Forum: European Armoury
7th October 2021, 11:13 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th October 2021, 07:46 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th October 2021, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 29
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Thank you Fernando. Did you hear about blunt...
Thank you Fernando. Did you hear about blunt sabers and can tell me something about this?
Keeping in mind my sabers size, the gilding and the still (for children) dangerous point I wouldnt think...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th October 2021, 12:22 PM
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Replies: 29
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The sword has arrived today.
The mark is very...
The sword has arrived today.
The mark is very small, no wonder pictures with common lenses fail at displaying the stamp correctly. I attach one image of my saber (better quality wasnt possible) and...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th October 2021, 01:24 PM
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Replies: 42
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So there you have it!
Looking at what I have...
So there you have it!
Looking at what I have written down so far in this very condensed text, I think the reader has now the oppurtunity to obtain a basic understanding about this form of sabers. ...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th October 2021, 11:41 AM
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Replies: 39
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Forum: European Armoury
1st October 2021, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 42
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The Ultimate Karabela Guide - Part 5
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The Ultimate Karabela Guide - Part 5
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Fakes and replicas
Searching the internet auctions, the serious ones and the various...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st October 2021, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 42
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Hey folks,
I would like to ask you if...
Hey folks,
I would like to ask you if anybody has a book, magazine or single pictures of the National exhibition to celebrate "thousand years of hungary" in Budapest which has been there from 1897...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th September 2021, 05:21 PM
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Replies: 29
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Forum: European Armoury
29th September 2021, 07:15 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 148,294
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Forum: European Armoury
24th September 2021, 10:17 PM
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Replies: 29
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A saber of unknown origin and age
Hello there,
I would like to ask for advice when it comes to this saber I bought today at a Polish online auction. My knowledge about sabers from after 1800 ist very sparse, but nevertheless I was...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th September 2021, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 419,460
This is a problem we share. I am very much into...
This is a problem we share. I am very much into Karabela sabers, a little bit less into hungarian-polish types and everything else oscillates around that for me, so I very much appreciate knowledge...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th September 2021, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 419,460
The Ultimate Karabela Guide - PART 4
This...
The Ultimate Karabela Guide - PART 4
This part is about makers marks. It is a quiet difficult topic and there is enough to write a book about it. This here is just for orientation. I recommend...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th September 2021, 11:49 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 419,460
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Forum: European Armoury
17th September 2021, 08:32 PM
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Replies: 42
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Forum: European Armoury
13th September 2021, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 11
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Thank you corrado for those photographs!
I...
Thank you corrado for those photographs!
I always wanted to visit this museum. Maybe out of coincidence, did you see Karabela-hilted weapons there and took some pictues of them too?
Below i post...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th September 2021, 03:35 PM
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Replies: 42
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100% agree with that.
I myself have witnessed...
100% agree with that.
I myself have witnessed a gatekeeping/elitarism mentality on certain polish forums, especially when some people who claim they have the absolute knowledge are confronted with...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th September 2021, 10:01 PM
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Replies: 42
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Another thing I forgot to mention...
I am lucky...
Another thing I forgot to mention...
I am lucky enough to own a type II polish saber with nicks of battle use. Those nicks are located mostly in the middle of the blade. The middle is sharp, nut not...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th September 2021, 09:46 PM
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Replies: 42
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Forum: European Armoury
11th September 2021, 01:12 AM
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Replies: 42
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I had a conversation with an extraordinary...
I had a conversation with an extraordinary swordsmith from Poland lately.
We discussed sword usage in relation to the damage the blade is taking especially from parrying.
We came to the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th September 2021, 09:55 PM
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Replies: 5
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Forum: European Armoury
5th September 2021, 10:48 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 419,460
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Forum: European Armoury
28th August 2021, 11:23 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 419,460
The Ultimate Karabela Guide PART 3
I decided to change the topic for Part 3 of this guide from a comparison of two weapons to something different to dive deeper into the possibilities of deciphering the history of a Karabela. Namely...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th August 2021, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 42
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The Ultimate Karabela Guide PART 2
In this part I will try to bring some hopefully clear examples to allow a first approach for determining the origin and age of a Karabela-type saber which will be called like in the foregoing part...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th August 2021, 10:23 PM
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Replies: 42
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For what I understand of fencing and deducting...
For what I understand of fencing and deducting from Mr.Z´s description moulinets are riskier the opener the pommel angle is because of the lack of "locking" your fingers into it it. This indeed is...
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