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26th July 2008, 07:05 PM
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This is the replica of a XIV century hand cannon at the Lisbon Military Museum ... where pictures are not allowed
 The barrel has 27 cms. and is made of hot welded staves. The whole thing, barrel and pole, measures 1,24 mts. The tag doesn't mention its caliber, but we can see it's quite a large one, close from my example, i would say. Also the touch hole is quite significant in size, meaning that after some shooting and degradation could well become as large as the one in my specimen. The legend in the tag confirms that these things were handled by two men; one holding the pole under the arm and pointing the barrel mouth to the enemy lines and the "bota-fogo" (an expression that became legendary), a guy with the slow match, to detonate the device. Also as already aproached here, the accuracy of the shot was very limited, but the psichologic efect of the noise, the black smoke shadow and the smell of burnt sulphur, provoked in the spirit of medieval man the conviction that he was in the presence of devil's work. Fernando |
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26th July 2008, 10:04 PM
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 Naughty boy  Thats an nice example Fernando I would forget your display stands that you showed earlier. I would get a 'stock' made for it, it'll look great. But, then I'm biased....I'd rather 'see' this cannon as a weapon....than a signalling device. Regards David |
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26th July 2008, 10:52 PM
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Stock and bands are a must! Gene |
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9th August 2008, 02:15 AM
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Look what i managed Fernando . |
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9th August 2008, 09:40 AM
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BRAVO FERNANDO
Regards David |
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9th August 2008, 11:35 AM
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WOW!
Fernando. That looks just fantastic! You must be very pleased with it? How long did it take you? It's prefect, just right! Congratulations. Gene |
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9th August 2008, 08:43 PM
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A one handed guy with a couple undecent tools could never make such a decent job  .The carpenter, after i showed him a drawing and measures, must have taken less than two hours to turn the pole in mahogany, drill the ( barrel ) hole and cut it in half section. Then i had to carve the half hole, here and there, to fit in the irregular barrel. Back to the carpenter, to thin down the lower and side parts of the pole in its first half; it looked too bulky and perfect from the lathe, and this way it looks mor rustic. He used the vertical saw, to get an unfinished look. Then three hours at the smith. I showed him a picture and had him to cut two strips of "black" iron, and beat them hard with a ball hammer, before bending them for the bands. The bands were fixed with screws, which had their heads cut off and criss crossed with a small grinder, to resemble rustic rivets. Then i told him to use a drop of sulphuric acid to darken the new heads. Coming back home, i darkened the pole two hands of old fashioned vieux-chaine and covered it with liquid acid. 18 Euros for the carpenter, 30 Euros for the smith. After all, the part that took longer was the carving of slight parts of the barrel bed, to fit it correctly, as i didn't have the correct means (and know how) to do it. Now my whife is constraining for the adding of one more thing to the leaving/dinning room decoration; but she is brave ... she will stand it. Fernando Last edited by fernando; 10th August 2008 at 12:57 AM. Reason: ONE MORE SPOT |
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9th August 2008, 07:18 PM
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