Forum: European Armoury
6th March 2022, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 8
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G'day Calien,
Normally I would say take...
G'day Calien,
Normally I would say take anything engraved on a scabbard after the fact with a grain of salt, but in this case, the portrait shows that at the very least Stepney Cowell did have this...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th March 2022, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 9,246
G'day Calien,
I can't help you with the crest,...
G'day Calien,
I can't help you with the crest, but I do have a couple of swords with similar blade decoration including the "all seeing eye". Originally I thought this style of blade decoration may...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th February 2022, 12:43 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 7,910
You are right. The 11th Hussars sword I posted...
You are right. The 11th Hussars sword I posted above has exactly the same design on the crossguard (with the addition of the Egypt battle honour) as marked 9th Lancers examples, but the scabbard...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th February 2022, 09:01 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 7,910
If you google "11th Hussars mameluke" you can...
If you google "11th Hussars mameluke" you can find several examples on the web.
Going back to Calien's mameluke by T Symmons 102 Pall Mall, I stumbled across an example on the net which does have...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th February 2022, 02:57 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 7,910
G'day JT88,
The 11th Hussars also had similar...
G'day JT88,
The 11th Hussars also had similar motifs on their scabbard bands and cross guards. I think you can call it "in the style favoured by light cavalry officers", but you can't narrow it down...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th February 2022, 02:56 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 7,910
Thanks guys,
He isn't in the 1814 London PO...
Thanks guys,
He isn't in the 1814 London PO Directory or the 1816 PO Directory. It suggests he may only have been in business between October 1814 and October 1815. I wonder where the comment about...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th February 2022, 11:38 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 7,910
Thanks Calien,
Where did you find the...
Thanks Calien,
Where did you find the information about Symmons? I have had a bit of a look for him, and have found a merchant and a brass founder, but neither at this address?
Cheers,
Bryce
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Forum: European Armoury
5th February 2022, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 7,910
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Forum: European Armoury
4th February 2022, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 7,910
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd February 2022, 09:24 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 7,910
The first one was hall marked but I can't...
The first one was hall marked but I can't remember what the date was. I think it was in the range 1810-20. The second is dateable by the maker to 1813-17. Just to further emphasize how difficult your...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd February 2022, 02:44 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 7,910
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd February 2022, 12:28 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 7,910
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd February 2022, 03:24 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 7,910
G'day JT88,
Why are you convinced that the...
G'day JT88,
Why are you convinced that the scabbard was originally covered in velvet and that the current leather is a replacement? The majority of these mamelukes had leather, rather than velvet...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st February 2022, 03:51 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 7,910
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Forum: European Armoury
31st January 2022, 01:12 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 7,910
G'day JT88,
Without any sort of marking it is...
G'day JT88,
Without any sort of marking it is impossible to identify what sort of officer owned your sword. It wasn't just Lancer officers who carried them. It could have been carried by any cavalry...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd January 2022, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 18,370
G'day GC,
Thanks for posting this. The first...
G'day GC,
Thanks for posting this. The first stamp could be an O or maybe another G? Not sure what the other mark is.
I have discovered that prior to 1796, Henry Osborn was marking his blades with...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th January 2022, 08:31 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,756
G'day Drac2k,
I agree with the previous...
G'day Drac2k,
I agree with the previous comments that neither sword is British. The top sword isn't a British 1796 LC sabre. Can you please post a better photo of the hilt?
Cheers,
Bryce
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Forum: European Armoury
11th October 2021, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,879
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Forum: European Armoury
9th October 2021, 12:05 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,879
G'day Guys,
This sword is a cracker. I would...
G'day Guys,
This sword is a cracker. I would love to have it in my collection. I would say it is definitely an heirloom blade from the 17th or maybe early 18th century. It could be a 1796 heavy...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th October 2021, 10:25 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,289
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Forum: European Armoury
7th October 2021, 04:03 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 9,378
G'day Patrick,
I can only comment from a...
G'day Patrick,
I can only comment from a British swords perspective, but like Victrix said, British swords were only sharpened when the owner left for active service. The type of edge they had prior...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th September 2021, 09:46 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 9,378
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Forum: European Armoury
16th August 2021, 01:58 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 10,739
Thanks mate,
37mm puts it in the range of...
Thanks mate,
37mm puts it in the range of normal sized swords. If it started out life this short I would have expected it to be a bit narrower than this. Doesn't tell us when the shortening was...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th August 2021, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 10,739
G'day Guys,
My 5 cents worth. The grip and...
G'day Guys,
My 5 cents worth. The grip and knuckleguard are unusual for a sword of this time period. The rounded knucklebow/guard remind me of later constabulary hangers, but I guess is also similar...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th July 2021, 03:42 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,516
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