Forum: European Armoury
18th April 2024, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 21
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Forum: European Armoury
1st April 2024, 10:54 AM
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Replies: 12
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alas it is outside of my area, but I asked a...
alas it is outside of my area, but I asked a collector / dealer friend that has a lot of British swords pass through their hands and they described it as a particularly nice example of a Victorian...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th March 2024, 05:07 AM
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Replies: 25
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Thank you for joining in Bryce.
Other than...
Thank you for joining in Bryce.
Other than the stamps already mentioned (Crown over HO, G and GG for Osborn and the rare S for Dawes) are you aware of any other makers using similar markings?
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Forum: European Armoury
26th March 2024, 04:16 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,577
Hi Robert, thanks for sharing this sword; very...
Hi Robert, thanks for sharing this sword; very pertenant to the discussion. From memory the blade was marked I. Gill, which was how John Gill marked blades of his production (I the latin equlivent...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th March 2024, 10:49 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,577
As Bryce notes elsewhere, the G stamp is only...
As Bryce notes elsewhere, the G stamp is only fond on officer blades, Osborn and later Osborn and Gunby do not appear to have marked their troopers swords in this manner. Interestingly the Crown over...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th March 2024, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,991
What a fantastic sword Pertinax, Swedish swords...
What a fantastic sword Pertinax, Swedish swords of this era a truely lovely pieces and yours is no exception. Unfortunately there is too little information in English on these wonderful pieces. So...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th March 2024, 01:11 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,577
Minor correction here Jim, but Henry Osborn...
Minor correction here Jim, but Henry Osborn initially stamped his blades with a crown over the letters HO. This changed somewhere around 1797 as there exists a 1798 dated Osborn sword with the G...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st March 2024, 03:52 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,958
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Forum: European Armoury
29th February 2024, 08:42 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,958
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Forum: European Armoury
17th February 2024, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,876
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Forum: European Armoury
5th February 2024, 08:38 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,108
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd February 2024, 09:24 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,888
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Forum: European Armoury
1st February 2024, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,626
We’d need to see both sides of Phil’s sword...
We’d need to see both sides of Phil’s sword before we can discount it being the same one in Cornelistromp’s photo.
On the face of it there are differences in the guard that indicate that it’s not...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st February 2024, 01:50 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,888
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Forum: European Armoury
31st January 2024, 08:38 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,820
What an interesting sword and great to see...
What an interesting sword and great to see another silver basket hilt. As you say I also suspect the basket is later than the blade. Fortunately it is hallmarked which should help give us a more...
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Forum: European Armoury
31st January 2024, 08:59 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,626
What material is the pommel and guard made of?...
What material is the pommel and guard made of? Also how is the pommel attached?
My first impression of the eyelash stamp is that it is too clean, too sharp. The authentic ones I usually see aren’t...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th January 2024, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,461
When my family travelled to Bali in the 1980's...
When my family travelled to Bali in the 1980's these 'shaver cool' swords were available in every second tourist junk shop we wandered into. They'd be stacked up alongside fake Kris, katanas and...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th January 2024, 09:58 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,108
Georgian 'Horse head' Yeomanry officers sabre
Georgian era Yeomanry officers sabre styled after the 1796 Pattern light cavalry sabre.
Produced by William Henry Archer of Dublin using a Solingen produced blade imported J J Runkel.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th January 2024, 07:53 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,767
While I haven't built a catalogue of images,...
While I haven't built a catalogue of images, these briquets (with Dutch origins but found in Indoneasia) do show up on Facebook sword groups from time to time. Usually they have been worked very hard...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th January 2024, 10:28 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,767
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Forum: European Armoury
6th January 2024, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 5,253
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Forum: European Armoury
6th January 2024, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 5,253
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Forum: European Armoury
31st December 2023, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,623
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Forum: European Armoury
31st December 2023, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,623
A word of caution about using L’Hoste as a...
A word of caution about using L’Hoste as a reference from an experienced collector of French swords:
This was in answer to the best sources on French swords. A shame because I also find...
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Forum: European Armoury
31st December 2023, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,623
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