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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons Today, 04:39 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Ottoman, shamshir, parabolic blade.

Ottoman, shamshir, parabolic blade.
Forum: European Armoury Today, 03:37 PM
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Views: 170,257
Posted By Jim McDougall
With regard to artistic license, this is a very...

With regard to artistic license, this is a very valid consideration with respect to the viability of classifying and identifying swords from portraits and artwork.
Radboud has brought up most...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons Today, 01:21 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
My pleasure of course, and I am always grateful...

My pleasure of course, and I am always grateful to see such examples as you place here for comparison and discussion. As noted yours is with a heavy fighting blade, comparable for the kinds of...
Forum: European Armoury Today, 12:58 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
THANK YOU KEITH!!! We have always shared the...

THANK YOU KEITH!!!
We have always shared the pure lust for discovery in the search for true history in the weapons and related items we have acquired. I always think of the old refrain, ''..if only...
Forum: European Armoury Today, 02:36 AM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Capn, In accord with post #14, it appears this...

Capn,
In accord with post #14, it appears this shell guard hilt style is English c.1750 as per Nuemann (1973, p.83, 64.S).
It would seem this is virtually the same hilt form which likely...
Forum: European Armoury Yesterday, 06:57 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
British cutlass early 19th .

During the Napoleonic wars, ending in 1815 with Napoleons defeat at Waterloo, the British Royal Navy had been using the 'figure 8' pattern hilt cutlass of 1804 pattern with a straight blade. With the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons Yesterday, 05:47 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 553
Posted By Jim McDougall
Indian tulwars are a tough crowd.......it is...

Indian tulwars are a tough crowd.......it is really difficult to accurately peg them without significant provenance or detailed decoration which might signify region or entity likely associated....
Forum: European Armoury 1st May 2024, 01:46 PM
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Views: 5,482
Posted By Jim McDougall
Great to see ya Capn, and indeed there are stormy...

Great to see ya Capn, and indeed there are stormy seas about!

In closely examining this 'narayam' (stylus) made in the manner of a folding knife, which appears to be of course notably efficient in...
Forum: European Armoury 1st May 2024, 01:08 AM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
I think as a rule, in accord with the late Nick...

I think as a rule, in accord with the late Nick Norman ("Rapier and Smallsword 1460-1820", 1979) he based his entire work on hilts taken from portraits as in his view portraits of individuals tended...
Forum: European Armoury 30th April 2024, 10:27 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
That makes sense, kinda like me with my...

That makes sense, kinda like me with my shoelaces!! auughh! the dynamics of tension and water also cause issues. Thank you!
Forum: European Armoury 30th April 2024, 08:34 PM
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Views: 5,482
Posted By Jim McDougall
Keith, thank you so much! You're truly a fountain...

Keith, thank you so much! You're truly a fountain of knowledge...I had no idea on the name of the Marlin fish!Its fascinating how terms and their etymology have so much history.

So far my efforts...
Forum: European Armoury 29th April 2024, 08:00 PM
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Views: 5,482
Posted By Jim McDougall
It seems funny that in the 'maritime' world these...

It seems funny that in the 'maritime' world these knives, remarkably of the exact same configuration with blade and awl are indeed called sailors knives.
The awl is apparently referred to as a...
Forum: European Armoury 29th April 2024, 06:44 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,938
Posted By Jim McDougall
Yup Keith, just like the one cut down to a dirk!

Yup Keith, just like the one cut down to a dirk!
Forum: European Armoury 29th April 2024, 04:17 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 859
Posted By Jim McDougall
This is truly a sinister looking weapon Keith!!...

This is truly a sinister looking weapon Keith!! and powerfully exciting as it has clearly a SHOTLEY blade!!
This places this dirk solidly amidst the Jacobite events of the latter 17th century and...
Forum: European Armoury 29th April 2024, 03:59 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 864
Posted By Jim McDougall
What an exciting Scottish knife!!! and as often...

What an exciting Scottish knife!!! and as often the case with these Scottish weapons, a conundrum as far as classification. I would say it is distinctly 18th century, but hard to define without close...
Forum: European Armoury 29th April 2024, 02:47 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,938
Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you so much Capn! What an incredible...

Thank you so much Capn! What an incredible 'shell' that is!!!
Great insight into these types of cutlasses, and how key this is to the scope of the espada ancha, which of course evolved it seems from...
Forum: European Armoury 28th April 2024, 06:33 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,938
Posted By Jim McDougall
LINK TO ESPADA ANCHA ARTICLE IN FULL;

HERE IS THE FULL ARTICLE: Courtesy of Staffan Kinman, Director, Swedish Arms Society, Livrustkammeren, Stockholm, 2023.




http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/espadaan/McDougall Espada Ancha...
Forum: European Armoury 28th April 2024, 12:11 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,938
Posted By Jim McDougall
Actually its good to see life on this thread...

Actually its good to see life on this thread after it has lain in state since December!
With the Bowies, its important to note that the familiar large clipped point types were made that way, and I...
Forum: European Armoury 27th April 2024, 06:35 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 859
Posted By Jim McDougall
What a great piece Lee! and its so exciting to be...

What a great piece Lee! and its so exciting to be reading or watching historical features while having an iconic weapon in hand!
No doubt this is a cut down hanger blade of British infantry form...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th April 2024, 02:40 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,218
Posted By Jim McDougall
What an amazing display! It seems these plaques...

What an amazing display! It seems these plaques were quite commonly known for some time and served well in identifying these many esoteric forms for collectors. They always represented to me the...
Forum: European Armoury 27th April 2024, 02:27 PM
Replies: 342
Views: 170,257
Posted By Jim McDougall
You bet Keith! it was indeed the...

You bet Keith! it was indeed the 'four'musketeers' !! (not sure which of us was D'Artagnan). Still, you ran point on the research and ESPECIALLY the collecting. You found examples that should be...
Forum: European Armoury 27th April 2024, 02:11 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,938
Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you so much Keith! Yes I remember that...

Thank you so much Keith!
Yes I remember that beauty!
This seems to fall into the category of naval cutlass alright.

As noted,the Spanish espada ancha, as I point out in the article, is likely...
Forum: European Armoury 27th April 2024, 03:27 AM
Replies: 342
Views: 170,257
Posted By Jim McDougall
Keith, I became interested in the British swords...

Keith, I became interested in the British swords of Hounslow and Shotley about 40 years ago, and while I was able to plow through most of the known published esoterica on these areas of sword making...
Forum: European Armoury 26th April 2024, 08:46 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,938
Posted By Jim McDougall
Onward!

The espada ancha is probably one of the most under researched sword types in the collecting world, and surprisingly ubiquitous, yet virtually going unnoticed. There has been little published on them,...
Forum: European Armoury 26th April 2024, 05:32 PM
Replies: 342
Views: 170,257
Posted By Jim McDougall
Well noted Keith! and the idea of 'slippers'...

Well noted Keith! and the idea of 'slippers' mounting hilts on Islay is pretty exciting! I have wondered where to discover more on this as I have a keen interest in the Isles. As we know, the...
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