Forum: European Armoury
21st April 2024, 10:33 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
19th April 2024, 10:56 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
17th April 2024, 10:04 AM
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Thank you.
Certainly not wood; some kind of bone or even ivory!
The way i humbly view it, slender (rapier) blades may be seen both in cup hilts as in swept hilts, etc. Their particular purpose is that of...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th April 2024, 06:56 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
16th April 2024, 06:33 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
16th April 2024, 06:12 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
16th April 2024, 04:27 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
16th April 2024, 10:38 AM
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Gripless dagger for comments
The recent owner 'suspects' this is a left hand dagger. I tend to disagree; the 8,7 inches blade is too short, for one ... i would say.
What would you Gentlemen say ?
Unfortunately, the grip is...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th April 2024, 11:16 AM
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Replies: 6
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A friend's cup hilt sword for comments
This guy, a local fellow collector, has all the luck. He buys obscure stuff for (extremely) cheap prices, gives them a good cleaning and the result is more than successful.
This cup hilt sword, with...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th April 2024, 10:39 AM
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Replies: 19
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Forum: European Armoury
12th April 2024, 09:56 AM
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Replies: 19
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Forum: European Armoury
10th April 2024, 07:50 PM
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Wouldn't this one...
Wouldn't this one (https://blog.tienda-medieval.com/espada-de-conchas-no-me-saques-no-me-envaines-siglo-xvii/) be Spanish ? :o.
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Forum: European Armoury
10th April 2024, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 19
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Jim, remember this one ?...
Jim, remember this one ? (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=783)
"The Knights Templars would swear never to draw their swords unless convinced of the justice of the cause in which...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th April 2024, 11:19 AM
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Replies: 8
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Punzón ...
Punzón (singular) Punzones (Plural); a term meaning punch, puncture, pricker, marker.
Here is one of those Punzones de Espadero, a survival from those Toledan glorious days !
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th April 2024, 11:09 AM
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Forum: Swap Forum
6th April 2024, 11:25 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd April 2024, 09:12 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st April 2024, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,399
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Forum: European Armoury
1st April 2024, 05:52 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th March 2024, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 16
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THREAD TITLE
Say Keith, do want me to correct the title of your 'HERNANI' topic to HERNANDEZ ?
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Forum: European Armoury
28th March 2024, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 16
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It would take someone with more luggage to...
It would take someone with more luggage to accurately judge on that inscription but, within my limitations, i dare say it is just gibberish. Also the symbol on the left, a very early one, was...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th March 2024, 10:35 AM
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Replies: 16
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Forum: European Armoury
27th March 2024, 10:56 AM
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Replies: 23
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Not wishing to embark aboard the recurrent...
Not wishing to embark aboard the recurrent tool/weapon saga, i suspect this time the Canary knife was undoubtedly conceived to be an agriculture utensil, eventually having undergone design...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th March 2024, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,399
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Forum: Swap Forum
24th March 2024, 10:51 AM
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Replies: 4
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