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19th January 2016, 04:59 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: OKLAHOMA, USA
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SAFER TO POKE A FIRE PLACE THAN TO POKE AN ELEPHANT.
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8th December 2018, 11:55 AM
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Join Date: May 2017
Location: Germany
Posts: 141
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Have found a nearly similar one like Timo. Same style, possibly same smith.
Best Thomas |
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8th December 2018, 04:00 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Europe
Posts: 2,718
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Here is my only Ancus, north India probably Punjab 19th century. The bore is 11 mm pinfire, so if someone was hit there would have been quite a hole.
In one of his books Robert Elgood shows a walking stick, with a hidden gun, from a museum, also with the same kind of decoration. These shooting weapons were not practical at all, as it took far too long to unscrew the top - would not have been any good for a 007-agent. Elgood, Robert: Firearms of the Islamic World. I.B. Tauris & Co., London 1995. PP. 142-143 no 93. No Ariel, I am not going to buy an elephant, as I only have one Ancus, and I am sure my wife and the dogs would not like an elephant running around in the garden trumpteting at all hours. Sorry. Last edited by Jens Nordlunde; 8th December 2018 at 09:26 PM. |
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8th December 2018, 06:52 PM
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EAAF Staff
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 7,272
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Uh..........a picture Jens, please?
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