Arquebuse from the Museum of Castle in Nuremberg

Matchlock · 14th November 2013, 11:22 PM

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The Nuremberg piece, on the onther hand, is interesting for showing some areas of heavy worm damage and surface losses on the stock. One of these areas is situated on the left-hand side of the stock, opposite of the right-hand side touch hole which is crudely molded to form a primiitive pan. So there is no chance of attributing that worm damage to the fact that originially there was a lock mechanism with a long curved leaf spring nailed to the right-hand side of the stock ...[/QUOTE]

On second thought, and a closer look, these areas of suspected worming just seem to be quite normal damage losses due to both the great age and extreme dryness of the conifer wood (most probably fir or pine tree): there are not traces of worming whatsoever, vertically or horizontally, identifiable on the ground surface!
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14th November 2013, 11:22 PM	#9
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	[QUOTE= The Nuremberg piece, on the onther hand, is interesting for showing some areas of heavy worm damage and surface losses on the stock. One of these areas is situated on the left-hand side of the stock, opposite of the right-hand side touch hole which is crudely molded to form a primiitive pan. So there is no chance of attributing that worm damage to the fact that originially there was a lock mechanism with a long curved leaf spring nailed to the right-hand side of the stock ...[/QUOTE] On second thought, and a closer look, these areas of suspected worming just seem to be quite normal damage losses due to both the great age and extreme dryness of the conifer wood (most probably fir or pine tree): there are not traces of worming whatsoever, vertically or horizontally, identifiable on the ground surface! m