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Forum: European Armoury 13th December 2020, 03:44 AM
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Posted By Bryce
G'day Guys, Just to further illustrate how...

G'day Guys,
Just to further illustrate how difficult it is to determine what branch of the army an unmarked 1796 style sabre may have been used in, on page 14 of Richard Dellar's "The British...
Forum: European Armoury 12th December 2020, 08:53 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 41,803
Posted By Bryce
G'day Jim, Those sorts of dimensions mean it is...

G'day Jim,
Those sorts of dimensions mean it is just as likely that this is a cavalry officer's sword as an infantry officer's. It is a pity it no longer has its scabbard as this may have given us...
Forum: European Armoury 10th December 2020, 01:36 AM
Replies: 37
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Posted By Bryce
Here is one of the earliest British pipe-back...

Here is one of the earliest British pipe-back swords I have seen. Made by James Wilkes around 1800. The intent was to make a better cutting sword by giving it a very fine cutting edge, with the...
Forum: European Armoury 10th December 2020, 01:26 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 41,803
Posted By Bryce
Here is a pipe-back sword which can be positively...

Here is a pipe-back sword which can be positively attributed to a flank company officer during the Napoleonic period. It was made by Prosser and marked to the grenadier company of the 45th Regiment...
Forum: European Armoury 8th December 2020, 11:55 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 41,803
Posted By Bryce
To show what I mean by a heavier blade compared...

To show what I mean by a heavier blade compared to one with a fine edge, here is the sword of Richard Beauchamp of the 16th LD circa 1811. Compare the fineness of the blade edge to the 7th Hussars...
Forum: European Armoury 8th December 2020, 11:47 PM
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Posted By Bryce
Here is a British pipe-back sabre circa 1816. It...

Here is a British pipe-back sabre circa 1816. It has a heavier blade like Jim's although much straighter. It was made by GS Reddell and is marked to the 7th Hussars, with the initials CJH for Charles...
Forum: European Armoury 7th December 2020, 09:02 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 41,803
Posted By Bryce
G'day Jim, The term "flank company" refers to...

G'day Jim,
The term "flank company" refers to the Grenadier and Light companies of a British infantry regiment. The Grenadier company, symbolised by a flaming grenade was the largest (and generally...
Forum: European Armoury 7th December 2020, 03:08 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 41,803
Posted By Bryce
G'day Jim, That is a very interesting sword. I...

G'day Jim,
That is a very interesting sword. I haven't come across that combination of canted hilt and pipe-back blade before. Normally these canted hilts are associated with flat, unfullered...
Forum: European Armoury 20th October 2020, 09:11 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 41,552
Posted By Bryce
G'day Jim, I think they were stamped prior to...

G'day Jim,
I think they were stamped prior to being issued to a regiment. Royal Armouries examples are stamped as are the British examples recently sold from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Cheers,...
Forum: European Armoury 20th October 2020, 12:02 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 41,552
Posted By Bryce
G'day Norman, I haven't come across punch marks...

G'day Norman,
I haven't come across punch marks on a scabbard throat like these before. Are they just round or do they have a symbol inside? I agree that the lack of British acceptance stamps rules...
Forum: European Armoury 6th October 2020, 03:46 AM
Replies: 76
Views: 106,752
Posted By Bryce
Here is an excerpt of a journal article from the...

Here is an excerpt of a journal article from the 70's which also sheds some more light on this subject. The authors were calling this sword the "Prussian" pattern sword. I would like to find where...
Forum: European Armoury 6th October 2020, 03:36 AM
Replies: 76
Views: 106,752
Posted By Bryce
G'day Jim, I don't why this pattern of sword is...

G'day Jim,
I don't why this pattern of sword is called the "Spanish" Pattern. They were certainly in use before the Peninsular War. Here is one marked "Osborn". Henry Osborn stopped using this mark...
Forum: European Armoury 4th October 2020, 09:41 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 18,923
Posted By Bryce
G'day Jim, Is that something inscribed on the...

G'day Jim,
Is that something inscribed on the blade?
Cheers,
Bryce
Forum: European Armoury 4th October 2020, 09:39 PM
Replies: 76
Views: 106,752
Posted By Bryce
G'day Jim, Here is another example of a set of...

G'day Jim,
Here is another example of a set of initials in a cartouche on a brass hilt. In this case it is on a French ANXI light cavalry sabre.

If Paul Storr who was a silversmith was indeed...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd October 2020, 12:51 AM
Replies: 76
Views: 106,752
Posted By Bryce
G'day Jim, We have one great advantage now that...

G'day Jim,
We have one great advantage now that previous generations of sword researchers didn't have - the internet! With a few clicks of the mouse we can view more examples of any particular type...
Forum: European Armoury 1st October 2020, 05:51 AM
Replies: 76
Views: 106,752
Posted By Bryce
Thanks Jim, I knew I had seen the illustrations...

Thanks Jim,
I knew I had seen the illustrations you quoted, but I couldn't find them. Here they are and both show a straight bladed sword with a brass, straight stirrup guard and black grip, not a...
Forum: European Armoury 30th September 2020, 10:10 PM
Replies: 76
Views: 106,752
Posted By Bryce
G'day Jim, Apart from the references you cited...

G'day Jim,
Apart from the references you cited I haven't found any convincing evidence that these briquets were used by British royal artillery gunners. There is plenty of evidence that they were...
Forum: European Armoury 29th September 2020, 08:41 PM
Replies: 76
Views: 106,752
Posted By Bryce
G'day Jim, I wasn't aware that the British ever...

G'day Jim,
I wasn't aware that the British ever used this type of sword. They did have the so called "Spanish" pattern artillery short sword. What makes you think your briquet is British?
Cheers,...
Forum: European Armoury 19th September 2020, 07:08 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 60,233
Posted By Bryce
Here is one in the Royal Collection....

Here is one in the Royal Collection. Unfortunately it isn't marked and hasn't been further identified. We need to find one marked with a British maker to clear this up.
Cheers,
Bryce
Forum: European Armoury 17th September 2020, 11:55 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 60,233
Posted By Bryce
G'day Will, I don't know. I am just speculating...

G'day Will,
I don't know. I am just speculating that these swords with the ring attachment may be later, as this type of sword seems to have been in use during the American war of independence.
...
Forum: European Armoury 17th September 2020, 07:32 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 60,233
Posted By Bryce
Here is another like yours I found on the web. ...

Here is another like yours I found on the web.
Cheers,
Bryce
Forum: European Armoury 17th September 2020, 06:53 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 60,233
Posted By Bryce
G'day Jim, Look at this: ...

G'day Jim,
Look at this:
https://americansocietyofarmscollectors.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2008-B98-Rethinking-the-Potter-The-Truth-Behind-t.pdf
Forum: European Armoury 17th September 2020, 03:10 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 60,233
Posted By Bryce
G'day Jim, I came across a photo of the swords...

G'day Jim,
I came across a photo of the swords displayed at Belvoir Castle. Given that it is the ancestral home of the Dukes of Rutland and that this family raised the 21st Light Dragoons in 1760,...
Forum: European Armoury 16th September 2020, 03:51 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 60,233
Posted By Bryce
Here is another from the Royal Armouries...

Here is another from the Royal Armouries collection, which by repute belonged to an officer of the 16th LD.
Cheers,
Bryce
Forum: European Armoury 16th September 2020, 03:00 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 60,233
Posted By Bryce
G'day Jim, Here is a photo of the "Elliot's...

G'day Jim,
Here is a photo of the "Elliot's Dragoons" officer's lion headed sword from the Royal Collection Trust you mentioned and a copy of the entry in the Carlton House Catalogue where it is...
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