Forum: European Armoury
28th March 2024, 11:39 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th March 2024, 11:35 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
18th March 2024, 08:30 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
17th March 2024, 09:43 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
12th March 2024, 09:42 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th March 2024, 09:06 PM
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Wow, those pics are great. Thanks for posting...
Wow, those pics are great. Thanks for posting Serdar. I’m sure much of what you write is completely new to most people in the forum. I never even heard of Boka and Risno before! Even Byzantine arms I...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th March 2024, 09:37 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th March 2024, 04:43 PM
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Swiss article on halberds
Excellent Swiss National Museum article on halberds:
https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2022/01/the-rise-of-the-all-purpose-weapon-halberd/
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Forum: European Armoury
9th March 2024, 01:09 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
12th February 2024, 05:54 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th February 2024, 08:09 PM
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Thank you, Jim. I’m pleased with the sabre and...
Thank you, Jim. I’m pleased with the sabre and the notch adds an interesting collectable detail. You may well be right about the notch used mainly for duelling purposes. In Germanic lands especially...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th February 2024, 07:59 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th February 2024, 09:18 AM
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That’s a very beautiful sword you have there,...
That’s a very beautiful sword you have there, Jim. Yes it’s a conundrum about these notches. You are the person who first alerted my attention to them. When I saw this sword up for sale I could not...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th February 2024, 08:56 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
10th February 2024, 06:04 PM
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In “Cut and Thrust Weapons” (1969) by Eduard...
In “Cut and Thrust Weapons” (1969) by Eduard Wagner there are several Austro-Hungarian pallasches with what’s described as a “short jagged tooth” on the back edge of the blade near the point. The...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th February 2024, 05:07 PM
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Swedish m/1791 hussar sabre
This Christmas I was blessed with a Swedish m/1791 hussar sabre. It’s light, elegant, and handles swiftly. The grip is very much in Prussian style with an angular iron knuckle bow although it retains...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd February 2024, 10:09 AM
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I believe shamsir blades originally had Persian...
I believe shamsir blades originally had Persian origins (meaning “tail of the tiger”?) and were common all over the Ottoman empire. In Hungary and Eastern Europe, which were involved in a protracted...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th January 2024, 08:34 PM
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Wow that looks like my kind of place! :eek: The...
Wow that looks like my kind of place! :eek: The helmets on the left look quite interesting. Almost like those Roman gladiator helmets. So many places to see… I hope to finally make it to Graz to see...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th January 2024, 07:07 PM
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The blade looks very German, so I suspect a...
The blade looks very German, so I suspect a Solingen made one with a questionable Juan Martinez cartouche mark on the ricasso. From what I understand the bigger the shell guard and pommel, the older...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd January 2024, 07:54 PM
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Yes probably more decorative. As stated in the...
Yes probably more decorative. As stated in the first post, the sword was purchased from Italy so Naples (Spanish at the time) might be a reasonable assumption. At least two of the swords from the...
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Forum: European Armoury
21st January 2024, 04:03 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
17th January 2024, 07:10 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
14th January 2024, 08:53 AM
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I have some pics of this sabre in an uncleaned...
I have some pics of this sabre in an uncleaned state which I thought I’d share with you. I know some of you have reservations about cleaning antique items and that they should show patina to prove...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th January 2024, 03:31 PM
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Today half the production of silver is as a...
Today half the production of silver is as a byproduct in the mining of zinc, lead and copper. So I guess there is sometimes excess supply of the metal. Although generally regarded as a precious...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th January 2024, 08:35 AM
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Replies: 26
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