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Forum: European Armoury 14th April 2024, 03:54 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 46,475
Posted By Hotspur
Not many officers inside the Alamo. Travis was...

Not many officers inside the Alamo. Travis was Texian militia (lawyer by trade) and then. Commissioned as an LC for a cavalry unit, then to The Alamo with army regulars. He likely had something...
Forum: European Armoury 13th April 2024, 04:44 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 46,475
Posted By Hotspur
The mystery Bowie sword. Hilt but the rest of...

The mystery Bowie sword. Hilt but the rest of the sword is invisible ;)
https://64parishes.org/entry-image/portrait-of-jim-bowie
Forum: European Armoury 12th April 2024, 07:13 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 98,947
Posted By Hotspur
Another knock out there Bryce. One for the...

Another knock out there Bryce.

One for the party I may have posted before. I watched it through a couple of owners. A mullet/diamond for Jim ;)

A plainer urn but upscale.
Forum: European Armoury 12th April 2024, 06:47 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 46,475
Posted By Hotspur
Knecht the younger was pretty much a...

Knecht the younger was pretty much a distributor/producer. There are identical swords marked to Berger and generically exported. It makes me wonder if the above palasch was simply using up dad's...
Forum: European Armoury 12th April 2024, 06:34 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 46,475
Posted By Hotspur
All amazing swords and information. For a...

All amazing swords and information.

For a late date Jim, there is the Wade Hampton example
'Sword manufactured by Kraft, Goldschmidt, & Kraft with imported German blade.'...
Forum: European Armoury 30th March 2024, 10:02 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 61,399
Posted By Hotspur
I've never taken it apart. I had seen it decades...

I've never taken it apart. I had seen it decades ago. I grabbed it from ebay and the seller got it from a previous auction. bought it for the form, over the marking.

Cheers
GC
Forum: European Armoury 27th March 2024, 01:46 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 61,399
Posted By Hotspur
You've probably seen mine, a few owners down the...

You've probably seen mine, a few owners down the road.
Forum: European Armoury 3rd March 2024, 07:18 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 23,456
Posted By Hotspur
Some of the imported blade trade information can...

Some of the imported blade trade information can be tracked through ship manifests, aboard inbound ships. London port records go way back. Unfortunately, they don't detail the receiving merchants...
Forum: European Armoury 26th February 2024, 03:57 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 15,307
Posted By Hotspur
Very cool Jim. I saw them long ago in a Shotgun...

Very cool Jim. I saw them long ago in a Shotgun News edition.
Forum: European Armoury 21st February 2024, 04:43 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 58,856
Posted By Hotspur
Maybe The Green Man Blattemaske ...

Maybe

The Green Man

Blattemaske

Der Guener Mensch

The metal work (if genuinely old) would be no earlier than 17th century.
Forum: European Armoury 12th February 2024, 02:40 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 33,807
Posted By Hotspur
Thanks for the information and pictures!

Thanks for the information and pictures!
Forum: European Armoury 11th February 2024, 02:08 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 33,807
Posted By Hotspur
I had been told by someone in Sweden that there...

I had been told by someone in Sweden that there were no steel hilt hussar swords made and used as official types. Contrarily, the curator of Higgins Armoury listed my hussar as Swedish 1750s-760s...
Forum: European Armoury 10th February 2024, 11:55 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 31,352
Posted By Hotspur
1830s U.S. militia. There were a great many 1826...

1830s U.S. militia. There were a great many 1826 Bavarian looking swords listed as Mexican and even some in the states. The sabres quite common but some straight, This one marked to Horstmann, in...
Forum: European Armoury 13th January 2024, 05:28 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 45,314
Posted By Hotspur
What about Finland guys? :D Bavaria...

What about Finland guys?

:D

Bavaria has river police. The Rhine flows to the Meuse.

Cheers
GC
Forum: European Armoury 19th December 2023, 06:19 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 98,947
Posted By Hotspur
You have to click the blue circle i in the right...

You have to click the blue circle i in the right hand corner and you get this
Forum: European Armoury 18th December 2023, 06:36 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 98,947
Posted By Hotspur
A five baller for Jim. I swear it must have been...

A five baller for Jim. I swear it must have been for the Knights of Columbus!

:D
Forum: European Armoury 18th December 2023, 06:05 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 98,947
Posted By Hotspur
From Robert Wilkinson-Latham, British makers were...

From Robert Wilkinson-Latham, British makers were doing soft welded tangs well into the 19th century, with patent hilts an iimmediate change of thoughts.

There was a fellow in the U.S. named...
Forum: European Armoury 18th December 2023, 05:49 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 98,947
Posted By Hotspur
Langham's research shows it would be 1802ish, as...

Langham's research shows it would be 1802ish, as the only time Drury listed as his majesty. A goldsmith, etc. What I believe to be a similar situation is my rather plain saber but fire gilt.

A...
Forum: European Armoury 29th November 2023, 06:03 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 237,912
Posted By Hotspur
I only have one of my own. This seems to be the...

I only have one of my own. This seems to be the largest assortment in one place but I think we need to better sort the pile by rose variety, then common (which is a complicated description of its...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd October 2023, 06:00 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 88,532
Posted By Hotspur
A dagger I am working on has circles, within...

A dagger I am working on has circles, within circles and the large one has six circles around that!
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=29211

I presume it to be an Italian blade. If...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd September 2023, 08:15 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 10,191
Posted By Hotspur
In peeling the layer of wax/varnish off, gilt on...

In peeling the layer of wax/varnish off, gilt on the ricasso in circles around the circles. I'm more inclined to think 18th century now.

Cheers
GC
Forum: European Armoury 23rd September 2023, 04:11 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 10,191
Posted By Hotspur
Thanks, selling out of Argentina. Cheers ...

Thanks, selling out of Argentina.

Cheers
GC
Forum: European Armoury 22nd September 2023, 01:16 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 10,191
Posted By Hotspur
Super. Thanks a lot.

Super. Thanks a lot.
Forum: European Armoury 20th September 2023, 08:42 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 10,191
Posted By Hotspur
Italian (Ligurian?) Dagger Redux

Fate has brought me to a new breadcrumb trail. A recent (sic) thread is here
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=23526

which in turn leads to another expansive look. Kicking around...
Forum: European Armoury 16th September 2023, 11:57 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 36,504
Posted By Hotspur
My feelings are that the sword is of the...

My feelings are that the sword is of the 1755><1770 range and the rayskin original, probably with a silver or silver wash copper tape (with no wire) and a silver Turks head at the pommel.

Cheers...
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