Forum: European Armoury
18th December 2018, 02:30 AM
|
|
Replies: 15
Views: 9,814
An interesting subject!
I think most of these...
An interesting subject!
I think most of these spring guns were used by gamekeepers.
Someone sneaking through the coverts at night might get a nasty surprise.
The trip wire of course, swivels the...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
17th December 2018, 02:28 PM
|
|
Replies: 32
Views: 32,833
A Very factual reply, Jim!
Yes, as officers...
A Very factual reply, Jim!
Yes, as officers supplied their own equipment, , old family accoutrements were very common.
If any of us were in this position, I think we would do Exactly the same,...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
16th December 2018, 02:28 PM
|
|
Replies: 32
Views: 32,833
Jim,
Very interesting contributions from...
Jim,
Very interesting contributions from yourself. Just like we expect!
Whilst reading these, it was running through my mind how many times , and in different parts of the world, we see arms...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
9th December 2018, 02:42 AM
|
|
Replies: 32
Views: 32,833
Norman,
Have you ever read any of the...
Norman,
Have you ever read any of the letters of the Chiefs of Grant? Particularly the personal correspondence?
It is a wonderful window into the time period of the '45 and both before and...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
8th December 2018, 02:10 PM
|
|
Replies: 32
Views: 32,833
Jose,
From quite an early date, the British...
Jose,
From quite an early date, the British Government raised regiments in Scotland. Particularly the Highlands. The Government issued these soldiers muskets swords and dirks. Even pistols...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
7th December 2018, 01:22 PM
|
|
Replies: 32
Views: 32,833
Jose,
Have you looked at Government hilts? ...
Jose,
Have you looked at Government hilts?
In your last photos, I can see the side panels on the shoulders. These, with the three pins and the shape, are identical to the Government hilt of...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
5th December 2018, 02:06 PM
|
|
Replies: 32
Views: 32,833
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
25th November 2018, 02:01 PM
|
|
Replies: 37
Views: 24,772
Dear Fernando,
Thank you for waking me up...
Dear Fernando,
Thank you for waking me up re, these manilas. It seems in the dim and dusty past, I knew the currency connection, but it had slipped my memory!
Kind regards,
R.
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
24th November 2018, 02:14 PM
|
|
Replies: 37
Views: 24,772
Gents,
Interesting thread, but at the risk...
Gents,
Interesting thread, but at the risk of appearing as thick as I am, How are these bracelets associated with the slave trade?
By this I mean they don't look strong enogh to have been...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
30th October 2018, 04:44 AM
|
|
Replies: 3
Views: 7,045
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
5th October 2018, 02:15 PM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 10,782
Good morning Shayde,
I don't see why not. an...
Good morning Shayde,
I don't see why not. an awful lot of horse harness was cast into waters as votive offerings, so don't think a sword and scabbard would be out of place.
Mind, some weapons...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
5th October 2018, 01:56 AM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 10,782
Hi Rick,
It looks Viking Age to me.
May ...
Hi Rick,
It looks Viking Age to me.
May (With a capital M!) have been a votive offering. All sorts of things were chucked into lakes and pools. Cooking pots were very common and anything...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
18th September 2018, 03:41 AM
|
|
Replies: 7
Views: 10,162
Thank you for the search word for the sealing...
Thank you for the search word for the sealing guns Markku! Very kind of you!
Thank you also for the good photographs!
Yes, I know the story of the battle you mention, and the accurate fire of...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
16th September 2018, 09:39 PM
|
|
Replies: 7
Views: 10,162
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
16th September 2018, 01:54 PM
|
|
Replies: 7
Views: 10,162
Very nice musket Markku.
It appears in good...
Very nice musket Markku.
It appears in good order, and yes, the dog catch and rear sight are hall -marks of these muskets, and Swedish arms of that period in general.
We do see a few turn up in...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
6th September 2018, 02:10 PM
|
|
Replies: 3
Views: 9,088
Thank you for this, and the very interesting...
Thank you for this, and the very interesting links, Andi!
I must go back and read the "Matchlock" thread.
Please keep us updated on future findings regarding these. All so very Interesting!
...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
6th September 2018, 02:01 PM
|
|
Replies: 20
Views: 13,368
Dear Fernando,
Yes indeed you may well be...
Dear Fernando,
Yes indeed you may well be right on this.
We sometimes see exactly the same thing where swords are concerned.
Excavated in good condition, not cleaned, and go to pot very quickly!...
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd September 2018, 04:03 PM
|
|
Replies: 59
Views: 34,136
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd September 2018, 03:29 PM
|
|
Replies: 59
Views: 34,136
Rick,
(When you dropping in to see us...
Rick,
(When you dropping in to see us again???)
Re bi-pods;
If we look at the miniature paintings from Moghul India, we see plenty of representations of bi-pods. I think it would be the first...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
2nd September 2018, 03:10 PM
|
|
Replies: 20
Views: 13,368
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2018, 03:06 PM
|
|
Replies: 59
Views: 34,136
Rick,
The stock carving of the gun in the...
Rick,
The stock carving of the gun in the O.P. also say India, rather than Afghanistan. (On underside ahead of the breech.)
Eggerton has one very similar, to both this one and the one Mahratt...
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2018, 02:44 PM
|
|
Replies: 59
Views: 34,136
That makes sense, David.
Our big problem...
That makes sense, David.
Our big problem with all Indian arms, is that they tended to travel a lot, as war booty and later as trade items, so where a gun started out and where it was found and...
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th August 2018, 01:52 PM
|
|
Replies: 19
Views: 13,177
Hi Rick,
I like this one!
As you say...
Hi Rick,
I like this one!
As you say above, it is very nice to get the Persian/Omani barrel!
We do not see many of these on jezails or toradors, odd one, but that's it.
It (The barrel) looks...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
14th August 2018, 02:54 PM
|
|
Replies: 9
Views: 12,671
Snaplock,
It appears we share similar...
Snaplock,
It appears we share similar interests. :)
Look up the guns of Henry V111, as he had some breechloaders, originally wheel-locks but at least one now fitted with a match lock.
If...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
7th August 2018, 01:46 PM
|
|
Replies: 13
Views: 18,298
A question if I may;
On the farm I have used...
A question if I may;
On the farm I have used a billhook of varying types for the last 50 years, but being from Northern England the style I used did not have this pointed projection on the back....
|
