Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 06:57 PM
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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...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
Yesterday, 05:47 AM
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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....
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Forum: European Armoury
1st May 2024, 01:46 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st May 2024, 01:08 AM
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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...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th April 2024, 10:27 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
30th April 2024, 08:34 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th April 2024, 08:00 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th April 2024, 06:44 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th April 2024, 04:17 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th April 2024, 03:59 PM
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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...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th April 2024, 02:47 PM
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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...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th April 2024, 06:33 PM
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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...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th April 2024, 12:11 AM
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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...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th April 2024, 06:35 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th April 2024, 02:40 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th April 2024, 02:27 PM
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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...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th April 2024, 02:11 PM
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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...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th April 2024, 03:27 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
26th April 2024, 08:46 PM
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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,...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th April 2024, 05:32 PM
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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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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th April 2024, 05:28 PM
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The head on this kaskara blade is likely...
The head on this kaskara blade is likely commemorative for Emperor Johannes IV of Ethiopia (1872-1889) who was killed at the Battle of Gallabat 10 Mar 1889. This was result of ongoing turmoil between...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th April 2024, 08:38 PM
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Manish,
In your original post you noted this...
Manish,
In your original post you noted this blade was in Montmorency cross section. The British in late 18th c. were particularly in favor of this type blade as well of course as French. In post...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th April 2024, 08:04 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th April 2024, 07:15 PM
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On the LIGHTER side.
On the lighter side, we cannot forget this icon of American symbolism which is 'reddily' remembered by most of us old timers.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th April 2024, 04:45 PM
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