Forum: European Armoury
21st March 2024, 07:03 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
4th March 2024, 05:49 PM
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Hello Jim and thank you for your valuable...
Hello Jim and thank you for your valuable perspective. I'm feeling a lot less 'bummed out' about it now. Many of the items in my collection range from odd ethnographic pieces to New World colonial,...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd March 2024, 11:05 PM
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Thank you, Rick, for this excellent info and I...
Thank you, Rick, for this excellent info and I also forgot to thank you for the positive ID on this one. I'm not feeling as bad about it now. Lesson learned and I think this is at least an old one.
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd March 2024, 04:16 AM
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Foiled again!
Actually, I had a heads-up from another well respected Forum member of my error just prior to Rick pointing out my monumental mistake. The strange thing is I do frequent the Ethno side, but I guess I...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th February 2024, 09:24 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th February 2024, 01:41 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th February 2024, 04:02 AM
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Replies: 14
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Revolutionary War era clasp knife
Here we have a truly massive specimen!:D This clasp knife (or penny knife, jack knife, folder, etc) was the kind carried in the 18th c. and earlier by both sailors, soldiers, frontiersmen, explorers,...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th February 2024, 08:15 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
14th February 2024, 03:11 PM
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Replies: 8
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Thank you so much Jim and CC for coming in on...
Thank you so much Jim and CC for coming in on this one! Great to hear from you both!
I'm glad I stayed clear, as I wasn't a player with all of the questionables involved. Both you and Jim make it...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th February 2024, 03:41 AM
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Replies: 8
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For comparison...
Here is Cutlass Collector's exceptional site for boarding axes and the Type I from his site that I'm referring to-
https://www.boardingaxe.com/index.html
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Forum: European Armoury
13th February 2024, 08:27 PM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: European Armoury
13th February 2024, 08:25 PM
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An American Type I boarding axe? Or not!
This auction just ended and due to my reservations, I steered clear of it. On first glance, it appears to be a pattern I American boarding axe, an extremely rare find indeed! However, it's styling is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th February 2024, 04:02 AM
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Replies: 46
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Forum: European Armoury
5th February 2024, 12:34 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
4th January 2024, 07:58 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,750
Wow! This is a pretty cool piece of Rev War...
Wow! This is a pretty cool piece of Rev War history! Sorry, not much more to add other than to say Simcoe was a very controversial character. Items such as these were popular in past centuries, such...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
4th January 2024, 07:50 AM
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Replies: 6
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
2nd January 2024, 01:38 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,082
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Forum: European Armoury
25th December 2023, 05:35 AM
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Replies: 7
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
17th December 2023, 04:10 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
13th December 2023, 07:31 PM
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Not a boarding helmet, but still a very nice,...
Not a boarding helmet, but still a very nice, early miner's cap! Good catch, Ken!
About two decades ago, I used to get catalogs from numerous arms sellers. There was this chap, Dale C. Anderson,...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th December 2023, 05:49 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th December 2023, 09:12 PM
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Replies: 20
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I am very grateful for all of the great minds...
I am very grateful for all of the great minds coming in on this thread! As a lover of baskets, but a relative minor leaguer with input and examples to show, I enjoy absorbing all of the knowledge you...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th November 2023, 09:23 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
14th November 2023, 06:04 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 5,003
Hmm. I'm a novie when it comes to guns, rifles,...
Hmm. I'm a novie when it comes to guns, rifles, muskets, but just few comments to start things off. This gun was obviously converted over to percussion from flintlock in it's working life. The way...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th October 2023, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 21
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Exactly, Peter. Unlike the Vasa and ships like...
Exactly, Peter. Unlike the Vasa and ships like the Royal George, where we know what caused them to sink, the Mary Rose remains speculative. You bring up an excellent point about her guns, though....
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