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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th January 2007, 09:30 PM
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Posted By Paul Digard
Do you know where/who by these GG blades were...

Do you know where/who by these GG blades were made? They crop up from time to time on British military swords from Napoleonic through Victorian times. Ebay sellers are often fond of saying this...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th January 2007, 01:06 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 7,113
Posted By Paul Digard
I'm on shaky ground here (the last time I studied...

I'm on shaky ground here (the last time I studied metallurgy was 15 years ago and undergraduate classes were even further back!) but at least some metals will work harden when cold. Silver and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th January 2007, 11:14 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,469
Posted By Paul Digard
Looking at the texture and amount of pitting on...

Looking at the texture and amount of pitting on your blade I would not use any sort of chemical or dipping procedure but would just oil it and rub it down gently with a rag or paper. Keep the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th January 2007, 09:30 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 7,309
Posted By Paul Digard
Alan - to me 'silver hilted' means just that. ...

Alan - to me 'silver hilted' means just that. Pommel, guard etc in silver. I have seen silver-hilted spadroons but I'd be amazed if yours was - not just from the colour (and here I'm referring to...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th January 2007, 10:36 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 7,309
Posted By Paul Digard
Alan - lovely sword, but a steel hilt rather than...

Alan - lovely sword, but a steel hilt rather than silver surely?

Paul
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th January 2007, 01:42 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 19,856
Posted By Paul Digard
Letter to the Times (1855)

Jim, when searching through my notes for something else I came across this letter to the Times from 1855. I'm sure you've already seen it (I think I lifted it from a post on SFI in 2001) but it's...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th January 2007, 06:31 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 19,856
Posted By Paul Digard
Crossover swords

Here's some pics to illustrate blurring of the boundaries between early C19 regulation British military swords and ethnographic weaponry. Evidence of information flows both ways!

Top to bottom:
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th January 2007, 07:15 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 5,777
Posted By Paul Digard
Hi Nick Do you have any close up photos of...

Hi Nick

Do you have any close up photos of the blade and its markings you could post?

Paul
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th December 2006, 08:18 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 26,909
Posted By Paul Digard
Thanks Jeff. Just to clarify, I don't own...

Thanks Jeff.

Just to clarify, I don't own the basket hilt. I thought about buying it because my first reaction was that it was genuine and I loved the match between it and the kaskara I do have....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd December 2006, 04:41 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 26,909
Posted By Paul Digard
Three nearly identical blades

Well what about this then? Two kaskaras (one mine, not pictured) and a Scottish basket hilt with near as dammit identical blades. Engraved decoration so similar I think they must be from the same...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd December 2006, 08:55 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 6,705
Posted By Paul Digard
Hi David I tried to post a reply last night...

Hi David

I tried to post a reply last night but it vanished into the ether. I wondered if perhaps as a newby my posts are moderated and that takes time? Anyway, I'll try again...

The...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st December 2006, 10:00 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 6,705
Posted By Paul Digard
That's a great suggestion but I'm not totally...

That's a great suggestion but I'm not totally convinced. All the KOYLI badges I've seen have a white rose in the middle. Prompted by that I've had a quick search on the net and have found this:
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th December 2006, 07:22 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 6,705
Posted By Paul Digard
Hi David It looks like a P1827 pattern Rifle...

Hi David

It looks like a P1827 pattern Rifle officer's sword though the design of the bugle in the hilt cartouche is slightly different to any I recall seeing before. The fullered blade and inset...
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