Forum: European Armoury
23rd November 2022, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 8
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Jim,
I have difficulty believing Paul Storr...
Jim,
I have difficulty believing Paul Storr ever actually made briquets. He has been researched extensively and it has never been suggested (to my knowledge). There is the possibility, however, that...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd November 2022, 12:58 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,289
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd November 2022, 12:25 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 59,026
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd November 2022, 02:39 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 21,004
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd November 2022, 02:51 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,691
Thank you Ken and Ahorsa.
Sorry Fernando, I...
Thank you Ken and Ahorsa.
Sorry Fernando, I didn't want to start a discussion on prices, but the price did indicate that one or the other of these, or both, were very desirable knives. I was trying...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st November 2022, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,691
Two daggers
These recently sold in the UK for £2250 (with commission and taxes that's nearly £3000). Seems a lot to me. I don't want to start a discussion on whether they were worth it or not, but it would...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th October 2022, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,415
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd October 2022, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 17,179
The Valley of the Shadow of Death is also where...
The Valley of the Shadow of Death is also where Christian spends a night and described in great detail in John Bunyan's 'Pilgrim's Progess'. Published
in 1678 and never out of print.
This allegory...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd October 2022, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 20,448
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
1st October 2022, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,700
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th September 2022, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 20,448
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th September 2022, 12:30 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 21,808
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th September 2022, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 21,808
I'm not sure I fully agree with you here, Jim. ...
I'm not sure I fully agree with you here, Jim.
Sword blades would normally be read with the point held high, but not necessarily other parts of a sword. The British 1803 Infantry sabre, for example,...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th September 2022, 05:09 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,239
Thank you both for your comments.
They are not...
Thank you both for your comments.
They are not actually mine. I agree they are more hanger than dirk, and bandsman's sword is certainly a possibility. The scabbards have a 'Parker Field police...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd September 2022, 06:10 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,239
Naval Dirks
These came up for sale recently in the UK. Described as midshipmens' dirks, and of a type usually described as such. But these are marked, which would indicate they were not in private ownership, but...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th September 2022, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,461
To me, it has a hint of tableware about it....
To me, it has a hint of tableware about it. Either a carving knife made in an orientalist style, or even a Turkish\Ottoman kindjal refitted with a cutlery blade to make a 'conversation' piece?
Best...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th August 2022, 06:24 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,840
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2022, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 48,270
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd August 2022, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 17,654
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
5th July 2022, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 7,792
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd July 2022, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,876
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th June 2022, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 48,270
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th June 2022, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 27,859
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th May 2022, 01:15 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10,656
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
30th March 2022, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 33,469
The catalogue may give some explanation for its...
The catalogue may give some explanation for its value. It is my observation that with these types of masks, and much ethnographica, provenance is all important. Firstly, because it establishes age...
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