Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 08:00 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 06:44 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 04:17 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 03:59 PM
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What an exciting Scottish knife!!! and as often...
What an exciting Scottish knife!!! and as often the case with these Scottish weapons, a conundrum as far as classification. I would say it is distinctly 18th century, but hard to define without close...
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Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 02:47 PM
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Thank you so much Capn! What an incredible...
Thank you so much Capn! What an incredible 'shell' that is!!!
Great insight into these types of cutlasses, and how key this is to the scope of the espada ancha, which of course evolved it seems from...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th April 2024, 06:33 PM
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LINK TO ESPADA ANCHA ARTICLE IN FULL;
HERE IS THE FULL ARTICLE: Courtesy of Staffan Kinman, Director, Swedish Arms Society, Livrustkammeren, Stockholm, 2023.
http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/espadaan/McDougall Espada Ancha...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th April 2024, 12:11 AM
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Actually its good to see life on this thread...
Actually its good to see life on this thread after it has lain in state since December!
With the Bowies, its important to note that the familiar large clipped point types were made that way, and I...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th April 2024, 06:35 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th April 2024, 02:40 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th April 2024, 02:27 PM
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You bet Keith! it was indeed the...
You bet Keith! it was indeed the 'four'musketeers' !! (not sure which of us was D'Artagnan). Still, you ran point on the research and ESPECIALLY the collecting. You found examples that should be...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th April 2024, 02:11 PM
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Thank you so much Keith!
Yes I remember that...
Thank you so much Keith!
Yes I remember that beauty!
This seems to fall into the category of naval cutlass alright.
As noted,the Spanish espada ancha, as I point out in the article, is likely...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th April 2024, 03:27 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
26th April 2024, 08:46 PM
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Onward!
The espada ancha is probably one of the most under researched sword types in the collecting world, and surprisingly ubiquitous, yet virtually going unnoticed. There has been little published on them,...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th April 2024, 05:32 PM
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Well noted Keith! and the idea of 'slippers'...
Well noted Keith! and the idea of 'slippers' mounting hilts on Islay is pretty exciting! I have wondered where to discover more on this as I have a keen interest in the Isles. As we know, the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th April 2024, 05:28 PM
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The head on this kaskara blade is likely...
The head on this kaskara blade is likely commemorative for Emperor Johannes IV of Ethiopia (1872-1889) who was killed at the Battle of Gallabat 10 Mar 1889. This was result of ongoing turmoil between...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th April 2024, 08:38 PM
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Manish,
In your original post you noted this...
Manish,
In your original post you noted this blade was in Montmorency cross section. The British in late 18th c. were particularly in favor of this type blade as well of course as French. In post...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th April 2024, 08:04 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th April 2024, 07:15 PM
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On the LIGHTER side.
On the lighter side, we cannot forget this icon of American symbolism which is 'reddily' remembered by most of us old timers.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th April 2024, 04:45 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th April 2024, 01:40 PM
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Thank you Milandro! Positive support for the...
Thank you Milandro! Positive support for the military application of this symbol. This is truly unique and hoping we might find more on the military units that would incorporate these communications...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th April 2024, 07:38 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
16th April 2024, 03:42 PM
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This is a breathtaking example!!!! OMG. !! ...
This is a breathtaking example!!!! OMG. !!
While clearly the blade is Portuguese, often we wonder if these are homogenous to the hilts they are mounted in......with this, there is no question....
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Forum: European Armoury
14th April 2024, 08:23 PM
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Well noted Glen. However, these were not...
Well noted Glen. However, these were not circumstances in which guidelines or regulations were being followed overall, despite the fact that most of the men, regular citizens, were simply...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th April 2024, 09:29 PM
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Well its an eagle head, but Glen, you'd be the...
Well its an eagle head, but Glen, you'd be the one to say which type (Thurkle etc). I can only imagine that there must be examples that had Spanish motto blades. However, I think some Mexican swords...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th April 2024, 01:58 PM
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It seems this aphorism has been around for...
It seems this aphorism has been around for centuries in various national contexts, and the reason for terming it the 'Spanish motto' is yet another 'collectors' chestnut arising from the fact it is...
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