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Forum: European Armoury 20th July 2025, 11:11 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
The heart shape in Glasgow hilts

One of the fundamental pierced designs seen in shields of the Glasgow hilts has been the familiar heart shape, which according to Wallace (1970, #26), "the heart decoration was used extensively on...
Forum: European Armoury 20th July 2025, 07:22 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 18,823
Posted By Jim McDougall
Early basket hilts and decorative character of elements

It is well established that the basket hilt (close hilt) form had already evolved in the Continent and in England long before the form evolved as the Highland hilt in Scotland. In this early form in...
Forum: European Armoury 20th July 2025, 04:12 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Italian smallsword 1690-1720

This Italian smallsword is listed as smallsword with 'blackened hilt' and copper wire grip, noting these types of swords were often 'misleadingly' called mourning swords. It is claimed that this...
Forum: European Armoury 20th July 2025, 03:56 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Term: mourning sword

According to OED, the first evidence of the noun MOURNING SWORD was in a letter authored by John Verney (1640-1717), 1st Viscount of Fermanagh, of Middle Clayton, Bucks.
Forum: European Armoury 20th July 2025, 03:48 PM
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Views: 15,612
Posted By Jim McDougall
Mourning swords c1790-1800

Found some examples :
It seems the fashion for these types of swords by 1790s had evolved into the cut steel neoclassic styles which were produced by Matthew Boulton of Soho and followed by other...
Forum: European Armoury 20th July 2025, 02:42 PM
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Views: 15,612
Posted By Jim McDougall
Thanks Capn, that date seems right, and Im...

Thanks Capn, that date seems right, and Im determined to find that note on the title on Austro-Hungarian focus that is said to hold the material on this sword type and context.

With the MOURNING...
Forum: European Armoury 20th July 2025, 03:05 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 15,612
Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you so much for coming in on this! I knew I...

Thank you so much for coming in on this! I knew I could count on you. You are one of the few people who has a grasp for this kind of sword esoterica, and indeed we have discussed this before. As was...
Forum: European Armoury 19th July 2025, 05:10 PM
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Views: 13,497
Posted By Jim McDougall
Misunderstood your original post and did not...

Misunderstood your original post and did not realize you were asserting the period as 1530-40, distracted by the word later. As I have understood katzbalgers developed in the early years of the 16th...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 19th July 2025, 02:30 AM
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Views: 45,171
Posted By Jim McDougall
ULU-Inuit womens knife-whaler flensing knife-saddlers tool

I found this is a shop several years ago, and recognized it as an 'Eskimo womens knife' known as an ULU. It was so unusual it was hard to resist, and I had seen these illustrated in some references...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th July 2025, 11:53 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 32,142
Posted By Jim McDougall
Hey BJ, about time you popped in !!!!

Hey BJ, about time you popped in !!!!
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th July 2025, 11:49 PM
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Views: 7,481
Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you for sharing yet another brilliant work...

Thank you for sharing yet another brilliant work by Dima!!!

This has long been a fascinating topic, and I recall acquiring my only example of one of these years ago when they were quite rarely...
Forum: European Armoury 18th July 2025, 08:27 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 25,837
Posted By Jim McDougall
Thats weird Keith! We were just talking about...

Thats weird Keith! We were just talking about 'speed loaders' and were trying to remember which Eastwood movie that was seen in!
Forum: European Armoury 18th July 2025, 07:48 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 25,837
Posted By Jim McDougall
Totally amazing piece CC! I never even heard of...

Totally amazing piece CC! I never even heard of these. It seems there were quite a few individual designs vying for contracts, and as seen here and with the Ballard and others, many contracts were...
Forum: European Armoury 18th July 2025, 06:45 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 15,612
Posted By Jim McDougall
Corpse carrier sword 19thc Austro-Hungary and mourning swords

In sword esoterica we are familiar with the small swords known as mourning swords in the 18th century, typically held to be blackened steel with otherwise similar elements to the regularly worn...
Forum: European Armoury 18th July 2025, 02:24 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 25,837
Posted By Jim McDougall
CC, thanks so much for the tip! Im not sure if...

CC, thanks so much for the tip! Im not sure if Ive got Flayderman, but should have it. Its quoted so much its a must have. I got most my information from an article in an American Society of Arms...
Forum: European Armoury 18th July 2025, 02:16 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 25,837
Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you Keith! I had no idea of the British use...

Thank you Keith! I had no idea of the British use of Winchesters, but this is truly fascinating! These guns in themselves have amazing histories as they were so widely used and over such long...
Forum: European Armoury 18th July 2025, 01:27 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 13,497
Posted By Jim McDougall
Outstanding sword!!! and thank you for posting...

Outstanding sword!!! and thank you for posting this. Actually this is well placed among the number of posts on basket hilts etc.

The Landsknecht swords typically termed katzbalgars, were a...
Forum: European Armoury 17th July 2025, 11:40 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 25,837
Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you so much Keith! Yes, this is indeed a...

Thank you so much Keith! Yes, this is indeed a falling block, and when the lever (surrounding trigger) is down, the action opens and slides out. The cartridge ejector is activated by the knob...
Forum: European Armoury 17th July 2025, 06:39 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 25,837
Posted By Jim McDougall
CIVIL WAR question..Ballard .44 rimfire single shot

This is a Ballard (patent 1861) .44 rimfire rifle acquired MANY years ago. In my youthful exuberance, I had learned that my great grandfather had served through the Civil War in the U.S....
Forum: European Armoury 17th July 2025, 12:53 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 18,823
Posted By Jim McDougall
It really is Jose! Ive had mine since about '74,...

It really is Jose! Ive had mine since about '74, its worn to tatters but its my most valuable go to reference!
Forum: European Armoury 16th July 2025, 09:35 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 9,661
Posted By Jim McDougall
That would be understandable as the Spanish...

That would be understandable as the Spanish colonies in these southeast coastal regions of US had steady maritime interaction with the Caribbean and Central/South America. Few realize the dimensions...
Forum: European Armoury 16th July 2025, 04:47 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 9,661
Posted By Jim McDougall
Very hard to tell from photos, and age from...

Very hard to tell from photos, and age from various conditions that it may have experienced lend to the degree and forms of corrosion. The original forte seems to remain, so if the blade was cut down...
Forum: European Armoury 16th July 2025, 03:40 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 9,661
Posted By Jim McDougall
I agree with this being a fighting dirk as it is...

I agree with this being a fighting dirk as it is larger than sword blades of course, but notably larger than typical knives. With the profound connection of dirks to maritime themes it is natural to...
Forum: European Armoury 16th July 2025, 03:02 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 7,332
Posted By Jim McDougall
Thanks Keith, it is so great you are physically...

Thanks Keith, it is so great you are physically collecting these Shotley examples! Its incredible that you are able to locate these as I had not imagined they would come up that much in auctions etc....
Forum: European Armoury 15th July 2025, 11:22 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 11,021
Posted By Jim McDougall
Think this is it

In searching through "Swords and Blades of the American Revolution" (George Neumann, 1973) I found this nearly exact match to this hilt.

As it is suggested the date period 1680-1710 it well might...
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