posted By M ELEY
In mentioning the relatively late appearance of...

In mentioning the relatively late appearance of cutlasses/swords in the Swedish navy, here's an old thread concerning such-

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7180

I thought it was...
Forum: European Armoury 11th March 2025, 07:03 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 53,374
Posted By M ELEY
Hello Cap'n Jim! Good to hear from you! Black...

Hello Cap'n Jim! Good to hear from you! Black powder apparently has a very long shelf life and it is the reason that collectors have to be very careful if there is still powder in these shells. Most...
Forum: European Armoury 11th March 2025, 02:49 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 53,374
Posted By M ELEY
Forgot to mention that these 'grenadoes' where...

Forgot to mention that these 'grenadoes' where sometimes lit and then shot out of small mortars before they exploded, adding greatly to the distance they could be 'delivered'!!;)
Forum: European Armoury 11th March 2025, 02:46 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 19,567
Posted By M ELEY
Thanks for responding, CC! I meant every word of...

Thanks for responding, CC! I meant every word of praise! It is interesting that I purchased this through an antiques dealer in Dorking, Suffolk. He said it came from an 'old collection', so I wonder...
Forum: European Armoury 10th March 2025, 09:48 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 19,567
Posted By M ELEY
In 'Boarders Away' by Gilkerson, it is mentioned...

In 'Boarders Away' by Gilkerson, it is mentioned that two Scandinavian axes were captured by the Americans from the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812. It is surmised that the reason the...
Forum: European Armoury 10th March 2025, 09:15 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 19,567
Posted By M ELEY
I would like to thank our Forum's own CC/Cutlass...

I would like to thank our Forum's own CC/Cutlass Collector for his monumental page on boarding axes in helping me identify this piece. CC, your resource is really the best I found online or...
Forum: European Armoury 10th March 2025, 09:08 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 19,567
Posted By M ELEY
More pics...

Note that the Scandinavian type boarding axes, like the French hach de borde, had both forward and backward-facing langets attached to the haft that the head snapped onto. This system works...
Forum: European Armoury 10th March 2025, 08:55 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 19,567
Posted By M ELEY
A boarding axe for comments

I have always wanted one of these for my naval collection and finally managed to land one! This is a Scandinavian boarding axe circa 1790-1810. Depending on the source, this type is either Danish or...
Forum: European Armoury 10th March 2025, 02:38 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 53,374
Posted By M ELEY
A 2 pounder cannonball

Here we have a 2 pounder cannonball, reportedly dug locally at the Yadkin River (near my home) where a skirmish during the Revolutionary War took place at the Battle of the Shallow Ford. The...
Forum: European Armoury 10th March 2025, 02:21 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 53,374
Posted By M ELEY
A 'grenado'

Here's an early grenado, perhaps, 1600's. It is roughly the size of a plum. Gilkerson, in Boarders Away II, says that these came in two sizes. Mine appears to be an 'Army' type, whereas naval...
Forum: European Armoury 10th March 2025, 01:57 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 53,374
Posted By M ELEY
More munitions...

Here's a few from my collection. The large one is a 6 -pounder reportedly from the Charleston, SC area circa 1770's. The 6 pounders were used by both the Continentals and the Red Coats.

Also in...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th March 2025, 04:23 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 34,690
Posted By M ELEY
She was indeed the most successful pirate in...

She was indeed the most successful pirate in recorded history, having a 'flotilla' of over 10,000 pirates! The sketch that Gustav posted from 1830's is a famous depiction. In it, she looks like she...
Forum: European Armoury 7th March 2025, 04:31 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 14,871
Posted By M ELEY
Mark, you sure know how to find 'em! As you have...

Mark, you sure know how to find 'em! As you have already mentioned, a nice old example of poll/belt axe. I'd easily wager pre-1800. The problem with so many of these is that these stamps/maker marks...
Forum: European Armoury 5th March 2025, 07:35 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 53,374
Posted By M ELEY
Will M, I remember that great 'broad arrow'...

Will M, I remember that great 'broad arrow' marked piece! I'm envious!
Rick, that is a great shell cannonball! It would be heavier if it were full of powder and small shot! I'm no expert on these...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd March 2025, 12:50 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 53,374
Posted By M ELEY
Ed brought up a good point indeed. Many so-called...

Ed brought up a good point indeed. Many so-called 'cannon balls' are actually mill balls used in tumblers to crush rocks into gravel. Then again, there are other suspects, like counter-weights,...
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