Forum: European Armoury
14th July 2025, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 19
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Hi Jim,
I will try at get to...
Hi Jim,
I will try at get to Kelvingrove within the next two or three weeks and photograph the complete swords with the relevant info as per the museum description hoping to give you a bit...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th July 2025, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 23,199
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Forum: European Armoury
14th July 2025, 07:09 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 23,199
Hi Jim,
Second lot from Kelvingrove...
Hi Jim,
Second lot from Kelvingrove Museum, can't remember blade origins I'm afraid. Will try to get to Kelvingrove and retrieve more information as soon as I can.
Regards,
Norman.
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Forum: European Armoury
14th July 2025, 07:06 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 23,199
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Forum: European Armoury
13th July 2025, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 30,841
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Forum: European Armoury
13th July 2025, 02:57 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 56,046
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Forum: European Armoury
10th July 2025, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 56,046
Hi Keith,
This one....
Hi Keith,
This one. http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=17129&highlight=smallsword+hilted+spadroon
Regards,
Norman.
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Forum: European Armoury
10th July 2025, 06:24 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 56,046
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, 11:19 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 13,561
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, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 13,321
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, 05:58 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 35,840
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, 05:32 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 35,840
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, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 2
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th June 2025, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 34,327
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd June 2025, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 34,327
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, 05:20 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 40,539
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, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 40,539
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, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 50,745
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, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 35,388
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, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 19,091
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2025, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 21,421
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th February 2025, 03:14 PM
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Replies: 191
Views: 426,235
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, 03:03 PM
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Replies: 191
Views: 426,235
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Forum: European Armoury
29th January 2025, 03:44 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 82,260
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, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 176,251
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