Forum: European Armoury
20th May 2018, 03:52 PM
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Leather gorget stitching
Sorry I'm coming to this discussion so late. This is the only leather gorget I've seen. The photos posted are a bit fuzzy. Are there two layers of leather? How is the edge finished? Rolled over or...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th April 2016, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 88
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Espadas: Berbers to Brazilians to Mexicans
I may be going off half "cocked" on a wild turkey chase, but if this hypothesis is correct, it could be historically significant. The ocellated turkey lives only in a 130,000 km2 (50,000 sq mi) range...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th April 2016, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 88
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Turkey Guards on Espadas
This is a brilliant supposition! Surely you are correct--the guards all have two rows of "eyes" neatly arranged within the fan-like striations. Others, including me, who saw peacocks were all "fowled...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th April 2016, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 5
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Glaive d'artillerie à pied modèle 1816
I agree that this espada ancha is likely a modified Glaive d'artillerie à pied modèle 1816. The pattern/placement of grooves and the fact that the French blade has less of a "waist" than its 1832...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th April 2016, 02:25 PM
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Armor restoration
Cameron Laughlin in Tucson, Arizona does work for museums in the U.S. and Europe. I would trust him for any conservation or restoration work involving metal and/or leather.
For the past few years,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th April 2016, 01:59 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 75,763
Pierce Chamberlain
I last spoke to Pierce about a month ago. He and Sid Brinckerhoff hired me as a curator at the Arizona Historical Society more than 30 years ago. Though I've moved far from the Southwest, I still...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th April 2016, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 75,763
Espadas Anchas de Brazil y Berber
Here are two more examples of probable Spanish Colonial swords with notched horn grips and "shell" guards. One appears to be a horseman's saber with a curved, full length blade bearing the familiar...
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