Forum: Swap Forum
29th February 2024, 09:59 PM
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Antique Pistol Trader
Like many collectors, as they age they become concerned about the disposal of their collection when they pass away.
Not that I am intending to pass away any time soon, I have established a website...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th February 2024, 03:11 AM
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Replies: 28
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Forum: European Armoury
25th February 2024, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 9
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Forum: European Armoury
24th February 2024, 09:58 PM
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Replies: 9
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Ramrod
Interesting how different cultures handled the situation of the loose ramrod.
Yes, it is Fernando.
I have this picture in my mind of someone drawing their flintlock from their belt with a...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th February 2024, 06:47 AM
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Replies: 9
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Hello Phil from Perth
Hi Phil
No marks at all, but I spoke at length with Dr. Robert Elgood, who has written several books on Islamic arms.
He had this to say about my pistols: -
Dating eighteenth and nineteenth...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd February 2024, 09:16 PM
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Replies: 9
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Ottoman flintlock
Here we have a pair of Ottoman pistols, they were the first pistols in my collection. Note the false ramrods. The Ottomans carried the real ramrod (Suma) around their neck on a lanyard because of the...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd February 2024, 07:58 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 6,070
Lovely little pistol
This is a lovely little pistol Fernando, I've always liked the Queen Anne style.
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Forum: European Armoury
20th February 2024, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 28
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Forum: European Armoury
20th February 2024, 09:28 PM
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Replies: 28
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Thank you SwordLover79! How do you take these...
Thank you SwordLover79! How do you take these pictures of your pistols?
I'm not a great photographer but I have a trade secret, and that is love.
Seriously though, I just keep taking photographs...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th February 2024, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 6,070
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Forum: European Armoury
19th February 2024, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 28
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Thank you Ken, would it be fair to say that...
Thank you Ken, would it be fair to say that generally speaking, British and Irish pistols pistols were more about function than form?
My little works-of-art lean more towards Lady Ga-Ga, whereas...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th February 2024, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 6,070
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Forum: European Armoury
19th February 2024, 06:17 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
16th February 2024, 09:26 PM
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Replies: 28
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A collection of French pocket pistols
This is my collection of French pocket pistols.
First pair are by Jean Aubron of Clissons Nantes
Second pair are by Jean LePage
Al others are by Nicholas-Noël Boutet
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Forum: European Armoury
13th February 2024, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 23
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Weapons collecting thoughts
One often reads that Nicholas-Noël Boutet was, “arguably, the finest gunmaker the world has ever known". This, of course, is not true, Lepage, Aubron, JB Laroche, Jean La Roche, Chasteau, Pirmet,...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th February 2024, 11:07 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
13th February 2024, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 23
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The first photograph is from a Liege pistol. ...
The first photograph is from a Liege pistol.
The second photograph is from a Boutet pistol.
The third photograph is from a LePage pistol.
The fourth photograph is from a Jean Aubron pistol.
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Forum: European Armoury
12th February 2024, 11:13 PM
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Replies: 23
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Napoleon preferred Lepage's firearms
It is known that Le Page used to produce all guns for Napoleon's personal use, as being preferred by him to those of Boutet, due to a flaw in their nechanism.
Interesting comment Fernando. Why...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th February 2024, 09:32 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,352
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Forum: European Armoury
11th February 2024, 04:59 AM
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Replies: 23
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Jean LePage
"I know from talks with collector historian Rainer Daehnhardt that he is a great fan of Jean LePage."
Fernando, apart from the pair in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and this pair, I have been...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th February 2024, 09:42 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,352
Pair of LePage percussion pistols
Thank for your kind words.
"I know from talks with collector historian Rainer Daehnhardt that he is a great fan of Jean LePage."
Me too Fernando, below is nice pair of cased percussion pistols...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th February 2024, 10:16 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,352
Nicholas-Noël Boutet & Jean LePage
Thank you for admitting me to your portal, my name is Mike Barnett, I am based in Perth, Western Australia. My collecting focus is on French high-art pocket pistols made by the gunmakers to Napoleon...
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