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24th February 2024, 09:58 PM | #1 |
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Ramrod
Interesting how different cultures handled the situation of the loose ramrod.
Yes, it is Fernando. I have this picture in my mind of someone drawing their flintlock from their belt with a cowboy-like flourish and putting their attackers eye out as the ramrod flies out of it's sleeve like an arrow from a bow. Another image is of the poor soldier who, after loading his pistol, gets shot as he tries to figure out how the captive ramrod fits back into the pistol. |
25th February 2024, 09:37 AM | #2 |
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25th February 2024, 11:31 AM | #3 |
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Hi,
My only example of a suma is a utilitarian Ottoman military combination of rod and powder flask early 19thC. Pictured is also an illustration of same from the book Description of Egypt. Regards, Norman. P.S. A very fine pair of pistols you had. |
25th February 2024, 10:04 PM | #4 |
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Thanks Norman, and thanks for the photo, Sumas could become the focus of a whole new genre of collecting.
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