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Forum: European Armoury 10th June 2025, 02:03 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,739
Posted By Hotspur
The spiderweb is widespread, from the 18th to...

The spiderweb is widespread, from the 18th to 20th century.

Here is my French infantry stepping out sword, restoration period.
Forum: European Armoury 10th June 2025, 01:58 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,739
Posted By Hotspur
Hey, I resemble that remark. The blue...

Hey, I resemble that remark.

The blue background Shiloh sword is mine and it is 20th century :D
A fancy plastic grip on that one

Fittings got mixed and matched for more than a century
...
Forum: European Armoury 10th May 2025, 05:10 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,728
Posted By Hotspur
Are these blades then lumped into the term...

Are these blades then lumped into the term 'shearing' swords?
Forum: European Armoury 4th May 2025, 06:44 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 7,763
Posted By Hotspur
Very cool A great Sunday bonus I find a...

Very cool

A great Sunday bonus

I find a lot of stuff on archive and other bookshelves

Most countries have online libraries on history sites

One I used to use more 19 years ago
Forum: European Armoury 4th May 2025, 03:53 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 5,384
Posted By Hotspur
The grip core is likely original, with cord...

The grip core is likely original, with cord acting as groves for the wire. It reminds me of something lowlands channel or Danish. I'll poke around. Contemporary time wise to the British artillery...
Forum: European Armoury 3rd May 2025, 11:51 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 20,324
Posted By Hotspur
Thanks Bryce!

Thanks Bryce!
Forum: European Armoury 25th April 2025, 10:05 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 181,712
Posted By Hotspur
Great to see you made a quick migration and the...

Great to see you made a quick migration and the terrific detail on the sword's background.

The spine markings have long needed to be gathered in one place.

In another recent addition, we have a...
Forum: European Armoury 25th April 2025, 04:32 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 14,680
Posted By Hotspur
I was going back through some shared pictures...

I was going back through some shared pictures from 2004. The pages were written by a Philip Lankester, Weapons Department, Royal Armouries 2004

In those brief pages, he describes the...
Forum: European Armoury 25th April 2025, 04:04 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 14,680
Posted By Hotspur
I don't know who furbished that sabre. I can only...

I don't know who furbished that sabre. I can only place it in time by the style and Mowbray likes these backstrap examples as post 1818, but we have the 'absolute' of those wd&c marks as from...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd April 2025, 06:44 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 14,680
Posted By Hotspur
Then there are Wooley Deakin&Co. blades on non...

Then there are Wooley Deakin&Co. blades on non Wooley hilts.

I've book notes on dates but off the top of my head, the 1810 seems about right.

The &Co supposedly puts this blade below marked no...
Forum: European Armoury 11th April 2025, 09:26 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 8,978
Posted By Hotspur
Please do use the image. As posted, I don't have...

Please do use the image. As posted, I don't have the notes from another's observations. Even if just looking at the Freemason's symbology, one can't expect it to predate English publicly published...
Forum: European Armoury 10th April 2025, 08:51 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 8,978
Posted By Hotspur
This one from Sweden seems later than the start...

This one from Sweden seems later than the start of hollow trefoil blades

Notes are gone...but iirc, Napoleonic era. I'm thinking it was related to the union with Norway in 1818 and several given...
Forum: European Armoury 9th April 2025, 06:08 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 19,084
Posted By Hotspur
Neat :) Mine has that boat anchor feel but still...

Neat :) Mine has that boat anchor feel but still seems like a 'get out of the way' for getting as job done.

Sean Scott is the guru for all things US cavalry in the 20th century. Good threads...
Forum: European Armoury 9th April 2025, 01:05 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 19,084
Posted By Hotspur
Figure this one I adopted. A federal period...

Figure this one I adopted. A federal period blade in what looks like a Spanish briquet hilt.

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
Forum: European Armoury 9th April 2025, 12:57 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 19,084
Posted By Hotspur
Here ;) Watching. I think there might...

Here ;)

Watching.

I think there might be a thread elsewhere on the 1905-06 experimental cavalry and small numbers in trials out that away.

Then the 1911, predating Patton's 1913.

The...
Forum: European Armoury 6th November 2024, 08:20 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 11,091
Posted By Hotspur
The Ames eagle pommel and probably grip were of...

The Ames eagle pommel and probably grip were of one, the blade another and the hilt a French Cutler, you can just make out the French cartouche. I see something new very time I revisit those files...
Forum: European Armoury 18th October 2024, 03:52 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 26,345
Posted By Hotspur
It does look like an Asian take on a German...

It does look like an Asian take on a German dress/parade Mauser bayonet The blade is even more repro looking than a German take on them, after all those using bayonet blades.

I would think not...
Forum: European Armoury 15th September 2024, 04:27 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 34,091
Posted By Hotspur
A beautiful sword! The reeded grip is something...

A beautiful sword! The reeded grip is something we start to see a bit later. A feature that carries on through the 19th century. The ivory looks like old Russian mammoth. Brown bark.

Cheers...
Forum: European Armoury 6th September 2024, 06:42 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 27,890
Posted By Hotspur
The pommel seems weird, with the later basket....

The pommel seems weird, with the later basket. The type XIX blade. I guess might be age appropriate but I believe a late bird type 2b would be a backsword.
...
Forum: European Armoury 12th August 2024, 07:57 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 65,445
Posted By Hotspur
Case hardening? A harder candy coated softer...

Case hardening? A harder candy coated softer metal.

Cheers
GC
Forum: European Armoury 20th May 2024, 11:03 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 14,047
Posted By Hotspur
I see. thank you. I had the wrong Marie in mind.

I see. thank you. I had the wrong Marie in mind.
Forum: European Armoury 19th May 2024, 10:21 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 14,047
Posted By Hotspur
Yes, lost wax casting. There is inevitable clean...

Yes, lost wax casting. There is inevitable clean up with chasing some detail and then gilded. Wax masters to create molds. As basic as a bronze sword that was once a wood master to create the clay...
Forum: European Armoury 19th May 2024, 07:03 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 14,047
Posted By Hotspur
The LePage family (1717->????)was renowned for...

The LePage family (1717->????)was renowned for their firearms work and that was their main product. Known also for swords but the LARQUEBUSIER is literally l'arquebusier. So, advertising?

I'm...
Forum: European Armoury 9th May 2024, 11:46 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 18,029
Posted By Hotspur
Great piece Lots of period swords are...

Great piece

Lots of period swords are appropriate as 'pilgrim swords' because of the voyages and their origins. I visited the Plymouth museum and (at that time) was more interested in the...
Forum: European Armoury 9th May 2024, 11:27 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 12,980
Posted By Hotspur
I'm usually logged in until I dump cookies, or...

I'm usually logged in until I dump cookies, or start a new machine. Make sure that when you login, you check mark the 'remember me' square.

If it persists, find vikingsword.com cookies and delete...
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