Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - CALIVERMAN's Powder Flasks and Their Leather Frogs, Nuremberg, ca. 1580-1620

Matchlock · 7th December 2013, 05:54 PM

Jacob de Gheyn's caliverman (Schütze) filling a definite portion of powder from his horn (note the frog hook!) into the barrel of his caliver (Schützenrohr), 1608.

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7th December 2013, 05:54 PM	#6
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Jacob de Gheyn's caliverman (Schütze) filling a definite portion of powder from his horn (note the frog hook!) into the barrel of his caliver (Schützenrohr), 1608. m Attached Images