Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th March 2013, 09:47 PM
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10th March 2013, 08:53 PM
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THE BIG AUCTIONS IMPERIAL SALE IS NEXT WEEK!
Dear Forum Members,
Response to our 2013 has been terrific!
We are pleased to see the names of many familiar forum members registered through Liveauctioneers.
After registering, you...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2013, 04:58 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2013, 08:44 PM
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rifle
The piece is right. China or the surrounding area is the location with that lock and form of stock. Age is a question. Guess from pics would be 19th century. A very similar form with a detachable...
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13th February 2013, 10:47 PM
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12th February 2013, 04:48 AM
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31st January 2013, 08:56 PM
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AUCTIONS IMPERIAL 2013 SALE MARCH 16, 2013
Dear Forumites,
We are pleased to announce our 2013 Sale of Fine Antique Arms & Armor,
to be held March 16, 2013-- same town and date as the Baltimore Arms Collectors Show in Timonium, Maryland. ...
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20th March 2012, 04:10 PM
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AUCTIONS IMPERIAL 2012 PRICES REALIZED
Dear Friends & Colleagues,
Thank you for making our 2012 sale a succcess.
We have had many calls regarding prices realized;
these are typically posted on our website within a
week of the sale....
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10th March 2012, 02:33 PM
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14th February 2012, 07:37 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th April 2011, 02:26 AM
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ETCHING
Ferricc chloride is a standard ferric sulphate, muratic,photoghraphic fixer,etc. If it were me I would try a small amount every inch or so it will be easy to compare the results. I use bee's wax to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th April 2011, 03:33 AM
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testing
ok use the bottom of the barrell it will never be exposed after reasembly. just mask off around it. you can test your various acid test on it. then no harm no foul
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd April 2011, 04:59 PM
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damascus
yes the shotgun damascus you are referering to was done as a cheap copy of the original damascus process. If you look thru the threads you will see various patterns that the smiths used to work the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd April 2011, 01:55 AM
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etching
the part you are missing is that etching is a acid and will eat rust just as well as iron. do not soak the piece in any oil yet. It will just screw up the etch. The only reason you completly sand a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st April 2011, 03:25 AM
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etching
any lose or huge surface rust take off. you can do somehing as simple as take sand in your hand and run it across the barrell a few times. take a towel with some ammonia across it and then etch it....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st April 2011, 01:44 AM
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etching
this is where the fun begins. it depends on what was used to make the damascus and what the ph level of your acid are. viniger alone is sold in so many levels of acid and on top of that depends how...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st April 2011, 01:32 AM
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dom playing
Dom I just did not like the statement and I know you know better. It was more fun to yank your chain. I speak excellent timonium maryland arabic. Ok it is a mixture of mainly modern arabic mixed with...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th April 2011, 10:51 PM
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composite
the piece is definatly a made up piece, but well done. I like the embelishments that they added. consider it folk art. I dought that in its final form it was anything but designed for tourist. But so...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th April 2011, 09:33 PM
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muzzle sight
they drill a hole and tape a copper or brass pin into it. The iron is not that strong and with firing for a while blows out a chunk. Not unusal with late barrells.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th April 2011, 09:27 PM
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regarding rifle
No inletting of the lock is very odd. Also is the scroll work on the stock is it carved or is it a jesso application. mix of styles I would look more toward tunisa. I think date is later 1920-1930s...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th April 2011, 09:18 PM
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Respectfully morrocanns are not arabic speakers...
Respectfully morrocanns are not arabic speakers is a pretty questionable statement. Do they mix arabic with french,various berber dialects and some german and english mix yes. they tend to use a more...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th April 2011, 09:02 PM
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prep work
make sure the barrell is absolutly free of any oils of any sort. a quick ammonia rinse will work. soap will work just make sure it is very well rinsed. even windex will work. The differene in a fast...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th April 2011, 08:50 PM
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moroccan ?
I would be very hard pressed to attribute this piece to the atlas mountans. The silver work is not similar to the work in the area, nor is the leatherwork normal for the area. No reference material...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th April 2011, 12:51 AM
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sewer pipe
plastic sewer pipe works great cement a cap on one end and just tape down the other end. works well with various acids or salts. this one might work with a slow etch. you have a lot of choices. if...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th April 2011, 06:44 PM
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