Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
18th December 2018, 07:30 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th December 2018, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
18th December 2018, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 20
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
18th December 2018, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 20
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a lab spatula?
sharp edges are good for when...
a lab spatula?
sharp edges are good for when you have a powder on the tip. You tap the spatula and a small amount falls off so you can easily control how much of the compound you are using.
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Forum: European Armoury
18th December 2018, 07:40 AM
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Replies: 15
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Forum: European Armoury
17th December 2018, 04:00 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
17th December 2018, 02:05 PM
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Replies: 15
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Looks like the trigger is bar I have labeled 1...
Looks like the trigger is bar I have labeled 1 which activates sear as I have indicated, actions 2, 3 and 4 then follow.
am i correct ?
I know the lamp is british victorian from the 1870-1900 as...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th December 2018, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 12,681
Hi Fernando,
Thanks for clarification and I...
Hi Fernando,
Thanks for clarification and I appreciate your comments, on all your work not just on this item and my few posts.
The lack of washers is the big indicator to me that it is...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th December 2018, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 12,681
Fernando
I clicked in all excited that you...
Fernando
I clicked in all excited that you had commented and i would get your expertese on what i have located and all I get is
Bizarre .
You must know more than that :-)
The fact of...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th December 2018, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 11
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Forum: European Armoury
10th December 2018, 12:30 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 12,681
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Forum: European Armoury
10th December 2018, 12:30 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 12,681
Breast plate
Hi
I have been sent these images of a breastplate
It looks to have a piece of timber attached on the inside for wall mounting?
I can go and see tonight but am wondering what it is
I do not...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th December 2018, 04:34 PM
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Replies: 32
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I am unsure about fixing crack
If mine I would...
I am unsure about fixing crack
If mine I would leave alone,
if I had to do a repair as in it is likely to break apart if it was picked up roughly I would use silver solder rather than braze as it...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th December 2018, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 16,797
Hi Fernando
No not the same thing in second...
Hi Fernando
No not the same thing in second image, first though looks to be a reasonable match though.
The second picture of the two shows the plug at the bottom of the barrel so that the barrel...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th December 2018, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 16,797
Hi All
Thanks for your interest
here is a few...
Hi All
Thanks for your interest
here is a few i came across on the web
looks sort of similar
basically looks like a long barrel pistol and you have some sort of screw off plug at the top of the...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th December 2018, 09:53 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 16,797
A walking stick gun? Maybe!
I should have it...
A walking stick gun? Maybe!
I should have it within the week but I will not open the package till Christmas morning. I know a bit infantile but a bit of fun and our family tradition That dad is...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th December 2018, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 16,797
very long barrel percussion pistol
Hi All
I have just purchased the following pistol
any idea on what it is i have purchased unseen as a Christmas project as it looks like the trigger and hammer spring are both gone or broken ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd December 2018, 05:41 PM
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Replies: 17
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd November 2018, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 17,463
Hi All
But FIF does show smithing skills and...
Hi All
But FIF does show smithing skills and introduces a wide audience to swords and knives which can only be a good thing for our hobby.
I got interested in WWI through comic books as a v young...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th November 2018, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 12
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Hi All,
The Russian 1891/30 Mosin Nagant...
Hi All,
The Russian 1891/30 Mosin Nagant Socket Bayonet also had a cruciform shape
As did a lot of Austrian and other Russian bayonets
Just google
Russian/Austrian Cruciform Bayonet
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th October 2018, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 11,721
Hi Lenny,
Welcome to the forum from a fellow...
Hi Lenny,
Welcome to the forum from a fellow Irish member (not many of us here on the site, I am Kildare based)
A lot more pictures would be necessary to get much more information, read the...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th October 2018, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 10
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th October 2018, 08:08 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 25,809
In my opinion
leave scabbard as is
It is...
In my opinion
leave scabbard as is
It is an old knife that will I assume never be used as a knife nor carried so no need to make the scabbard what it isn’t also if you resell later the scabbard...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th September 2018, 10:53 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 18,477
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
8th September 2018, 07:55 AM
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Replies: 6
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