Forum: European Armoury
18th July 2025, 10:49 AM
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one shot
I would feel that your carbine was certainly a Kentucky even without the undeniable proof.
It was my Remington RB pistol that showed up so very occasionally in Hollywood depictions that convinced me...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th July 2025, 10:44 PM
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Replies: 27
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block?
Is this a falling-block Jim?
It is on my list of must haves.
I have a Remington Rolling Block carbine .43 Spanish and I also have my treasured Winchester lever with a fantastic story behind it....
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Forum: European Armoury
16th July 2025, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 6
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examples of the BTF
Here are most of the examples of the Bushy Tailed Fox I have either physically acquired or simply copied.
The first image is the small-sword that convinced me that the BTF was actually Oley's mark,...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th July 2025, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,691
cont:
Hi Jim and Werecow. Thanks for responding to this. Let me first explain: I bought this sword at an auction last week simply because it is an Oley blade.
Its BTF (bushy tailed fox), like below, is...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th July 2025, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,691
Bezdek
I've been searching in Bezdek but the nearest I can find is this:
246215
Can no-one offer any more?
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Forum: European Armoury
15th July 2025, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 17,200
Linings
Hi Jim. Thanks for your help here, I am much obliged.
The leather patch in my hilt will have been a working repair as the original linings were traditionally deerskin. I don't know how much of the...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th July 2025, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 17,200
Timely
This is all great stuff Gents. Despite living on the border I have never been exposed to much info on Scottish weapons.
Actually, here in Newcastle, there is no real source of info on any of the...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th July 2025, 09:32 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10,972
book of Scottish weapons
This book looks wonderful Corrado, so I have ordered a copy. Thanks for highlighting it. I would never have known about it otherwise.
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Forum: European Armoury
14th July 2025, 09:08 PM
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Replies: 6
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Unknown brass hilt
I found an Oley (Shotley Bridge) blade with this hilt and wondered if anybody would tell me about the hilt. It has lost its grip binding in the past, replaced with copper wire - which works but is...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th July 2025, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10,972
box lock example
These are box-locks with the mechanism centered into the top of the breech as opposed to the side.
Percussion cap versions became available though not so much as the flint variety.
You will often...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th July 2025, 10:15 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10,972
Lock
This is not a box-lock Jim.
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Forum: European Armoury
13th July 2025, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 9,168
Sabre grip
Hi Jim. I was mistaken... Matt was talking about a transition in the Victorian period when basket hilt and sabre were the same fighting technique, so concessions were made to facilitate the sabre...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th July 2025, 07:05 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 9,168
Matt
My thoughts too regarding Matt's comments on sabre grip.
I was a later change if I remember correctly.
Well done, Werecow.
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Forum: European Armoury
12th July 2025, 12:12 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 9,168
symmetrical
Hey Jim, that is a cool hilt. It is symmetrical, which, if I remember correctly, was a later style more suited to the gloved hands of the English than the bare clan hands.
Apart from embellishments...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th July 2025, 11:48 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 31,137
Error
Hi Norman. Thank-you; now I can see the blade from different angles I can see it is not as I had described and consequently will need to be removed. This is the great advantage of getting my work...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th July 2025, 08:49 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 31,137
Response
Hi Norman. Specifically which sword? I was not aware one of them was a Dutch officer sword. Thanks for your appreciation; it is a pleasure to share this story. Keith.
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Forum: European Armoury
10th July 2025, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 5
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The German Swordmakers in Shotley Bridge
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I have decided to give free access to a pdf. of my book that tells the story and history of The German Swordmakers of Shotley Bridge, including the entire peripheral details - which are...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th July 2025, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 10,916
weather
Umbrellas ! ? The British Brolly. What happened to the war of independence? Hey hey! You Guys thought you had won it; until it started to rain.
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Forum: European Armoury
9th July 2025, 09:32 PM
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Replies: 20
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Holland
I spent quite a bit of time trying to ascertain exactly what was present in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. No defections to Holland were recorded by the Solingen guilds and I couldn't find any examples of...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th July 2025, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 20
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doubtful knavery
I'm not sure Jim, maybe I'm rose tinting, but my instinct tells me that it was Koln traders alone.
I've read - somewhere in the past - that those markets employed smiths to stamp the blades...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th July 2025, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 20
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German iron industry
Hey Jim, I do know that they have ascertained that the iron and blade industry in the Wupper Valley dates back 2,000 years.
The relevant area for metal working was Remscheid, which latterly tended...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th July 2025, 07:28 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 10,916
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Forum: European Armoury
7th July 2025, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 10,916
Hounslow iron ore supplies
This thread got me thinking... then researching, because I had never considered where Hounslow got its iron ore from; or London - for that matter. I suppose if pushed I would have said - without...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th July 2025, 09:24 PM
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Replies: 18
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Cherchez la femme
Mr Eley... it's Mark isn't it?
That is a 5 pint story of a three month long adventure, but in a nutshell - yes, I got the girl out; married her in the UK then returned and was welcomed into the...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th July 2025, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 10,916
new thread
Perhaps these last two posts could become a new thread.
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