Forum: European Armoury
9th November 2015, 02:51 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th October 2015, 09:26 PM
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Replies: 4
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Without a doubt reproductions indeed, if you...
Without a doubt reproductions indeed, if you enlarge the wikipedia image you can see what looks like "percussion towers" on the left and middle gun. The right one has the same mistake and also a very...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th October 2015, 08:32 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,720
Hi Fernando K,
This is the first time i have...
Hi Fernando K,
This is the first time i have seen this type. Most of the time these pistols are double barreled pinfire guns, stamped with the ELG proof mark.
I also don't understand the concept...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th October 2015, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 19
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http://www.bezirksbegleiter.at/de/partner/340/praesentation/die-geschichte-von-purlepaus
Emperor Maximilian I, The last knight and first gunner (nicknames of the Emperor) loved his guns,...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th October 2015, 11:25 AM
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Replies: 19
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Forum: European Armoury
15th October 2015, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 24,271
This piece of heavy clodshot has a diameter of...
This piece of heavy clodshot has a diameter of 63mm and weighs 1150grams. It is multi sided, but I cannot, for now, determine how many flats it has. The iron broke through the lead at the point of...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th October 2015, 11:19 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 24,271
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Forum: European Armoury
15th October 2015, 11:17 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 98,891
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Forum: European Armoury
15th October 2015, 11:16 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 24,271
Clodshot found in Kufstein Austria
The historian Fugger Jäger wrote in its Chronical of the House of Austria (1555) about the siege and conquest of Kufstein following. Emperor Maximilian I ordered Micheli on September 29th 1504...
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Forum: European Armoury
21st September 2015, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 98,891
Hi Batjka,
In my previous post i forgot to...
Hi Batjka,
In my previous post i forgot to mention that eventhough the gun in post 1 has more than one touch hole, this would not always mean that every shot where to be ignited seperately. This...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th September 2015, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 98,891
Hi Batjka,
We all are shocked by the loss of...
Hi Batjka,
We all are shocked by the loss of our dear friend Michael, the knowledge he provided was always of high quality and insight.
I think you have mixed up his explanation on post 1 and...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th September 2015, 06:21 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 98,891
Hi Andi, thank you i am quit happy with them as...
Hi Andi, thank you i am quit happy with them as well :)
The surface is mostly smooth with no overlapping lead, so i would say they where integrally cast. They probably selected stones or pieces of...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th September 2015, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 98,891
Clodshot with stone core
I bought these pieces a few weeks ago from two seperet metal detector enthausiast.
The first three where found near a castle in Boxmeer, The Netherlands (south east, near the river Maas).
The...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th September 2015, 07:00 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 71,060
Hi Stekemest,
Don't feel bad about not...
Hi Stekemest,
Don't feel bad about not beeing able to show the clod shot to Michl himself, non of us would have expected him to die this sudden. It really came as a shock, he was doing better and...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd September 2015, 05:47 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 18,813
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd September 2015, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 18,813
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Forum: European Armoury
25th August 2015, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 26,876
Hi Nando,
Are there any areas on the barrel...
Hi Nando,
Are there any areas on the barrel that can point towards a later alteration like an iron fixing band (leaving a lighter surface area?)
It is interesting to think about how and where...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th August 2015, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 18,166
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Forum: European Armoury
20th August 2015, 09:48 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 18,166
These concealable firearms where most likely...
These concealable firearms where most likely equiped with a wheellock mechanism. And depending on who you ask (time period migjt differ), a gun like the monks gun could have done the job.
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Forum: European Armoury
20th August 2015, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 18,166
Hi Nando,
I did know the story, but never...
Hi Nando,
I did know the story, but never saw actual proof of it. Great job!
For the occasion i wip out this picture of a rather short swivel gun, just for the fun of it. Its location is the...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th August 2015, 08:53 AM
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Replies: 97
Views: 358,436
These are some black and white pictures of...
These are some black and white pictures of haquebuts from Belgium. Sadly i could not find any other pictures of these pieces.
The first one is situated at the "Museum vleeshuis" in Dendermonde. It...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th July 2015, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 25,048
Hi Nando,
The spring does look fine...
Hi Nando,
The spring does look fine considering the overall time period of this piece. After the first half of the 18th century the frizzen spring became less wide as far as i know.
attached is...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th July 2015, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 25,048
Why not just simply remove the pancover/frizzen...
Why not just simply remove the pancover/frizzen instead and welt some material on the "toe"of the frizzen instead? The spring is still perfect, only the pan has been worn at the contact point (sorry...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th July 2015, 09:31 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 71,060
I am still in disbelieve about his passing, he...
I am still in disbelieve about his passing, he was so happy and full of live the last time i spoke with him... and Andi tells that story very well, he was planning to write again on the forum and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th July 2015, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 19,397
A great man has walked the line
It is my sad duty to inform all of you of the passing away of our dear and good friend Michael "the Matchlock man" Trömner.
His good friend Armin König informed me of these sad tidings and told...
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