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Forum: European Armoury 14th January 2020, 10:45 AM
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Posted By ChrisPer
Wow! Thanks for that link!

Wow!
Thanks for that link!
Forum: European Armoury 14th January 2020, 10:30 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 32,074
Posted By ChrisPer
Matchlock, you taught me so very much. Thank you....

Matchlock, you taught me so very much. Thank you.
And happy Michael's birthday - to his friends!
Forum: European Armoury 15th May 2018, 04:54 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 7,777
Posted By ChrisPer
Many museums accept large gifts and squander them...

Many museums accept large gifts and squander them in bad storage and no accession to scholars. Then they sell many off anyway, if the curator is managing limited resources for educational objectives....
Forum: European Armoury 19th October 2017, 12:08 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 9,406
Posted By ChrisPer
Thank you, Richard! You have done nice job...

Thank you, Richard! You have done nice job there.
Michael's legacy is very deep. Just the two screws he photographed in that post tell us so much about the way craftsmen worked in those times. To...
Forum: European Armoury 14th December 2016, 12:28 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 9,303
Posted By ChrisPer
While I cannot myself refer any new books on our...

While I cannot myself refer any new books on our area, I commend the online catalogues both new and used of bookseller Ken Trotman http://kentrotman.co.uk/

This vendor was where I found the...
Forum: European Armoury 15th September 2016, 01:42 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 20,214
Posted By ChrisPer
I have to agree, thank you Fernando. Can you tell...

I have to agree, thank you Fernando. Can you tell us more about them?
Forum: European Armoury 12th September 2016, 01:52 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 10,922
Posted By ChrisPer
Very interesting displays. The design of 19th...

Very interesting displays. The design of 19th Century 'heroic' arrangements of arms and such would be an interesting study in its own right. Because 20th and 21st century curating and collecting...
Forum: European Armoury 8th September 2016, 10:08 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 20,214
Posted By ChrisPer
Yes the blunderbuss is real, just not a...

Yes the blunderbuss is real, just not a museum-quality example. Its the others that bother me. In another forum I saw someone post a pic of a 'matchlock pistol' to support the idea that they were...
Forum: European Armoury 7th September 2016, 05:05 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 20,214
Posted By ChrisPer
Can I suggest that obvious decorator or tourist...

Can I suggest that obvious decorator or tourist guns do not enhance this excellent forum? Perhaps a thread to help newcomers understand and distinguish decorators, or comparing real antecedents to...
Forum: European Armoury 6th September 2016, 06:59 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 20,214
Posted By ChrisPer
That blunderbuss is well synthesised, unlike the...

That blunderbuss is well synthesised, unlike the ugly tourist gun. One further weakness is the inletting at lock and tang, which look somewhat worse than any original I have looked at (I am not an...
Forum: European Armoury 4th September 2016, 04:44 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 20,988
Posted By ChrisPer
Thanks for posting, its a very interesting piece....

Thanks for posting, its a very interesting piece. Is the form of flared muzzle very unusual in guns of this type? I note that the reinforce bands have a soft rounded outer surface form and an...
Forum: European Armoury 31st August 2016, 09:23 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 18,706
Posted By ChrisPer
Very interesting, thank you Silver Shield.

Very interesting, thank you Silver Shield.
Forum: European Armoury 28th August 2016, 03:21 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 18,706
Posted By ChrisPer
Interesting discussion, thank you. Has the...

Interesting discussion, thank you.
Has the object been subjected to spark spectroscopic analysis? I would expect native copper to have a clear compositional signature.
Forum: European Armoury 28th August 2016, 02:57 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 10,266
Posted By ChrisPer
Don't worry firearms are attractive to us but the...

Don't worry firearms are attractive to us but the question is not one I can help with, in regard to the barrel. The numbers are industrial stamps, applied individually without the care a skilled...
Forum: European Armoury 15th July 2016, 06:47 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 13,760
Posted By ChrisPer
Remember, weapons taken as trophies elsewhere are...

Remember, weapons taken as trophies elsewhere are hauled home, and may end up treated as rubbish in a generation or two.
Forum: European Armoury 14th April 2016, 08:44 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 12,944
Posted By ChrisPer
The form of the reinforce around the trunnions...

The form of the reinforce around the trunnions precludes sighting. It is clearly an industrial age product, perhaps designed by patternmakers in a foundry but not by gunmakers, and the shapes...
Forum: European Armoury 29th July 2015, 04:42 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 18,558
Posted By ChrisPer
I missed it, not knowing it was there. :( Maybe...

I missed it, not knowing it was there. :( Maybe one day I can go back.

Meanwhile does anyone know if there is old artillery displayed in Prague?
Forum: European Armoury 28th July 2015, 05:45 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 57,165
Posted By ChrisPer
Condolences to all his friends and family. A man...

Condolences to all his friends and family. A man of learning and generous spirit to share so much.

Thank you Michael.
Forum: European Armoury 12th July 2015, 02:00 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 18,558
Posted By ChrisPer
I highly recommend Ceske Krumlov. The arms...

I highly recommend Ceske Krumlov. The arms collection is very pleasing with matchlocks, wheellocks, Turkish arms and also a room of minting tools and you are allowed to photograph and take your time...
Forum: European Armoury 19th May 2015, 11:24 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 6,716
Posted By ChrisPer
Wow, that is a nice looking wheellock. I haven't...

Wow, that is a nice looking wheellock. I haven't seen any carbines like it in my books or museum visits, but the lock looks about right for the claimed date up to 10-20 years later (no high expertise...
Forum: European Armoury 3rd March 2015, 01:35 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 15,354
Posted By ChrisPer
It has style. I like it.

It has style.

I like it.
Forum: European Armoury 17th February 2015, 10:25 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 19,338
Posted By ChrisPer
It could be a later repair, also.

It could be a later repair, also.
Forum: European Armoury 16th February 2015, 11:17 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 19,338
Posted By ChrisPer
I claim no special expertise but that is...

I claim no special expertise but that is constructed very similarly to a Sykes-Fairbairn knife, of which most of the makers I have seen were from Sheffield.

Through tang with possibly threaded...
Forum: European Armoury 5th February 2015, 03:39 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 7,232
Posted By ChrisPer
Max, I have taken an interest in matchlocks since...

Max, I have taken an interest in matchlocks since 40 years ago when I first read Petersen's The Great Guns. The distinction between sporting and military firearms is not particularly clear so far...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd February 2015, 02:30 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 86,970
Posted By ChrisPer
Thank you very much for your experience so...

Thank you very much for your experience so generously shared Michael, as well as your excellent pictures.

The usual English term for the founding nozzle is the sprue. When I am casting balls for...
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