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Forum: European Armoury 22nd March 2024, 08:48 PM
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Posted By awdaniec666
To answer your other question if your Afghan...

To answer your other question if your Afghan scabbard is linked to those Polish-Hungarian ones (guess I forgot to), there are few possible solutions:

- Is the scabbard shown by you a common...
Forum: European Armoury 21st March 2024, 12:10 PM
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Posted By awdaniec666
Contrary to popular belief that the countries in...

Contrary to popular belief that the countries in Europe in that time that had the most economic and military contact with the Ottoman Empire were constantly copying Ottoman inventions, in reality...
Forum: European Armoury 12th March 2024, 07:25 PM
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Posted By awdaniec666
Polish nobility wore a saber at the belt and...

Polish nobility wore a saber at the belt and often used a warhammer as a walking stick. Daggers (even more this decorated) were something a Polish nobleman would not wear, as it was considered...
Forum: European Armoury 30th January 2024, 07:50 PM
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Posted By awdaniec666
Without diving deep into literature studies you...

Without diving deep into literature studies you could try to answer the following question for yourself: This seems like a thrust-centric sword, is the blade suitable for thrusting through f.e. mail...
Forum: European Armoury 17th January 2024, 03:45 PM
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Posted By awdaniec666
I must say that I´m not convinced regarding the...

I must say that I´m not convinced regarding the use of those nothces in fencing. This beeing said I´ll observe where this is going.
Forum: European Armoury 16th January 2024, 04:58 PM
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Posted By awdaniec666
Thanks a lot! While I´m a big...

Thanks a lot!



While I´m a big enthusiast of bringing in HEMA experience into arms and armour studies, one must recognize that fighting on horseback and cavalry maneuvers in general have...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 14th January 2024, 05:06 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 7,901
Posted By awdaniec666
The edit option should stay available for a...

The edit option should stay available for a little longer...
The skull has been first used by the prussian hussar regiment nr. 8 (belling) in 1758.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 14th January 2024, 03:09 PM
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Posted By awdaniec666
Thanks for replying Victrix. I...

Thanks for replying Victrix.



I wondered if that is the case - but I doubt it to be honest.



In fact the Prussians and French did not copy them in the beginning but "imported" Hungarian...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 14th January 2024, 03:00 PM
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Views: 7,901
Posted By awdaniec666
Just one correction GP: Only few or one hussar...

Just one correction GP: Only few or one hussar unit had the skull ("black hussars") which meant they won´t grant mercy upon the enemy as far as I know. It was a more or less new thing dating back not...
Forum: European Armoury 14th January 2024, 02:46 PM
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Posted By awdaniec666
Corrado, what makes this specimen probably...

Corrado, what makes this specimen probably Bavarian? I am curious about the references. Thanks.
Forum: European Armoury 14th January 2024, 12:58 PM
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Posted By awdaniec666
Found something interesting regarding rust on...

Found something interesting regarding rust on mail on a Wikipedia site in German.

"Rost ist für Kettenrüstungen kaum ein Problem, wenn sie regelmäßig getragen und sorgfältig gelagert werden. Nach...
Forum: European Armoury 13th January 2024, 09:55 AM
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Posted By awdaniec666
Thanks for replying. Another point that came to...

Thanks for replying. Another point that came to my mind reading your toughts is the worth of an item which surely would have an impact on the treatment it received from its owners. Roger, do you...
Forum: European Armoury 11th January 2024, 05:48 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 3,353
Posted By awdaniec666
Hi Roger, I wonder, why have mail shirts...

Hi Roger,

I wonder, why have mail shirts and its parts generally so little corrosion after all this time? I mean, even looked after medival swords often look like minefields. Is the steel harder...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 16th December 2023, 01:26 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 7,901
Posted By awdaniec666
Thanks for your replies. The item in questions is...

Thanks for your replies. The item in questions is a pipe, not an axe (/fokos) - I wonder, are pipes pathognomonic for Prussians?

The wig in question could also be curly hair to me...

As for...
Forum: European Armoury 11th December 2023, 09:57 PM
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Posted By awdaniec666
Since you kept it very short yourself: Modern...

Since you kept it very short yourself:
Modern fantasy. Not Polish, not Hungarian. Was sold as Persian but you know that.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 2nd December 2023, 08:44 PM
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Views: 7,901
Posted By awdaniec666
The Spekulatius Cookie Hussar

The Spekulatius cookie has been an integral part of christmas pastries in central Europe since the middle ages. I recently acquired a beautiful mold for such cookies which appears to be very old...
Forum: European Armoury 3rd November 2023, 07:59 PM
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Posted By awdaniec666
In my opinion the correct description would be...

In my opinion the correct description would be "Central European Pallasch, 1st half of 17th century, probably Styrian-made".
Certainly not a Dussack, Dussege, Säbel auf teutsch gefasst or any of...
Forum: European Armoury 25th August 2023, 09:09 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 5,589
Posted By awdaniec666
I noticed afterwards that I forgot a detail: The...

I noticed afterwards that I forgot a detail: The Czekan can have a spike- or hammer-head.. Thought nobody would notice :p

Per definitionem your object is a "Czekan" in the Polish classification...
Forum: European Armoury 19th August 2023, 05:24 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 5,589
Posted By awdaniec666
Hey there! The classification is simple. I...

Hey there!

The classification is simple. I did my best to sketch that with Microsofts Paint in a minute. 1 = Nadziak 2 = Obuszek 3= Czekan

I would like to add that Poland and Hungary are...
Forum: European Armoury 12th August 2023, 03:13 PM
Replies: 150
Views: 76,944
Posted By awdaniec666
Some more depictions I found recently. 1....

Some more depictions I found recently.

1. Hieronim Radziwill in his hussarish wedding dress, Poland-Lithuania - anno 1764
2. Stanislaw Herakliusz Lubomirski, Poland-Lithuania - 2nd half of the...
Forum: European Armoury 21st June 2023, 05:52 PM
Replies: 150
Views: 76,944
Posted By awdaniec666
Teisani, hm.., with respect to the quality of...

Teisani,
hm.., with respect to the quality of the paintings I think we can interpret the hilts as they are shown to us and that hilt is clearly shaped like an eagle-head. ;)
Forum: European Armoury 11th June 2023, 07:34 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 67,237
Posted By awdaniec666
Exclamation Withdrawal of this guide

Dear readers of this guide,

it has been some time now since I wrote this little tour through the world of the karabela-hilted sabers. Like everyone else who dives deeper into his or her field of...
Forum: European Armoury 10th June 2023, 08:34 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,308
Posted By awdaniec666
I wonder if you could provide a source for this...

I wonder if you could provide a source for this theory (scientific study preferably).

As for my physics and chemistry understanding I have some problems with this claim.
Radiation comes from...
Forum: European Armoury 10th June 2023, 08:01 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,945
Posted By awdaniec666
Hello serdar, probably Styrian production...

Hello serdar,

probably Styrian production for East Central Europe from the 17th century. Could have been used in places between Poland to Croatia. Nice blade.
Forum: European Armoury 31st May 2023, 09:29 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,368
Posted By awdaniec666
Nice sword. The only thing I can contribute is...

Nice sword. The only thing I can contribute is that the Weyersberg which has been known to make swords in the Napoleonic times founded their workshop in the early 1790´s, so this is another workshop...
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