Forum: European Armoury
6th December 2010, 12:08 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th December 2010, 12:03 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
4th December 2010, 01:59 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
4th December 2010, 01:57 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st December 2010, 04:43 PM
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Replies: 11
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Well, then they shpould carry some Harps!
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Well, then they shpould carry some Harps!
Just kidding.
I have always find it interesting that all the celtic nations share such interest for the bagpipes. I love their music, but my wife hates...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th November 2010, 08:36 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
24th November 2010, 07:03 PM
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Need info from AMES catalog
Need info from AMES catalog
Hi Guys,
I need info, and ideally a scanned image, of a couple items in AMES catalog(s:
I need from the 1882 catalog, both...
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Forum: European Armoury
21st November 2010, 02:35 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
20th November 2010, 04:16 PM
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Hi Guys,
Interesting discussion!
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Hi Guys,
Interesting discussion!
IIRC, the 19th C cross-guard option was only used for informal, or de-ville use. It seems like switching from one guard to the other was relatively...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th November 2010, 04:05 PM
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Replies: 9
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Thank you guys,
I knew that I would get...
Thank you guys,
I knew that I would get a worthy answer specifically from you both. Cathey is the local basket-hilt guru, and you Jim, is there something blade-related that you don't know...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th November 2010, 06:12 PM
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Replies: 33
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Forum: European Armoury
18th November 2010, 05:56 PM
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Replies: 9
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British Basket Hilt Cavalry
Hi Guys,
I'm trying to fully ID this baby. On p. 147 of Neuman's there appears a similar design, on p. 46 of Wither's there's an identical sword. He IDs same as a 1750 English Cavalry Basket...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th November 2010, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 33
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Forum: European Armoury
18th November 2010, 04:26 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
4th November 2010, 11:11 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd November 2010, 07:15 PM
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Hi M,
I follow your reasoning, but I differ...
Hi M,
I follow your reasoning, but I differ somewhat. I believe that the part of the sword that is mostly in contact with the hand is precisely the pommel, specially if it is as big as this one...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd November 2010, 05:18 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st November 2010, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 34
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Hi Guys,
I have seen a few similar spanish...
Hi Guys,
I have seen a few similar spanish blades c 1650, but without the lasso guard and with straight quillons. The grip is obviously "new" (18th C?) .
A serviced heirloom? A reworked,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd October 2010, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 53
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Forum: European Armoury
18th October 2010, 03:38 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th October 2010, 11:59 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
17th October 2010, 11:51 PM
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Replies: 33
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Forum: European Armoury
17th October 2010, 03:12 PM
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Views: 38,152
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th October 2010, 02:57 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 10,994
"Butcher Blade".
There were also serrated...
"Butcher Blade".
There were also serrated daggers. The sawback Bayos came both short and long. In fact, I have a long one FS on EB right now. The most visually impacting are the Swiss M1911s.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th October 2010, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 25
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