Forum: European Armoury
19th August 2025, 11:23 PM
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Given the character etc. I'd say other ranks...
Given the character etc. I'd say other ranks (enlisted) but remember that officers often had plain jane weapons for use in fighting situations. While not typically expected to engage in the fray, but...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th August 2025, 10:42 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
19th August 2025, 08:05 PM
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Neopolitan Schiavona of Third Coalition 1793-1806
This vintage schiavona of early to mid 18th c. I believe is likely one used by an officer of the Third Coalition, and quite possibly of Calabrian regions of Naples. These regions, particularly...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th August 2025, 03:44 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
19th August 2025, 01:58 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
18th August 2025, 08:55 PM
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Thanks Wayne,
The slotted hilt on that recalls...
Thanks Wayne,
The slotted hilt on that recalls the M1803 Flank Co. officers sabers.
MG,
That fighting saber is of a type (not official pattern) of these favored by naval officer in early years...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th August 2025, 05:09 PM
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Addendum: British cavalry swords 2nd half 18th c.
Just wanted to add:
After 1750s the British army brought emphasis on longer blades for the cavalry, which at this point were being inclined to combat from horseback in the European fashion. This...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th August 2025, 04:47 PM
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Reproductions and artistic interpretations of arms
While this is an area typically strongly avoided here, the subject is actually quite a 'double edged sword' (pun intended). Modern commercial versions of historic weapons have some value as studies...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th August 2025, 08:11 PM
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Outstanding Ed! super slueth.........Ive been...
Outstanding Ed! super slueth.........Ive been distracted and not yet well into the rabbit hole. So it appears that the swords, clearly imported , were coming into the North African trade centers as...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th August 2025, 06:48 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
16th August 2025, 07:40 AM
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Thank you Langhams!!! and welcome here.
Its...
Thank you Langhams!!! and welcome here.
Its great to have these kinds of updates on threads that have gone dormant, and add valuable data to the archived material in these threads for future...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th August 2025, 07:34 AM
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In this period of British sword making,...
In this period of British sword making, technically there were no 'patterns' until 1796. Through the 18th century British cavalry were dragoons, and the favored swords were basket hilt types, with...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th August 2025, 01:47 AM
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Really regret my faux pas guys. I had no idea...
Really regret my faux pas guys. I had no idea whatsoever that a name was such an issue in whether formal or familiar. I really hate being called James, so I guess I can relate, but meant no affront...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th August 2025, 06:09 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th August 2025, 03:14 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
14th August 2025, 02:58 PM
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From status accessories to theatrical props
LOL! Good notes Keith.....The UK and the US separated by a common language! I recall going to London years ago, thinking this is a piece of cake, its the same language :) ......well, half the time I...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th August 2025, 06:11 AM
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Thanks Alan! It truly is interesting about...
Thanks Alan! It truly is interesting about spellings and even words, which have sometimes changed entirely in meanings (now recorded in 'archaic' dictionaries). As you note, the spellings of names...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th August 2025, 05:29 AM
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Sir Richard Francis Burton
Nick Evangelista in "Encyclopedia of the Sword", p.84,
On Sir Richard Burton:
"...he thought there was nothing finer in the world than the sword and the pursuit of knowledge concerning its history...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th August 2025, 02:54 AM
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Alan, thank you so much for this elucidation...
Alan, thank you so much for this elucidation regarding the familiar use of the name Harry for the formal name Henry in these times (mid 18thc) which is fascinating.
While I'd love to take credit...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th August 2025, 02:29 AM
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English law and machinations
Interesting case, and it would take quite a bit of complicated research trying to wade through the complexities of English law in those times.
As near as I can guess, Lord Byrons status was key in...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th August 2025, 09:07 PM
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History vs lore and theatrics
Thanks Keith! My guess is that due to the ever heightening legal mandates toward weapons, and the 'concealed' syndrome, there are efforts to unload these items out of stock fearing confiscation.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th August 2025, 06:28 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
13th August 2025, 03:45 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
13th August 2025, 03:38 PM
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Thank you so much gents!
One of the biggest...
Thank you so much gents!
One of the biggest problems I have had in acquiring one of these has been of course the legality issue. Naturally my quest has been to find a historic weapon for 'historic'...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th August 2025, 05:09 AM
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Victorian sword stick esoterica
Another seldom traveled road in sword history.
As I have often shared here, my attractions to swords and their forms and use from old films watched from boyhood have prompted my quests to seek out...
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