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Forum: European Armoury
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kisak
![]() Checking the page again it says Münich ("Bayerisches Armeemuseum i München."). Where I got Dresden from, well, maybe best to not even ask. |
Forum: European Armoury
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kisak
![]() The Army Museum in Stockholm has one. https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024417432/?query=v%C3%A4rja&pos=10&count=674 If I'm to translate the interesting bits, it was given to the museum by a colonel... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Replies: 7
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kisak
![]() It reminds me of this one, a Nordic peasant's vouge/couse/kuse according to the auction house. |
Forum: European Armoury
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kisak
![]() Apart from the perhaps slight thinner back spike the Scandinavian one really does look spot on for the Swedish navy's boarding axe m/1780. Did the Danes really have a model that matches even better? |
Forum: European Armoury
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kisak
![]() To the best of my knowledge the idea is that you'd hold the dagger with the ring on the outside, ie the opposite side from your thumb. Much like a side ring on a sword, it should be primarily there... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Views: 9,725
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kisak
![]() In case it helps, I see infantry officer's swords with "smallsword style" hilts and spadroon blades every now and then here in Sweden. The hilt here doesn't really look like the Swedish fashion... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Views: 3,606
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kisak
![]() Those are the territories of the Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire. "Fur" simply means "for" I think, and "Kaiserlich" would probably refer to something of the Emperor's or imperial. Perhaps... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,447
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kisak
![]() Unusual looking backstrap IMO, that might be a trail to follow. Sweden can probably be ruled out, there's nothing terribly similar in Berg's books or on display over at the army Museum in... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Views: 2,257
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kisak
![]() Looks like a Swedish cavalry sabre m/1847 with the outside of the guard bent a bit out of shape. I'm attaching a few pics of mine for comparison. The somewhat peculiar blade shape returns on a few... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Views: 3,975
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kisak
![]() This is actually shown in a Swedish documentary series (Svenska Slag) about the Scanian War (1675-79). So it might be a reasonably old practice. |
Forum: European Armoury
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Views: 4,642
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kisak
![]() Nice pictures all around, I know the hardships of museum photography quite well myself. Two things in particular draw my attention, does anyone have some information on the decorated(?) mail in post... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Views: 4,263
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kisak
![]() Could there perhaps be some relationship with Puckle's "Defence gun"? |
Forum: European Armoury
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Views: 6,362
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kisak
![]() When talking about things related to Vikings and the Swedish iron age a bearded axe would look rather like this one. I don't know what the longobards used, but it seems plausible to me that their... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 2,989
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kisak
![]() IIRC some Japanese swords and daggers (mostly the latter) have such hilt ornaments that take the place of (or integrate with?) the menuki plug. I would guess that they have one piece for each side... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Replies: 14
Views: 9,560
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kisak
![]() They were indeed conical, and filled with sharp shards of flint. According to the museum description the idea was for the wooden canister to remain in one piece during the flight, and then shatter as... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,314
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kisak
![]() Everything's as I thought it'd be then. Thanks for the help. |
Forum: European Armoury
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Replies: 14
Views: 9,560
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kisak
![]() Here is a pic of some of the canisters from the shipwreck outside of Riddarholmen. Taken at the Medieval Museum in Stockholm. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 3,314
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kisak
![]() At a recent auction the seme here caught my eye (well, that's what I think it is), and since the whole lot (all four items) went for nothing much at all, I thought it would be worth the gamble. 54cm... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Views: 22,604
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kisak
![]() The modern day gun safety tip/recommendation/rule/commandment of always pointing the muzzle(s) in a safe direction comes to mind here. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 2,465
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kisak
![]() Wouldn't any hardening of cold worked iron/steel be far more likely to be due to work hardening than accidental adding of carbon? |
Forum: European Armoury
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Views: 3,246
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kisak
![]() Regarding the blunt edges being sharpened, I've heard that at least in Sweden,a s swords saw less and less sue in the 19th century, military swords started being delivered and kept dull (cut down on... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 3,294
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kisak
![]() Providing any solid help here is far beyond me, but some things which came to mind... The ha-machi is, if my memory is correct, a relatively weak spot (and something which is easy to mess up during... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 10
Views: 4,069
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kisak
![]() You wouldn't happen to have a more technical explanation of the how's and why's of it all from him that you could quote, link to, or some such? |
Forum: European Armoury
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,730
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kisak
![]() Here's a picture of it from Dolinek's The encyclopedia of European historical weapons. I can't recall there being much in the way of measurements in the book though. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,563
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kisak
![]() The swords with knuckle bows might be hudiedao, possibly butterfly sword in English (I'm not sure what the exact definitions of those terms are, nor of they are exactly the same for the two words).... |
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