Forum: European Armoury
Today, 03:20 PM
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Thank you Udo!
This is exciting to see the...
Thank you Udo!
This is exciting to see the potential for this having potential as an officers pistol of civil navy.
What exactly does 'boxlock' mean? While Ive studied swords most of my life, I...
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Forum: European Armoury
Today, 01:03 PM
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Thank you so much Udo!
As I know little on...
Thank you so much Udo!
As I know little on these type of pistols, I am wondering if the percussion system indicates 1830s? 40s? This seems almost to recall the much earlier 'Queen Anne' or 'turn...
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Forum: European Armoury
Today, 06:10 AM
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Views: 134
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Forum: European Armoury
Today, 03:42 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
Today, 12:38 AM
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Views: 134
Not at all fanciful Keith! but well observed....
Not at all fanciful Keith! but well observed. Thank you for coming in on this. Its another sword Ive had for half a century, and never focused on getting to the bottom of its secrets. Now that it is...
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Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 10:04 PM
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Pre Culloden English dragoon basket hilt?
In researching this simple basket hilt, there are a number of perplexing details which make it difficult to identify and date. As far as its character as a 'basket hilt' the simple and undecorated...
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Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,320
Points of interest
Keith, brilliant entry of THE BOOK!!! on Shotley in concurrent post, and thank you for generously sharing the tenacious and relentless research you have done. While these topics are of course most...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
Yesterday, 03:30 PM
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Replies: 51
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Great entry Kino!
There was no telling what...
Great entry Kino!
There was no telling what exotic items were in those prop houses!
In the early days of Hollywood stars like Fairbanks took overseas junkets to acquire antiques used in sets, plus...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
Yesterday, 01:35 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,688
Agreed. It seems earlier the suggestions were...
Agreed. It seems earlier the suggestions were that this item, rather than being an odd tool or implement may have ritual type significance, perhaps related to West African religious associations....
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Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 03:09 AM
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Update: Revisit Campbell (1894)
In reviewing "Scottish Swords from the Battlefield at Culloden", Lord Archibald Campbell, 1894.....reprinted Andrew Mowbray, 1971.
I noted that it is suggested that two of these munitions grade...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th July 2025, 03:44 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,320
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Forum: European Armoury
9th July 2025, 03:24 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,320
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th July 2025, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,688
Ian and Tim, you guys are the most phenomenal...
Ian and Tim, you guys are the most phenomenal researchers ever!!!! All this Voodoo material is notably esoteric and very hard to get through in all its complexity, but you guys have condensed it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th July 2025, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,688
Tim that is a viable suggestion as what we are...
Tim that is a viable suggestion as what we are dealing with is the stylized and often temporal interpretations of spiritual concepts and beliefs.
I think Ausjulius' idea is well placed and looking...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th July 2025, 03:07 PM
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Views: 1,320
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Forum: European Armoury
8th July 2025, 02:26 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 797
Amidst the pitting, its hard to discern.....you...
Amidst the pitting, its hard to discern.....you almost have it in hand and move it around so light hits it a certain way.......up to you having it in hand Im afraid. If you can estimate what it looks...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th July 2025, 02:23 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,320
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th July 2025, 12:54 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,688
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th July 2025, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,688
What sort of Santaria script/Voodoo script?
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What sort of Santaria script/Voodoo script?
While Africa had its own symbolisms, and Voodoo as well as Santaria evolved from the West African Vodun religion not sure this number (1707) or the 'J'...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th July 2025, 02:36 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
7th July 2025, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,320
This question really is perplexing Keith. While...
This question really is perplexing Keith. While often the production of weapons is inferred to a certain location, it seems typically assumed it was either for the accessibility to local resources...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th July 2025, 01:34 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,145
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th July 2025, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 491
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Forum: European Armoury
5th July 2025, 01:48 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 441
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2025, 05:41 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 491
OMG Norman! you did it again!
So according to...
OMG Norman! you did it again!
So according to this link, one of 2000 of these made by Herman Tanner, Belgium for Russian Kuban Cossacks during Crimean war (1853-56).
.60 cal.
Amazing, how did I...
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