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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Forum: European Armoury
11th April 2024, 04:45 PM
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Replies: 19
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Fernando and Midelburgo, thank you so much!!!...
Fernando and Midelburgo, thank you so much!!! This detail is very important in something I am presently engaged in writing, and incredibly helpful. Fernando, yes I do remember the discussions we have...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th April 2024, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 19
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The Spanish Motto
Over the years this distinct motto has been discussed as it is ubiquitous on many 'Spanish' blades of the 18th century, usually it seems those of the hexagonal section, double edged, dragoon type....
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Forum: European Armoury
10th April 2024, 01:36 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th April 2024, 01:52 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th April 2024, 01:13 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th April 2024, 03:12 AM
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Looks like the 'anchor' device typically in...
Looks like the 'anchor' device typically in fuller on early Spanish blades as would have been on Hernandez blades end of 16th also Tomas Aiala. It seems this one resembles one on a rapier of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th April 2024, 02:33 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd April 2024, 02:43 PM
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Replies: 3
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Good question, and VERY complex. While Polish...
Good question, and VERY complex. While Polish saber forms of those times as well known, emulated Ottoman forms, the blades were typically Styrian from several centers, though there was notable sword...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st April 2024, 04:24 AM
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Replies: 12
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Keith, this is a beauty!! and you are really...
Keith, this is a beauty!! and you are really hittin' it with this shopping list!
The closest thing to this anomaly is in "Swords of the British Army" (Brian Rbson, 1975. plate 91) which is loosely...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th March 2024, 12:35 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
26th March 2024, 07:11 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
26th March 2024, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 23
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Legendary, thank you so much for the further...
Legendary, thank you so much for the further rationale here!
So if I understand correctly these bladed 'tools' which myself and the collectors/dealers etc and authors of numbers of references have,...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th March 2024, 03:03 AM
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Replies: 25
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Radboud, these notes and observations are...
Radboud, these notes and observations are outstanding and I thank you so much for detailing them out so well, and well illustrated . While I have good familiarity with British military swords you and...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th March 2024, 04:56 PM
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Prohibited? there are NO knives from Canary...
Prohibited? there are NO knives from Canary Islands?
In going through discussions involving the Canary Islands 'naife', the collective term for edged weapons from this archipelago which is part...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th March 2024, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 7
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Very well noted! and this venerable family of...
Very well noted! and this venerable family of makers in Oaxaca have produced many weapons bearing notable influences such as this. The so called 'Spanish Main' existed well through the 19th century,...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th March 2024, 03:27 PM
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Thank you Peter!
These 'spadroons' are...
Thank you Peter!
These 'spadroons' are typically I think considered a 'pattern' of 1786 (unofficially) and were popular infantry officers swords which also became well known in naval contexts as...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th March 2024, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 25
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Thank you for this key information! and...
Thank you for this key information! and correction is excellent, not only much appreciated but very much sought after.
I had not known of the Osborn letter stamping on blades, which in this case...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th March 2024, 02:56 PM
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Replies: 6
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Pertinax, thank you so much for adding this...
Pertinax, thank you so much for adding this detailed synopsis of Sweden's regal historical figures and background. This is exactly the kind of perspective I was hoping for!
As I noted, there is...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th March 2024, 05:11 AM
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Replies: 9
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2024, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,660
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Forum: European Armoury
24th March 2024, 09:28 PM
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Replies: 25
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Peter, good notes! However going back through...
Peter, good notes! However going back through research , Andrew Mowbrays "The American Eagle Pommel Sword" (1988) and the 'unthinkable', using the search here :) I found some interesting things.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2024, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,660
Robert, thank you so much for the personal...
Robert, thank you so much for the personal response. You raise interesting points, and having an open approach to investigating the viability of the many apocryphal stories in 'collectors lore' in...
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