|
24th October 2012, 06:07 PM | #1 |
Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 12
|
Thanks Fernando,
Do we need to have the opinion of Matchlock to make sure...? Your feelings..? Obrigado Alain |
25th October 2012, 12:01 PM | #2 |
Lead Moderator European Armoury
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Portugal
Posts: 9,652
|
Bonjour Alain,
Not a minimum doubt that Matchlock is a person qualified enough to either confirm or correct my humble impressions. Maybe we shall have him back within a couple weeks. Cordialement . |
12th September 2014, 10:48 PM | #3 |
(deceased)
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
Posts: 4,310
|
Hi there,
Sorry for noticing that remarkable barrel only tonight; I had to stay in hospitals from Sept. 2012 through late April 2014. This, in the author's opinion, is the barrel of a High Gothic wrought-iron handgonne, ca. 1390-1400, closely comparable to the specimen preserved in The Michael Trömner Collection: and re-attached down here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...0+wrought-iron http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...nd+cannon+1400 http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ht=barrel+1400 In its early working life, it may still have fired gun arrows: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ht=barrel+1400 For igniting irons and linstocks used to set off those guns, please see: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10029 Obviously, the rear end got of your barrel heavily swamped secondarily, for using it as a noise maker standing upright, or a door stopper - in the end. The latter can still be found in alpine regions like Austria and Tyrol; it happened to most of those 600 year-old earliest wrought-iron barrels. In the aspects of historic weaponry, they are only important, and valuable, when preserved in unaltered original shape. The bottom attachment depicts the so-called Bern gun, retaining its original stock; the hook is is a working-life addition of ca. 1430-40; preserved in the Historisches Museum Bern, Switzerland. Best, Michael Trömner All photos copyrighted by the author, except that of the Bern gun, which is copyrighted by the Historisches Museum Bern. Last edited by Matchlock; 12th September 2014 at 11:50 PM. |
|
|