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Forum: European Armoury 5th March 2024, 08:31 PM
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Posted By CutlassCollector
Yes, of course, but I meant serial numbers...

Yes, of course, but I meant serial numbers instead of rack numbers for bayonets.
Forum: European Armoury 5th March 2024, 10:52 AM
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Posted By CutlassCollector
A frigate would carry at least 100 cutlasses -...

A frigate would carry at least 100 cutlasses - more on larger vessels - so the chances of one with a single digit number surviving are 10 to 1. Move that to bayonets where there are tens of thousands...
Forum: European Armoury 5th March 2024, 10:28 AM
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Posted By CutlassCollector
The 1889 was modelled on the 1882 cavalry sword...

The 1889 was modelled on the 1882 cavalry sword so there are similarities. The guard was innovative as it had a raised rib that acted as a point deflector but also strengthened the guard allowing...
Forum: European Armoury 4th March 2024, 09:41 PM
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Posted By CutlassCollector
This is the standard 1889 pattern British cutlass...

This is the standard 1889 pattern British cutlass but these are normally well marked with broad arrow, dates and inspector stamps.
Without those markings I would guess it was private purchase.
...
Forum: European Armoury 14th February 2024, 08:52 PM
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Posted By CutlassCollector
Yes, one of the great collectors and happy to...

Yes, one of the great collectors and happy to share his knowledge. He had a huge collection and one afternoon with him was not nearly enough! I concentrated on the naval axes and cutlasses but I...
Forum: European Armoury 14th February 2024, 04:11 PM
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Posted By CutlassCollector
Ouch! And yes Mark, I have that dream too! I...

Ouch! And yes Mark, I have that dream too!
I believe there is only one Type 1 in the UK and I got to handle it a few years back when Sim Comfort kindly let me view his collection.

regards, CC
Forum: European Armoury 14th February 2024, 11:18 AM
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Posted By CutlassCollector
I agree with you Mark and you were right to stay...

I agree with you Mark and you were right to stay away. I did see it come up for auction and concluded that it was best avoided.

A few years a go there was a spate of fakes complete with the VIM...
Forum: European Armoury 3rd January 2024, 10:41 AM
Replies: 19
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Posted By CutlassCollector
Hi Udo, now I understand and I have examined that...

Hi Udo, now I understand and I have examined that area closely and there is no sign of a previous screw hole.

I think that my lack of knowledge in this area has hindered the discussion! but I have...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd January 2024, 03:17 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,042
Posted By CutlassCollector
Thank you, Udo, such good information! But...

Thank you, Udo, such good information!

But that seems to indicate a connection with Lacaille as gunmakers rather than suppliers. Perhaps they were both?

I am wondering if the lack of a makers...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd January 2024, 12:37 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,042
Posted By CutlassCollector
Hi Fernando, I'm just going on google...

Hi Fernando,

I'm just going on google translate for Ainé - but correct me if that is wrong!
Forum: European Armoury 2nd January 2024, 11:27 AM
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Views: 2,042
Posted By CutlassCollector
Hello corrado and thanks for that - I was hoping...

Hello corrado and thanks for that - I was hoping that someone would have seen that inscription before. So now it reads.

'Provided by Lacaille the elder of Blois'

Fernando, I did not know that...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd January 2024, 11:13 AM
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Posted By CutlassCollector
Thanks Fernando K, much appreciated and opened up...

Thanks Fernando K, much appreciated and opened up further reading for me.
Forum: European Armoury 1st January 2024, 03:49 PM
Replies: 19
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Posted By CutlassCollector
Thanks Fernando K and Fernando. So I guess a...

Thanks Fernando K and Fernando. So I guess a later date makes more sense and possibly a later member of the family or even supplier.

I'm afraid even under bright light and magnifying glass the...
Forum: European Armoury 1st January 2024, 12:05 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,042
Posted By CutlassCollector
Lacaille Pistol

Hi all,

I'm looking for a bit more information on this percussion pistol. Firearms are generally outside my area of interest but this looked good quality and had no bidders so I decided to go for...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 13th December 2023, 12:16 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,627
Posted By CutlassCollector
Hi Ken, Leather boarding helmets are...

Hi Ken,

Leather boarding helmets are interesting and may well be the high point of desirables for naval collectors!
Gilkerson states that only two US examples are known and one possibly British....
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 12th December 2023, 07:50 PM
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Views: 2,627
Posted By CutlassCollector
Hi Ken, Also a close match to 19th century...

Hi Ken,

Also a close match to 19th century Welsh/ Cornish leather mining helmet. Probably more of these survived than the US boarding helmet! Check google and you'll see what I mean.
Forum: European Armoury 28th November 2023, 05:10 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,835
Posted By CutlassCollector
Hi Dave and welcome to the forum. Sorry I...

Hi Dave and welcome to the forum.

Sorry I can't help with any information but it is an amazing find - congrats.
The fact that it was buried that deep and at a known location gives the axe good...
Forum: European Armoury 11th October 2023, 10:36 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 8,308
Posted By CutlassCollector
Another thing that occurs to me about your axe,...

Another thing that occurs to me about your axe, Jim, apart from the clean lines is its lack of use. Many swords may have survived in fairly pristine condition having not seen much action and been...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd September 2023, 10:27 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 8,308
Posted By CutlassCollector
Nice axe Jim. I have seen a boarding axe...

Nice axe Jim.

I have seen a boarding axe with a similar 4-leaf clover stamp said to be Irish in origin but have never been able to confirm that.

In Henry Kauffman's 'American Axes' he shows...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th June 2023, 11:41 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,180
Posted By CutlassCollector
I don't think so. It has more the shape of a...

I don't think so. It has more the shape of a working hatchet with the nail puller slot and no langets. Although as Wayne has already noted they could have been removed.
But hatchets generally have a...
Forum: European Armoury 9th June 2023, 10:57 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,214
Posted By CutlassCollector
That is interesting but like Teisani I wonder...

That is interesting but like Teisani I wonder about suitable detectors.

We sometimes forget that radiation is a natural part of the environment.
There is even one known naturally occurring...
Forum: European Armoury 8th May 2023, 06:07 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 5,185
Posted By CutlassCollector
Thanks Triarii, great post! Woolley...

Thanks Triarii, great post!

Woolley definitely made 1804s so that confirms the stamp on the cutlass. It may even be the same stamp as the serif at the top of the numeral one is missing or feint on...
Forum: European Armoury 8th May 2023, 11:03 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 5,185
Posted By CutlassCollector
Hi midelburgo, interesting link to history time...

Hi midelburgo, interesting link to history time and place!
Forum: European Armoury 8th May 2023, 11:03 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 5,185
Posted By CutlassCollector
Hi Jim, and yes one of the benefits of the forum...

Hi Jim, and yes one of the benefits of the forum is the shared communal library - a good percentage of which probably resides in the bookmobile!
Forum: European Armoury 6th May 2023, 11:40 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 5,185
Posted By CutlassCollector
Just caught up with this thread. Yes I agree...

Just caught up with this thread.
Yes I agree both these look good and I have not seen a 12 inspector's mark before either, but it looks like it could be one.

Remember, May and Annis were wading...
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