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Forum: European Armoury
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Helleri
![]() croix fourchée on one side of pommel and bend shield with two points on the bend, on nice little rounded square/oval engraving plates... feels very french, maybe 14th c. same for the quillons? And... |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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Helleri
![]() That's a nice looking hookah. Have you smoked from it yet? |
Forum: European Armoury
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Helleri
![]() Over the past 8-10 years I've played around a lot with learning how to make different types of armor and messed around with demo-designs (I've dropped a few images here of the pieces I have left for... |
Forum: European Armoury
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![]() Morphologically it most resembles a Tomahawk to me. Heavy headed with a down angled bit, and a slight recurve towards the top edge. A convex grind with a stout butt (which on tomahawks are largely... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 3,454
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 2,004
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![]() So is that a shorthand then? Kind of like if I were to write 19' instead of 2019? |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 70
Views: 15,378
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Helleri
![]() For a blade itself (it's fittings, handles and such not considered here) I use mineral oil. It's not a fast drying, relatively low inclusion/grit, has low free acidity, and is food safe. Linseed... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,030
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Helleri
![]() These marks seem to be serif and somewhat random or unpredictable in their form. I wonder if this was meant to act in a similar fashion the cattle brand marks which were designed to ward against... |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,672
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Helleri
![]() Given the oval shape, lengthwise ostrodentine voiding cracks that interupt the dentine and present as radial cracks in cross section, the small dots of cementum at the core, that appear to go all the... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,448
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Helleri
![]() Rattlesnake is among the tougher (as is any viper really) kinds of snakeskin out there. The scales are keeled and they are rather thick. You don't have to worry too much about rattlesnake getting... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,448
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Helleri
![]() Well there are plenty of species of snake in that area of the world to source the skin from. Very few places in the world don't have any native snakes. Usually the only places where people live that... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,448
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Helleri
![]() Does appear to be snake skin that's been (perhaps interestingly) properly upholstered on. Though it would be nearly impossible from looking at it to identify the exact species, given that any... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,643
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Helleri
![]() With the few things I've collected I've always made sure it comes with some sort of scabbard that seems original. Even if the scabbard is damaged, it feels like half a piece without one. The only... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,947
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Forum: European Armoury
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Replies: 23
Views: 5,854
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Helleri
![]() Yeah... Well I mean it really looks like one. The shape of the knuckle guard. Angle of the hilt. The langets. The blade itself. Lion head is a little more stylized and differently portrayed than I'd... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Views: 5,854
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 2,515
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Helleri
![]() That butt though. It tempts me to twirl it on my finger. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 3,408
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Forum: European Armoury
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Views: 2,675
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Helleri
![]() Sorry I actually just misread what you wrote regarding hardening vs. tempering. |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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Views: 1,972
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Helleri
![]() I think that bit at the bottom is meant to be a comically enlarged penis (disguised as part of the acanthus work). The character does seems to have a jovial or mischievous expression. I wonder if... |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,062
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Helleri
![]() While embers from charcoal or wood can be charged with air to radiate at temperatures that could easily melt that solder. They tend to smolder for hours at much lower temperatures. Additionally they... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,675
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![]() A few things here... ~ Heat treating temperatures can vary a fair bit. It depends on the carbon content of the steel, What amount by weight and what type of impurities are present, The thickness of... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,623
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Helleri
![]() It's not the fact that it can still swivel if well balanced at virtually any size. It's that when you touch-off one that's too large, no bar is going to prevent that thing from kicking back on you... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,623
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Helleri
![]() As a point of clarification the difference between a swivel gun and a signal cannon is often just the mounting/fittings. Length can be from about 12in./30cm to 28in./71cm. for either. Though... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,768
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Helleri
![]() I'm really not a fan of stacked leather handles.They come loose far too easily. The leather tends to shrink over time and even get brittle. If you get a used old one like this often it's necessary to... |
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