One blunderbuss i would like to have ...

Norman McCormick · 30th April 2017, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by fernando

My right hand ... wherever it is, somewhere in South Africa.

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kronckew · 30th April 2017, 07:56 PM

fancy misplacing that. hope you were left handed. (guess you are now.) ah, well, everyone has a few faults. most firearms and many swords are made for right hand use, and lefties tend to get stuff sprayed in their faces like brass or gasses and unburnt powder residue. lock sparks from the blunderbuss would be stinging i guess. hopefully you can overcome that with a good prosthetic. guess it's too late to reattach the original.

(if you are serious, hope i didn't bring up any bad memories. i apologise if i have. probably an interesting story to go with it, tho maybe not for you. feel free to ignore me.)

fernando · 1st May 2017, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by kronckew

...(if you are serious, hope i didn't bring up any bad memories. i apologise if i have ...)

Dear Waine,
If this issue caused me any affliction, i wouldn't have pulled the joke in the first place.
In fact i was fully dexter but, no problem with that; my brain got the message. Only have to avoid buying shoes with tying laces.
And... by the way, no prosthetic needed; i am not a guitar player

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fernando · 1st May 2017, 12:36 PM

Thsnk you Philip,
... for pointing out those references, specially the more suggestive one showing the arabesques in Lavins lock (plate 81).
That the lock in my friend's blunderbuss is inspired in Spanish examples or even having been brought over from Spain, is of course a probability no to be discarded, by all means. After all, most blunderbusses we see around here are of regional engender, composed of varied 'rescued' parts.
Interesting that this gun wear appears to be not only due to natural age but also to intense use, judging by the frizzen face; in a way that its service was more resourced for hunting frequent shooting than in sporadic combat, a more typical purpose for these things ... i would say. Bizarre ?

30th April 2017, 07:56 PM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,224	fancy misplacing that. hope you were left handed. (guess you are now.) ah, well, everyone has a few faults. most firearms and many swords are made for right hand use, and lefties tend to get stuff sprayed in their faces like brass or gasses and unburnt powder residue. lock sparks from the blunderbuss would be stinging i guess. hopefully you can overcome that with a good prosthetic. guess it's too late to reattach the original. (if you are serious, hope i didn't bring up any bad memories. i apologise if i have. probably an interesting story to go with it, tho maybe not for you. feel free to ignore me.)

1st May 2017, 12:36 PM	#4
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Thsnk you Philip, ... for pointing out those references, specially the more suggestive one showing the arabesques in Lavins lock (plate 81). That the lock in my friend's blunderbuss is inspired in Spanish examples or even having been brought over from Spain, is of course a probability no to be discarded, by all means. After all, most blunderbusses we see around here are of regional engender, composed of varied 'rescued' parts. Interesting that this gun wear appears to be not only due to natural age but also to intense use, judging by the frizzen face; in a way that its service was more resourced for hunting frequent shooting than in sporadic combat, a more typical purpose for these things ... i would say. Bizarre ?