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Forum: European Armoury 1st January 2024, 07:14 PM
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Posted By Raf
Looks to me like a Lebel bayonet.

Looks to me like a Lebel bayonet.
Forum: European Armoury 13th December 2023, 01:54 PM
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Views: 7,673
Posted By Raf
Thank you for posting some more pictures . Sorry...

Thank you for posting some more pictures . Sorry to disappoint but we can say definitively that this is not a sixteenth century helmet . An original would have been made in steel by the repoussé,...
Forum: European Armoury 10th December 2023, 03:48 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 149,385
Posted By Raf
The monks gun revisited - again

The issue is that the Monks gun in the Rüstkammer museum Dresden frequently described and illustrated doesn’t actually work. Experimenters have confirmed that despite any amount pushing or pulling...
Forum: European Armoury 30th November 2023, 03:24 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 20,867
Posted By Raf
[QUOTE=urbanspaceman;286395]I Matthew Boulton;...

[QUOTE=urbanspaceman;286395]I Matthew Boulton; considering it's age also suggests Boulton.

Perhaps in passing we should mention bright cut steel.When new this faceted style of decoration was cut...
Forum: European Armoury 30th November 2023, 12:09 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 54,211
Posted By Raf
Happy to disagree. This is exactly what it...

Happy to disagree. This is exactly what it appears to be. A Victorian copy of a Renaissance parade hemet in the Roman style. Then as now an original would have been very expensive and reproductions...
Forum: European Armoury 29th November 2023, 02:58 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 54,211
Posted By Raf
Here for comparison is similar helmet made by...

Here for comparison is similar helmet made by Nigel Carren who specialises in historically accurate reproduction armour.
Forum: European Armoury 27th November 2023, 06:46 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 29,631
Posted By Raf
Not sure what your point was . Given the fluted...

Not sure what your point was . Given the fluted barrel and side plate best guess is it actually North Italian.
I would like to think a Venetian courtesan might have caried a pistol like this even if...
Forum: European Armoury 27th November 2023, 04:43 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 29,631
Posted By Raf
Yes , I agree it looks odd but as you can see...

Yes , I agree it looks odd but as you can see from attached it hasn't been cut down. The forend is chewed because the barrel pin lug had detached during its working life and the barrel was secured...
Forum: European Armoury 25th November 2023, 01:45 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 29,631
Posted By Raf
'Lucy Locket lost her pocket.'

'Lucy Locket lost her pocket.'
Forum: European Armoury 25th November 2023, 01:25 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 29,631
Posted By Raf
Pochet's come in pairs.

Pochet's come in pairs.
Forum: European Armoury 25th November 2023, 12:47 PM
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Views: 29,631
Posted By Raf
Another version. Maybe a bit earlier. Trying to...

Another version. Maybe a bit earlier. Trying to look better quality than it is . One for the ladies pochet ?
Forum: European Armoury 14th November 2023, 10:56 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 28,398
Posted By Raf
[QUOTE=twines;286005]Hi, I have and nice...

[QUOTE=twines;286005]Hi,

I have and nice 1815 Dutch musket that is .71 cal. rifled. I would like some help with the marks. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I have a more complete set of...
Forum: European Armoury 13th October 2023, 11:32 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 36,313
Posted By Raf
I think we can assume this was intended as a neck...

I think we can assume this was intended as a neck guard.
Forum: European Armoury 12th October 2023, 11:14 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 36,313
Posted By Raf
Read the small print . 'Via Apollo Galleries' Now...

Read the small print . 'Via Apollo Galleries' Now search Apollo Galleries reviews and scroll down to Reddit.
Forum: European Armoury 11th October 2023, 04:34 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 36,313
Posted By Raf
Here is another version with the same problematic...

Here is another version with the same problematic rivets . For comparison something similar from Brooklyn Museum. Egypt 7 - 8 century.
Forum: European Armoury 11th October 2023, 11:42 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 36,313
Posted By Raf
I'm surprised that the auction described it as...

I'm surprised that the auction described it as such. Given that if genuine it would be a very rare and expensive thing. For comparison the Yarm helmet . UK.A river find in the 1950s , Doubts were...
Forum: European Armoury 9th October 2023, 04:08 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 36,313
Posted By Raf
Agreed. Assembled fairly recently from old...

Agreed. Assembled fairly recently from old already rusted scrap steel using modern rivets and hinges. What did the auction describe it as ?
Forum: European Armoury 27th September 2023, 12:45 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 8,311
Posted By Raf
Also its very nice. The distinctive stock shape...

Also its very nice. The distinctive stock shape and but comb is related to central European wheelocks. . Makes me wonder whether its a bit earlier than one might otherwise imagine. Sardiinian...
Forum: European Armoury 13th September 2023, 12:03 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 5,113
Posted By Raf
Victorian. But a genuine copy. Not something more...

Victorian. But a genuine copy. Not something more recent being passed off as 'probably a Victorian copy' The firm Christofle and Compagnie in the 1880 s made copies of helmets in the Louvre museum...
Forum: European Armoury 9th September 2023, 12:25 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 18,534
Posted By Raf
In my experience they don't like being disturbed.

In my experience they don't like being disturbed.
Forum: European Armoury 7th September 2023, 04:21 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 18,534
Posted By Raf
Alternating links of solid stamped rings and...

Alternating links of solid stamped rings and riveted links seems to be a feature of earlier medieval mail. On the subject of non ferrous mail apparently the Royal Armouries, having nothing else to...
Forum: European Armoury 27th August 2023, 10:38 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 26,515
Posted By Raf
Left is mammoth right is elephant

Left is mammoth right is elephant
Forum: European Armoury 26th August 2023, 03:30 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 26,515
Posted By Raf
I remember reading somewhere that late 18 th...

I remember reading somewhere that late 18 th century hilts often used mammoth ivory. Don't know how you tell the difference.
Forum: European Armoury 10th August 2023, 07:03 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 18,534
Posted By Raf
Thanks Fernando. I muddled up up the images.

Thanks Fernando. I muddled up up the images.
Forum: European Armoury 10th August 2023, 06:22 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 18,534
Posted By Raf
This images hows the production of wire by...

This images hows the production of wire by pulling it through a drawplate with holes of gradually reducing sizes. One might be curious as to why he is sitting in his socks on a bench suspended from...
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