Forum: European Armoury
23rd June 2011, 10:28 PM
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markings
Hi Fernando. please find better pic in the attachments file. Yes you are correct under the main letters are 3 numbers 563 which at sometime got crossed out for some reason. there are also a line of 5...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd June 2011, 06:34 PM
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Replies: 6
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spontoon
hi, I picked up this spontoon some time back and to me it looks and feels wrong. the staff was a plastic varnish coated think with know age at all. but i am not sure of the blade and fittings. the...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd June 2011, 06:27 PM
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Replies: 7
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Can you ID this mark please
hi there, can anyone please help out with this mark on the guard of an french M1822 light cavalry sabre, the blade is marked Klingenthal 1830 which i know about but i have not seen the stamped AGN on...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th April 2011, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 3
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medieval soldiers survived after battle
hi all, this maybe of interest to you all, its out of a UK newspaper showing what medieval weapons did do to the human body.
A massive haul of bones discovered in a medieval graveyard has given an...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th April 2011, 01:27 PM
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nco,s spontoon. help needed
hi, just had this spontoon delivered from an auction house. which was listed as an 18th cen british nco,s spontoon.
I think this is a copy, as it just looks far to new. and the wood as no marks from...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th March 2011, 09:43 PM
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rubbed markings on spontoon
Hi there, can anyone please let me know if there is a way that i can improve the image of rubbed markings on a steel spontoon blade. I would put pics up but the markings are very badly rubbed and do...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th November 2010, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 9,232
in answer
Hi, thanks again for all the replies. I know that these weapons turn up at auction all the time. The auction I got these from had no less then 8 two of which just had to be reproductions, ie looked...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th November 2010, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 9,232
in answer
Thanks chaps, I know these are common items, but look nice on the wall, my thinking was that the more expensive one with the better blade and quillon terminal may of been for an NCO or elite...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th November 2010, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 11
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update on markings
Hi with a better set of glasses I have found a stamped number 3 on the underside of the handle of the weapon with a B mark on the blade, also a stamped letter M or N also on the underside of the...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th November 2010, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 9,232
in answer
Hi, there is one mark on the knuckle guard but its been badly rubbed and i can,t make it out. this 2nd mark is on the briguet with the letter B stamped on the blade, it also as a less rounded guard...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th November 2010, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,972
in answer
Hi the reason for not showing pics was that some tor rag broke into my car and had my camera away/ my little old camera just will not give very good pictures so whats the point. michael
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Forum: European Armoury
12th November 2010, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 9,232
can you please ID
Hi, can anyone please help ID these two infantry briguets. one is marked with a B stamped on the blade and a further stamp on the hand guard which is too hard to make up. The second is also stamped...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th November 2010, 10:28 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,972
Question about markings
hi all, Can anyone please let me know what the 4 means above the heart shaped
east indian company marking.
what I have is a musket with the a heart shaped outline with the letters E I C split up...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th October 2010, 05:59 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 11,890
in answer
hi, for some reason my picture is not getting posted. the sword however is a lot lighter then the above pictures weapons. and the markings are not the same. I am thinking that the sword i have in...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th October 2010, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 11,890
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Forum: European Armoury
25th October 2010, 04:01 PM
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Views: 11,890
hope the picture comes out
http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/uu188/terry1956/sword.jpg
picture of the handle and guard. there are no markings on the blade at all.
michael
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Forum: European Armoury
25th October 2010, 02:44 PM
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forgot to add, sorry
here is a pic. michael
http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/uu188/terry1956/sword.jpg
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Forum: European Armoury
25th October 2010, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 9
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Can you ID this sword
Hi, can anyone help me out here. I have this sword, and its a little odd.At first it looks like a 1796 light cavalry pattern sword. Put on closer inspection it looks to small, the blade is 34 inches...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th October 2010, 09:30 AM
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Replies: 47
Views: 55,162
in answer
Hi Lee. Pattern is just that a pattern showing on the blade produced from the action of welding the metal together. strips of metal maybe 5 or 6 strips sometimes more each strip of metal having...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th October 2010, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,730
an update
Just to update, this item was send back to the auction house and a full refund given. don,t think I will be buying anything not seen with my own eyes first for a long time, michael
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Forum: European Armoury
12th October 2010, 08:28 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,730
in answer
Thanks chaps, one could say that i am not poleaxed by the answers. I knew as soon as i saw it. it was wrong. a poleaxe is a killing weapon yet this had as much killing power as a coat hook. I am all...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th October 2010, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,730
in answer
Hi, yes that was my feeling, all looked odd and small looking, mind you looks ok on my old wooded celling beams.
thanks for reply, will need to go to germany for a real poleaxe sometime as they...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th October 2010, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,730
Is this poleaxe real ???
Hi is this poleaxe really 16th cen as stated, to me it looks and feels wrong, to small and to light. the spec is.
10 1/2 inches from tip to socket, and 7 1/2 inches wide. the head weight is 2 1/2...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th October 2010, 09:10 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 25,943
thanks for reply
Thanks, yes its in nice condition, and thanks for saying so. looks nice on the wall, hoping to pick up some other items to go with it, tipstaff etc. michael
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Forum: European Armoury
11th October 2010, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 18
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my hanger
http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/uu188/terry1956/sword/prisonsword.jpg
above is a picture of my hanger, You can see that it has the locking catch, so making it a later item, maybe around 1850....
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