Forum: European Armoury
10th July 2025, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 33,052
Hi,
Many thanks to you and your...
Hi,
Many thanks to you and your collaborators for the generosity in giving free access to some very detailed research indeed. It is undoubtedly a fascinating insight into sword manufacture during...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th July 2025, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 10,076
Hi Ian,
I can't remember coming across...
Hi Ian,
I can't remember coming across this form whilst researching my own Korean sword. I have had occasion to contact Mr Lee at info@swordsofkorea.com who was extremely patient, helpful...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th July 2025, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,294
Hi Jim,
...
Hi Jim,
https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/pistols/antique-pistols---1500-1850/rare-russian-kuban-cossack-pistol--20-bore--circa-crimean-war-1850s.cfm?gun_id=102687284. ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th June 2025, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 22,706
Hi,
The scabbard drag on the item in...
Hi,
The scabbard drag on the item in question is a nod to the scabbard drags on British military swords. This Afghan sword is a local attempt to copy British style swords and scabbards. From my...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th June 2025, 06:32 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 22,706
Hi,
For comparison of styles here is my one...
Hi,
For comparison of styles here is my one and only example of a Persian blade complete with the much copied Assad Allah cartouche. The small cartouche, I am told, reads 'O fulfiller of needs'....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th June 2025, 09:34 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 9,371
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th June 2025, 03:14 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 20,089
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd June 2025, 05:07 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 20,089
Hi Ian,
Here's a Victorian umbrella...
Hi Ian,
Here's a Victorian umbrella with a silver handle from my wife's collection of Victoriana. The silver section is 6 1/2 inches and the total handle length is 8 inches which I guess is...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th May 2025, 06:20 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 33,090
Hi Jim,
Thanks as always for your...
Hi Jim,
Thanks as always for your detective work. The timescale, and the initials of course, tie in very well with the typology of the sword. I found another sword attributed to Thomas...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th May 2025, 03:14 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 33,090
Hi,
I have a similar issue but the other way...
Hi,
I have a similar issue but the other way round. I have a silver hilted hanger where the makers mark is visible but assay stamps are nowhere to be found. They may well be hidden by the hilt as...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th April 2025, 02:49 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 44,107
Hi,
This is possibly the cutler. ...
Hi,
This is possibly the cutler. https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/c-smith-son-12-piccadilly-5-new-burlington-street-button-maker/
Regards,
Norman.
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Forum: European Armoury
16th April 2025, 07:00 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 29,180
Hi,
I have a 1796 H.C. sword the blade...
Hi,
I have a 1796 H.C. sword the blade stamped for Gill with the War Office acceptance marks and the scabbard marked Osborn and Gunby Birmingham. Now whether this is a contemporary mating done at...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th April 2025, 06:39 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 14,141
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2025, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 18,537
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th February 2025, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 191
Views: 373,266
Hi,
Not a European only trade. The history of...
Hi,
Not a European only trade. The history of the world is full of one group or groups, race, ethnicity, religious leaning etc. etc. coercing another for personal advantage be it labour, land etc....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th February 2025, 04:03 PM
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Replies: 191
Views: 373,266
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Forum: European Armoury
29th January 2025, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 72,758
Hi,
If you search '19thC ivory hilt spear...
Hi,
If you search '19thC ivory hilt spear point Bowie knife' you should get some similar pieces. The enterprising Victorians, as today, freely used 'buzz words' i.e. Bowie, to market all manner...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th January 2025, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 141,011
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Forum: European Armoury
19th January 2025, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 141,011
Hi Jim,
Some more 1950's childrens...
Hi Jim,
Some more 1950's childrens t.v. series on British screens that gave me the arms and armour bug. Interestingly in the series William Tell I noticed that some of the 'Swiss' daggers...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th January 2025, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 141,011
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Forum: European Armoury
19th January 2025, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 141,011
Hi Jim,
I suspect more than a few of...
Hi Jim,
I suspect more than a few of us have embarked on the arms collecting trail from childhood books, films and t.v. Mine started with t.v. in the fifties, The Adventures of Robin Hood...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
23rd December 2024, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 14,544
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th December 2024, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 86,290
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd December 2024, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 86,290
Hi,
This silver mounted one of mine may also...
Hi,
This silver mounted one of mine may also be of interest. The translation was done quite some time ago. If anybody can decipher anything new or rectify any mistakes if indeed there are any re...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th November 2024, 07:44 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 14,850
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