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Forum: European Armoury 22nd October 2016, 02:12 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 15,194
Posted By Pukka Bundook
Lovely pistols Neil! Very nice to see and thank...

Lovely pistols Neil! Very nice to see and thank you. Lovely condition.

Arms look a bit like those of W'm Beckwith, (Once Lord Mayor of London)
I don't have a copy of Peel's Peerage though.
Can...
Forum: European Armoury 17th October 2016, 04:02 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 64,107
Posted By Pukka Bundook
Jim, I think in the days of proscription,...

Jim,

I think in the days of proscription, the sgian dubh was still carried inside the waistcoat as a hidden weapon. (Black= hidden as you suggest) After all, anything inside the hose is going to...
Forum: European Armoury 16th October 2016, 05:30 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 64,107
Posted By Pukka Bundook
Good illustration, but only the top half of the...

Good illustration, but only the top half of the hilt should show (at the most)
Wearing it as illustrated above would likely get it lost when walking..
Forum: European Armoury 13th October 2016, 02:55 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 24,655
Posted By Pukka Bundook
Kronckew, Is that a sling missile? .....never...

Kronckew,
Is that a sling missile? .....never seen the likes of that before.

They Still use lead water pipes as well, Europe and even in Canada.
Might explain a lot!
Forum: European Armoury 7th October 2016, 03:56 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 14,517
Posted By Pukka Bundook
Stirling area and Calendar very lovely...

Stirling area and Calendar very lovely countryside Neil!!

Grand view from the castle as well. Long time since I've been there....

CD = Castle Douglas, thought afterwards that maybe only some...
Forum: European Armoury 5th October 2016, 03:03 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 14,517
Posted By Pukka Bundook
Neil, I think Joseph Jackson the most likely as...

Neil,
I think Joseph Jackson the most likely as all others seemed too late if I remember correctly.

Grand pistol and well carried.
May I enquire roughly what area of Scotland?
I'm from...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd October 2016, 05:15 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 14,517
Posted By Pukka Bundook
Grand little pistol Neil. Full of character!...

Grand little pistol Neil.

Full of character!
Perhaps Joseph Jackson?
App to Geo. Markby 1744, turned over to peter Gandon (V good maker) 1749, Free of Gunmakers Co 1752. Gunmaker Fetter...
Forum: European Armoury 29th September 2016, 01:46 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 9,592
Posted By Pukka Bundook
Another lovely and early pistol Corrado. It...

Another lovely and early pistol Corrado.
It appears well carried, and has lots of character!
Very good maker again. These little pistols of this style are very attractive and distinctive to me. ...
Forum: European Armoury 28th September 2016, 03:39 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 7,266
Posted By Pukka Bundook
Another very nice pistol! Fernando, Maybe...

Another very nice pistol!

Fernando,
Maybe the proof and view are reversed because they are provincial /private proofs?...not London. I do not know, as private proofs are to be seen laid out as...
Forum: European Armoury 27th September 2016, 02:04 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 8,108
Posted By Pukka Bundook
This one is interesting on a few counts, Corrado....

This one is interesting on a few counts, Corrado.

Firstly, we finally have an unbridled pan! Must be amongst his earliest work Circa mid 1720's.
Then, we have the most economic style of...
Forum: European Armoury 24th September 2016, 04:41 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 23,396
Posted By Pukka Bundook
Another top -flight and prolific maker Corrado. ...

Another top -flight and prolific maker Corrado.

You do have the bees knees of pistol makers represented!
I have never seen that mask before either.
Did you mean escutcheon instead of sideplate? ...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd September 2016, 02:07 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 23,396
Posted By Pukka Bundook
Dear Corrado, You Have managed to collect a...

Dear Corrado,

You Have managed to collect a real "who's who" of early English pistols haven't you!?!
Another Very fine maker and Very well known, and another bridled lock.
I Looked at some of ...
Forum: European Armoury 22nd September 2016, 02:49 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 23,396
Posted By Pukka Bundook
Another early one indeed, Corrado, And he served...

Another early one indeed, Corrado, And he served his time under a very good maker!
Another bridled lock, yet many good makers were still using unbridled steels in the late 1740's and even 1750's.
...
Forum: European Armoury 21st September 2016, 03:00 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 23,396
Posted By Pukka Bundook
Dear Corrado, I replied yesterday, and do not...

Dear Corrado,
I replied yesterday, and do not know where it went!

Both lovely pistols. The last one must be one of Wynn's first! It is a style we see (as you know) from the late 17th C. ...
Forum: European Armoury 19th September 2016, 03:07 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,410
Posted By Pukka Bundook
Good morning Jim, Besides one highwayman...

Good morning Jim,

Besides one highwayman that we are aware of, I suppose you know the case of (I think )Thomas Thynne?...going by memory...where a B-buss was used to do away with an "inconvenient"...
Forum: European Armoury 19th September 2016, 03:00 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 23,396
Posted By Pukka Bundook
Another early one, Corrado! 1715 -29. When...

Another early one, Corrado!
1715 -29.
When you look at a piece like this, the word 'Art" comes to mind. The art of the lock filer, all the parts for that matter, they are perfection.
It is good...
Forum: European Armoury 19th September 2016, 02:22 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 23,396
Posted By Pukka Bundook
By all means, Yes! Are the triggers off -set...

By all means, Yes!

Are the triggers off -set to the right?
Again, beautiful pistols.

Richard.
Forum: European Armoury 18th September 2016, 02:56 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 23,396
Posted By Pukka Bundook
You show very good taste with these recent...

You show very good taste with these recent acquisitions Corrado!

Lovely, lovely pistols, and I have not seen that mask before.
I think the Queen Anne one of the most elegant ever produced.

I...
Forum: European Armoury 16th September 2016, 02:04 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,410
Posted By Pukka Bundook
Dear Jim, Re. your questions; It's not...

Dear Jim,

Re. your questions;
It's not that brass barrels were more able to cope with pressure, just that for coaching and exposed to all weathers, they didn't rust like iron tubes.
With these...
Forum: European Armoury 12th September 2016, 01:42 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 16,303
Posted By Pukka Bundook
Very nice Ken, and I am sure you got the wolf...

Very nice Ken, and I am sure you got the wolf mark right. Certainly looks like it to me anyway.

Best,
Richard.
Forum: European Armoury 9th September 2016, 01:16 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 10,608
Posted By Pukka Bundook
By the edge and the stampings, to me it looks...

By the edge and the stampings, to me it looks very recent.
Also the scale -blackened look says recently forged.

Might be wrong though! :shrug:

Best,
Richard.
Forum: European Armoury 8th September 2016, 03:14 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,410
Posted By Pukka Bundook
Ken I appreciate your thoughts on this, and...

Ken
I appreciate your thoughts on this, and there are all sorts of ways to lose hard earned cash!

Another area to be taken that is not new but shows up quite often, is the case of flint pocket...
Forum: European Armoury 15th August 2016, 02:45 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 13,926
Posted By Pukka Bundook
Fernando and Michael, Thank you for this...

Fernando and Michael,

Thank you for this very interesting topic!
Welcome Michael, and I do hope in time you show us some photographs of these interesting little pieces.

I had seen a form of...
Forum: European Armoury 14th July 2016, 02:00 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 7,768
Posted By Pukka Bundook
Yes, Bricklayer's hammer as Timo says. The...

Yes, Bricklayer's hammer as Timo says.

The chisel-end is for cutting bricks down to length for corners and such.
We had a couple 'back home' as well.
Forum: European Armoury 16th June 2016, 07:52 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 61,868
Posted By Pukka Bundook
I agree entirely STT. I have always been...

I agree entirely STT.

I have always been opposed to the "present overweening intellectual conceit", as Andrew Murray put it so well at the end of the 19th century!
I think if anything, people...
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