Forum: European Armoury
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Forum: European Armoury
13th March 2024, 05:56 PM
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Im glad you caught that Shayde! (posts #7,10)....
Im glad you caught that Shayde! (posts #7,10). Trust me, this conundrum has plagued me since the mid 90s, and honestly as I pestered sources in museums, authors, fencing masters and everyplace I...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd March 2024, 05:16 PM
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In ongoing research on this intriguing old...
In ongoing research on this intriguing old knife/stylus, there are certain inherent qualities that render it having maritime possibility, despite not being an item specifically for such context. The...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd March 2024, 05:01 PM
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Thanks Glen!
The issue with English armor and...
Thanks Glen!
The issue with English armor and weapons and poor quality was a problem well beyond this period, in fact through the 17th century into the 18th. Henry VIII who took reign in 1509 was...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2024, 03:30 AM
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Not at all, the down turned quillons are...
Not at all, the down turned quillons are basically from Qajar Persia, along with the stylized dragon/etc quillon terminals. Persia was a primary influence throughout Afghanistan, Northern India,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2024, 06:23 PM
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This is an interesting theory. Are you aware of...
This is an interesting theory. Are you aware of the Pathan populations from the Punjab southward through Deccan into S,India? also the Durrani influences that moved southward from Afghan regions.
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Forum: European Armoury
1st March 2024, 12:13 PM
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Most interesting in seeing this curious example...
Most interesting in seeing this curious example revealed as a scribes knife from these Indian regions!
My question would be, is it not feasible that sailors in ports of call in the East might have...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th February 2024, 05:19 PM
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I really like stuff like this Ken.
On the left...
I really like stuff like this Ken.
On the left is a M1899 British cavalry sword, never see many of these around.
I think you're right, a M1796 heavy cavalry spadroon with the guard cut down. the...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th February 2024, 01:05 PM
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Capn,
On the topic of small knives such as...
Capn,
On the topic of small knives such as 'jack knives', navaja and such, it was not about use in combat situations, but more at a baser level with personal disputes.
Such weapons were personal,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th February 2024, 12:15 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th February 2024, 07:55 PM
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I agree Keith, there had to have been locations...
I agree Keith, there had to have been locations in Holland where there were numbers of swords assembled, and the VOC swords were one of the prime examples. It seems I was told at some point that VOC...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th February 2024, 12:45 PM
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Its the real thing, as far as Ive known these...
Its the real thing, as far as Ive known these have never been repro'd and not effected by the modern re-creating of the ubiquitous Colts. Despite the low numbers of these (from 6500 total) for some...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th February 2024, 02:56 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,567
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th February 2024, 06:18 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th February 2024, 03:49 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th February 2024, 04:35 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
26th February 2024, 04:29 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th February 2024, 03:57 AM
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Remarkable tulwar with unusual provenance
Some years ago, I won this remarkable tulwar example in auction. In the description it was noted as from the ROMAN BLACK collection. While I had no idea who this man was, I knew the tulwar was likely...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th February 2024, 03:36 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
25th February 2024, 07:20 PM
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To give an idea of the complete apathy toward...
To give an idea of the complete apathy toward swords in general history references, the book "Dealing in Death:The Arms Trade and the British Civil Wars, 1638-52", Peter Edwards, 2000 (enticing...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th February 2024, 06:13 AM
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Keith and Peter, thank you guys!
This really...
Keith and Peter, thank you guys!
This really brings back all the research we did which Keith brilliantly put together in his book, and as noted Hounslow was indeed the cornerstone for Shotley...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd February 2024, 03:31 PM
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Thank you for itemizing your specific areas of...
Thank you for itemizing your specific areas of interest, so that they can be addressed more accurately.
1. England, just as most of Europe was highly reliant on Germany for blades, however it was...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
20th February 2024, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 9
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Thanks Drac, I would never have thought of the...
Thanks Drac, I would never have thought of the sword cane etc. in Japan, but after westernization and the end of the Samurai (at least as officially recognized) it seems understandable this concealed...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th February 2024, 04:24 PM
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Interesting discourse guys, thank you!
In...
Interesting discourse guys, thank you!
In beginning this thread my objective was to discuss some swords (cutlasses as it were) which I thought were aligned with the so called 'pirate coast' situated...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th February 2024, 07:17 PM
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Kino, you might notice the thread I just opened...
Kino, you might notice the thread I just opened in the MISC. forum...very interesting example. Ammunition shells of course seem common from 'trench art' about WWI and perhaps this was assembled from...
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