FH Cripps-Day 'Fragmenta Armamentara'

urbanspaceman · 3rd August 2023, 10:29 PM

Hi Jim. Just in case you are not familiar with the sword mentioned: RA IX. 1015
here it is.

Jim McDougall · 4th August 2023, 04:01 AM

Thank you Keith, actually I had not been able to locate an image of that, velly interesting!

Triarii · 16th August 2023, 10:38 AM

Thanks both. I have Claude Blair's work and forgot to look back at that.

I'm interested in the actual Cripps-Day words, though it is a secondary source, as I hoped it would provide some more context or even point to the primary source. I realise that it won't be definitive, but would add some more flavour and possibly give more clues to what was meant by some of the terms.

Having read a lot on ECW era arms and equipment, training etc, too much gets omitted that is important, or gets mangled in the re-telling. A friend is doing some good digging on equipment orders in the (UK) National Archives, and that's adding some unusual angles and challenges to perceived wisdom.

3rd August 2023, 10:29 PM	#1
urbanspaceman Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Tyneside. North-East England Posts: 577	Royal Armouries reference Hi Jim. Just in case you are not familiar with the sword mentioned: RA IX. 1015 here it is. Attached Images

4th August 2023, 04:01 AM	#2
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,192	Thank you Keith, actually I had not been able to locate an image of that, velly interesting!

16th August 2023, 10:38 AM	#3
Triarii Member Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: Bristol Posts: 120	Thanks both. I have Claude Blair's work and forgot to look back at that. I'm interested in the actual Cripps-Day words, though it is a secondary source, as I hoped it would provide some more context or even point to the primary source. I realise that it won't be definitive, but would add some more flavour and possibly give more clues to what was meant by some of the terms. Having read a lot on ECW era arms and equipment, training etc, too much gets omitted that is important, or gets mangled in the re-telling. A friend is doing some good digging on equipment orders in the (UK) National Archives, and that's adding some unusual angles and challenges to perceived wisdom.