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Forum: European Armoury
24th January 2021, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 379
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Philip
Here is an example of a very early (for a Spanish...Here is an example of a very early (for a Spanish patilla-style miquelet), ca 1630, made in Brescia, Italy. It has both half- and full-cock sears but getting back to your comment, note that it is... |
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Forum: European Armoury
24th January 2021, 06:35 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 379
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Philip
The stock designed to rest against the cheek, not...The stock designed to rest against the cheek, not shoulder. Just like on German wheellocks, and most Far Eastern / Malay matchlocks. The polygonal rifling is useful in a smaller bore like this. ... |
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Forum: European Armoury
24th January 2021, 06:29 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 379
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Philip
Thanks, Ulrik. The essentials of this...Thanks, Ulrik. The essentials of this mechanism, i.e the action of an external spring on the hammer and the means of release from cocked position, can be traced to Central Europe, possibly south... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th January 2021, 06:05 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 162
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Philip
The only letter that is distinguishably Cyrillic...The only letter that is distinguishably Cyrillic is the backward N which is equivalent to the Latin I. The lower case i and o are common to Greek and Latin miniscule. |
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Forum: European Armoury
19th January 2021, 05:02 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 379
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Philip
Truly remarkable that it got to your hands in...Truly remarkable that it got to your hands in "untouched" condition. If you do some more conservation work and light cleaning, please share pics of the result. Am especially interested in seeing... |
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Forum: European Armoury
19th January 2021, 04:55 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 379
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Philip
Rick,
True, the butts on both are of essentially...Rick, True, the butts on both are of essentially triangular shape but... note that the Balkan gun is designed to be held against the shoulder when aimed, whereas this Finnish gun has a cheek-stock,... |
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Forum: European Armoury
19th January 2021, 05:16 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 379
Posted By
Philip
Thanks, Ulrik, for sharing such a rare and...Thanks, Ulrik, for sharing such a rare and unusual gun! All the more amazing that it dates from the 1880s, when the rest of Europe had moved beyond muzzle-loading into breech-loading technology... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th January 2021, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 417
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Philip
Nando, the photos you added are worthy of...Nando, the photos you added are worthy of comment. There is a demilune below a trident, they were separate classes of weapons. In China (as well as Korea and Vietnam) the trident was much more... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th January 2021, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 417
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Philip
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th January 2021, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 417
Posted By
Philip
it gets complicatedThanks, Bruno, for posting the pics. The text is an 11th cent. military encyclopedia, Wujing Zongyao It has a plethora of polearms, which scholars like David Nicolle have commented that such a... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th January 2021, 07:02 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 417
Posted By
Philip
Met Museum catalog keywordsNando, I first became aware of the example in the Met by way of Stone's Glossary... page 276, under the entry "Half Moon, Demilune" . So try Half Moon in the Met's online catalog search engine. ... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th January 2021, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 417
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Philip
clearing up the terminologyThe term "gekken" is irrelevant to the weapon under discussion: 1. The word is Japanese and is literally "moon sword". 2. In Chinese the label "sword" is never applied to these weapons, they are... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th January 2021, 05:42 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 417
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Philip
As far as I am aware these were used by...As far as I am aware these were used by civilians, and were not a military pattern. They have an equivalent in 16th-17th cent. Europe, where they were commonly known as demilune or "half moon". ... |
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd December 2020, 04:59 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 3,055
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Philip
Your lance shows signs of age on it, but its...Your lance shows signs of age on it, but its configuration is markedly different from the Polish hussar lances that have been published from museum collections as seen in the attached images of... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th December 2020, 11:52 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,422
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Philip
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th December 2020, 11:08 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 2,118
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Philip
postwar productionThe production seemed to have continued, at a respectable quality level, after WW II and even post-Mao. On two trips to China during the 1970s, I was taken to artisanal "factories" where various... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th December 2020, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 2,118
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Philip
Hello, Mahratt!
Let's say that the overall shape...Hello, Mahratt! Let's say that the overall shape of these knives can be described as "Chinese-ish" . Or as I like to say, "close but no cigar". Let's see: 1. The blade shape resembles the... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th December 2020, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 2,118
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Philip
The style of the motifs themselves, the color...The style of the motifs themselves, the color scheme, and the workmanship of the cloisonnée are indeed consistent with that medium as seen on any number of curio articles produced in China during... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th December 2020, 12:48 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 2,118
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Philip
"in the style of...Jim, I first saw these in great number on my trips to Hong Kong in the mid 1970s, ( even bought a very nice one as resale merch, whose blade was probably wootz based on what appeared from etching). ... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th December 2020, 12:29 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 2,118
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Philip
Agreed. These daggers come in a wide variety of...Agreed. These daggers come in a wide variety of configurations, some short swords actually (even with cut-down old Chinese and Japanese blades with clumsily reshaped tips and even pseudo Manchu or... |
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st December 2020, 07:06 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 11,065
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Philip
It appears both ways in Buddhist iconography, and...It appears both ways in Buddhist iconography, and both are counted among the 64 sacred emblems on Buddha's foot, as depicted in talismanic representations. |
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Forum: European Armoury
27th November 2020, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,201
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Philip
book recommendationThis is a spectacular, must-have book for anyone interested in Italian armes-blanches. It can be hard to find, I got my copy at a Czernys auction and find that it was published thanks to... |
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Forum: European Armoury
27th November 2020, 05:30 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,201
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Philip
There is also a town called Desenzano del Guarda,...There is also a town called Desenzano del Guarda, on the shores of Lake Guarda, that is not far southeast of Brescia, which is in turn south of Caino. I wonder if Tomaso Gorgonio D had family roots... |
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Forum: European Armoury
27th November 2020, 05:13 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,201
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Philip
cities and regionJim, Caino is a small town not far north of the city of Brescia, both municipalities being in the eastern part of the region known as Lombardy. There is another Lombard city, Bergamo, located about... |
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Forum: European Armoury
24th November 2020, 05:41 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,474
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Philip
what is typical for these?Great displays! I like your choice of furniture as well. There are some interesting things about your roncone, the unusually long dorsal spike is a nice touch. These weapons were extremely... |
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