Forum: European Armoury
3rd December 2022, 05:30 PM
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Hello Keith, Clearly Mr Brian Moffat has had a...
Hello Keith, Clearly Mr Brian Moffat has had a huge struggle to win political support for a museum at Hawick (pronounced Hoik) on the subject of Border Reivers. Something similar transpired over...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd December 2022, 04:46 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd December 2022, 06:14 PM
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Looking again at my #1 the importance of Said...
Looking again at my #1 the importance of Said The Great and the incredible idea of taking Zanzibar is vital to our understanding of this great leader.
The concentration on mercantile activity was...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd December 2022, 04:48 PM
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Fencing especially from horseback didnt get...
Fencing especially from horseback didnt get taught in any formal way such as developed from documents such as on the Continent from "Fencing Book (Fechtbuch) | German" principles moreover, it was...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd December 2022, 03:56 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
30th November 2022, 05:20 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
30th November 2022, 04:46 PM
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This is an interesting name which could be...
This is an interesting name which could be Northern meaning Hanger...I note from The Free Dictionary that it states;
whinge (wɪndʒ)
vb (intr) , whinges, whingeing or whinged
1. to cry in a...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th November 2022, 04:29 PM
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The Meaning of KATZBALGER.
https://en.langenscheidt.com/german-english/katzbalgerei#sense-
Katzbalgerei" English translation
Katzbalgerei f <Katzbalgerei; Katzbalgereien>
scrapping
squabbling, wrangling
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Forum: European Armoury
29th November 2022, 04:17 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th November 2022, 06:33 PM
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Jim, it also points to similar rules across...
Jim, it also points to similar rules across Europe as I discovered by applying for a definition at Wikipedia" I QUOTE. "
British Isles
: Welsh Marches and Scottish Marches
The name of the...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th November 2022, 06:08 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th November 2022, 05:24 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th November 2022, 02:36 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th November 2022, 02:29 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th November 2022, 11:06 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th November 2022, 10:54 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th November 2022, 09:41 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th November 2022, 06:43 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th November 2022, 04:21 PM
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Jim,
Thanks for your important reply. It...
Jim,
Thanks for your important reply. It may be noted that of the thousands of these sayf I never saw one that could have been classed as a fighting weapon. I saw many curved Kitara but I...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th November 2022, 06:55 PM
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Thanks Keith,
Brian Moffat has...
Thanks Keith,
Brian Moffat has more than 6 decades of study on this subject and has amassed a museum load of detail and research second to none. He is well down the road of putting a...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th November 2022, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 84
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Forum: European Armoury
26th November 2022, 04:31 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
24th November 2022, 10:50 PM
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THE BORDER REIVERS.
For my main reference I will lean heavily on a good solid base of information at Wikipedia and begin with a quote and a few questions since Sir Walter Scott is said to have quoted Elizabeth 1st as...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th November 2022, 12:09 PM
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Grendolino, The classic mistake made by many...
Grendolino, The classic mistake made by many people is to think that this was a weapon. The very warlike appearance of the warriors carrying it and the razor sharp edges as well as it being...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st November 2022, 06:39 PM
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