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Forum: European Armoury 3rd March 2024, 06:18 AM
Replies: 17
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Posted By Hotspur
Some of the imported blade trade information can...

Some of the imported blade trade information can be tracked through ship manifests, aboard inbound ships. London port records go way back. Unfortunately, they don't detail the receiving merchants...
Forum: European Armoury 26th February 2024, 02:57 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,547
Posted By Hotspur
Very cool Jim. I saw them long ago in a Shotgun...

Very cool Jim. I saw them long ago in a Shotgun News edition.
Forum: European Armoury 21st February 2024, 03:43 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,094
Posted By Hotspur
Maybe The Green Man Blattemaske ...

Maybe

The Green Man

Blattemaske

Der Guener Mensch

The metal work (if genuinely old) would be no earlier than 17th century.
Forum: European Armoury 12th February 2024, 01:40 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 3,849
Posted By Hotspur
Thanks for the information and pictures!

Thanks for the information and pictures!
Forum: European Armoury 11th February 2024, 01:08 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 3,849
Posted By Hotspur
I had been told by someone in Sweden that there...

I had been told by someone in Sweden that there were no steel hilt hussar swords made and used as official types. Contrarily, the curator of Higgins Armoury listed my hussar as Swedish 1750s-760s...
Forum: European Armoury 10th February 2024, 10:55 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,403
Posted By Hotspur
1830s U.S. militia. There were a great many 1826...

1830s U.S. militia. There were a great many 1826 Bavarian looking swords listed as Mexican and even some in the states. The sabres quite common but some straight, This one marked to Horstmann, in...
Forum: European Armoury 13th January 2024, 04:28 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,346
Posted By Hotspur
What about Finland guys? :D Bavaria...

What about Finland guys?

:D

Bavaria has river police. The Rhine flows to the Meuse.

Cheers
GC
Forum: European Armoury 19th December 2023, 05:19 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 13,083
Posted By Hotspur
You have to click the blue circle i in the right...

You have to click the blue circle i in the right hand corner and you get this
Forum: European Armoury 18th December 2023, 05:36 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 13,083
Posted By Hotspur
A five baller for Jim. I swear it must have been...

A five baller for Jim. I swear it must have been for the Knights of Columbus!

:D
Forum: European Armoury 18th December 2023, 05:05 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 13,083
Posted By Hotspur
From Robert Wilkinson-Latham, British makers were...

From Robert Wilkinson-Latham, British makers were doing soft welded tangs well into the 19th century, with patent hilts an iimmediate change of thoughts.

There was a fellow in the U.S. named...
Forum: European Armoury 18th December 2023, 04:49 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 13,083
Posted By Hotspur
Langham's research shows it would be 1802ish, as...

Langham's research shows it would be 1802ish, as the only time Drury listed as his majesty. A goldsmith, etc. What I believe to be a similar situation is my rather plain saber but fire gilt.

A...
Forum: European Armoury 29th November 2023, 05:03 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 11,247
Posted By Hotspur
I only have one of my own. This seems to be the...

I only have one of my own. This seems to be the largest assortment in one place but I think we need to better sort the pile by rose variety, then common (which is a complicated description of its...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd October 2023, 05:00 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 7,897
Posted By Hotspur
A dagger I am working on has circles, within...

A dagger I am working on has circles, within circles and the large one has six circles around that!
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=29211

I presume it to be an Italian blade. If...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd September 2023, 07:15 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,787
Posted By Hotspur
In peeling the layer of wax/varnish off, gilt on...

In peeling the layer of wax/varnish off, gilt on the ricasso in circles around the circles. I'm more inclined to think 18th century now.

Cheers
GC
Forum: European Armoury 23rd September 2023, 03:11 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,787
Posted By Hotspur
Thanks, selling out of Argentina. Cheers ...

Thanks, selling out of Argentina.

Cheers
GC
Forum: European Armoury 22nd September 2023, 12:16 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,787
Posted By Hotspur
Super. Thanks a lot.

Super. Thanks a lot.
Forum: European Armoury 20th September 2023, 07:42 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,787
Posted By Hotspur
Italian (Ligurian?) Dagger Redux

Fate has brought me to a new breadcrumb trail. A recent (sic) thread is here
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=23526

which in turn leads to another expansive look. Kicking around...
Forum: European Armoury 16th September 2023, 10:57 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 5,498
Posted By Hotspur
My feelings are that the sword is of the...

My feelings are that the sword is of the 1755><1770 range and the rayskin original, probably with a silver or silver wash copper tape (with no wire) and a silver Turks head at the pommel.

Cheers...
Forum: European Armoury 5th July 2023, 06:59 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,898
Posted By Hotspur
Terrific reading! Huzzah!

Terrific reading! Huzzah!
Forum: European Armoury 17th June 2023, 05:59 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,183
Posted By Hotspur
The AP and Guardian ...

The AP and Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/16/till-shines-3300-year-old-sword-found-in-germany-bronze-age-grave-bavaria

...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th June 2023, 07:29 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,092
Posted By Hotspur
It might possibly be a WWII or Vietnam 'theater'...

It might possibly be a WWII or Vietnam 'theater' made personal weapon. The metal spacers are quite common and knives like the EG Waterman knives sometimes had added spacers and some came with some...
Forum: European Armoury 8th June 2023, 12:11 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,768
Posted By Hotspur
Best ways to communicate during periods of site...

Best ways to communicate during periods of site instability?http://myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=40130

Current forum software limitations
http://myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=39921
...
Forum: European Armoury 3rd June 2023, 11:35 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,768
Posted By Hotspur
I just exchanged emails with Chad Anrow, Nathan's...

I just exchanged emails with Chad Anrow, Nathan's right hand guy. Nathan has been unresponsive even to him. Chad hopes someone will work it out, For the time being, I can suggest using archive.org...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd May 2023, 02:59 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,234
Posted By Hotspur
From memory, in the forward of Peterson's...

From memory, in the forward of Peterson's 'American Swords', there is a paragraph outlining the purchase of the crowned king mark from Wundes by the Weyersburg family (1770ish).

I have an 18th...
Forum: European Armoury 18th March 2023, 06:09 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,471
Posted By Hotspur
Whatzit coat of arms?

Whatzit coat of arms? Photos harvested in 2011. Of course, listed as pappy's sword as a confederate during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Most know the sword type but the question is the coat...
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