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Forum: European Armoury Today, 12:35 AM
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This is breathtaking Keith!!! A cavaliers rapier...

This is breathtaking Keith!!! A cavaliers rapier with a TRUE Toledo blade!!
I have honestly never seen a rapier blade that is unequivocably TOLEDO, and with this very famous maker. While Solingen...
Forum: European Armoury 26th March 2024, 07:11 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
In accord with the case with earlier hilts paired...

In accord with the case with earlier hilts paired with later blades, this is a c1750 munitions grade British basket hilt of the form produced by Jeffries and Drury in London. These were known to be...
Forum: European Armoury 26th March 2024, 02:33 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Legendary, thank you so much for the further...

Legendary, thank you so much for the further rationale here!
So if I understand correctly these bladed 'tools' which myself and the collectors/dealers etc and authors of numbers of references have,...
Forum: European Armoury 26th March 2024, 03:03 AM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Radboud, these notes and observations are...

Radboud, these notes and observations are outstanding and I thank you so much for detailing them out so well, and well illustrated . While I have good familiarity with British military swords you and...
Forum: European Armoury 25th March 2024, 04:56 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Prohibited? there are NO knives from Canary...

Prohibited? there are NO knives from Canary Islands?


In going through discussions involving the Canary Islands 'naife', the collective term for edged weapons from this archipelago which is part...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th March 2024, 03:41 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Very well noted! and this venerable family of...

Very well noted! and this venerable family of makers in Oaxaca have produced many weapons bearing notable influences such as this. The so called 'Spanish Main' existed well through the 19th century,...
Forum: European Armoury 25th March 2024, 03:27 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you Peter! These 'spadroons' are...

Thank you Peter!
These 'spadroons' are typically I think considered a 'pattern' of 1786 (unofficially) and were popular infantry officers swords which also became well known in naval contexts as...
Forum: European Armoury 25th March 2024, 03:17 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you for this key information! and...

Thank you for this key information! and correction is excellent, not only much appreciated but very much sought after.
I had not known of the Osborn letter stamping on blades, which in this case...
Forum: European Armoury 25th March 2024, 02:56 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Pertinax, thank you so much for adding this...

Pertinax, thank you so much for adding this detailed synopsis of Sweden's regal historical figures and background. This is exactly the kind of perspective I was hoping for!
As I noted, there is...
Forum: European Armoury 25th March 2024, 05:11 AM
Replies: 9
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you for the note Detlef. Actually this is a...

Thank you for the note Detlef. Actually this is a very esoteric area, and as can be seen in most mention as well as in most references, these kinds of markings and inscriptions are seldom discussed,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th March 2024, 09:59 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
[QUOTE=Jim McDougall;289727]It is generally held...

[QUOTE=Jim McDougall;289727]It is generally held that the 'genoui' is a straight bladed 'koumyya' dagger of Algeria which is a variant if the Arab janbiyya from the Maghreb....which typically has a...
Forum: European Armoury 24th March 2024, 09:28 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Peter, good notes! However going back through...

Peter, good notes! However going back through research , Andrew Mowbrays "The American Eagle Pommel Sword" (1988) and the 'unthinkable', using the search here :) I found some interesting things.
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th March 2024, 03:08 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Robert, thank you so much for the personal...

Robert, thank you so much for the personal response. You raise interesting points, and having an open approach to investigating the viability of the many apocryphal stories in 'collectors lore' in...
Forum: European Armoury 24th March 2024, 03:09 AM
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Views: 786
Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you Peter! Gill was indeed a famed maker,...

Thank you Peter!
Gill was indeed a famed maker, who pretty much changed the texture of the sword industry in England. If I recall , there was some confusion on these 'G' marks and these were on...
Forum: European Armoury 24th March 2024, 02:10 AM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
I forgot to add the forte inscription. This was...

I forgot to add the forte inscription. This was distinct Thomas Gill, who was quite a promoter, and so much so he pretty much infuriated his competitor James Wooley.
He was the one who began...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd March 2024, 08:33 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Pertinax, thank you so much for sharing these...

Pertinax, thank you so much for sharing these outstanding examples! As I noted we dont have much on Scandinavian swords here overall, but it is great to have these as a point of reference.
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd March 2024, 08:21 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
It is generally held that the 'genoui' is a...

It is generally held that the 'genoui' is a straight bladed 'koumyya' dagger of Algeria which is a variant if the Arab janbiyya from the Maghreb.
The apocryphal story for the term has always been...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd March 2024, 04:23 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 786
Posted By Jim McDougall
This is pretty phenomenal Phil! A British...

This is pretty phenomenal Phil!
A British dragoon sword with the relatively rare triangular knuckleguard in the semi basket hilt. Clearly all the components are old and original however what is...
Forum: European Armoury 22nd March 2024, 06:40 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 648
Posted By Jim McDougall
As previously noted in my earlier post, the...

As previously noted in my earlier post, the inscription on the obverse (?) side of the blade is actually not 'nonsense' but though not readable as far as wording, the letters typically have singular...
Forum: European Armoury 22nd March 2024, 01:22 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 648
Posted By Jim McDougall
My first thoughts were also calling on you Udo!!...

My first thoughts were also calling on you Udo!! as you always have the answers to the mysterious markings and cyphers etc. especially in these European blade matters. However this inscription on the...
Forum: European Armoury 18th March 2024, 05:52 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Good catch Victrix! The structure of this marking...

Good catch Victrix! The structure of this marking is very much like those seen among the marks typically attributed to Passau makers, which unfortunately are mostly unidentified and of the latter...
Forum: European Armoury 13th March 2024, 05:56 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,342
Posted By Jim McDougall
Im glad you caught that Shayde! (posts #7,10)....

Im glad you caught that Shayde! (posts #7,10). Trust me, this conundrum has plagued me since the mid 90s, and honestly as I pestered sources in museums, authors, fencing masters and everyplace I...
Forum: European Armoury 3rd March 2024, 05:16 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,402
Posted By Jim McDougall
In ongoing research on this intriguing old...

In ongoing research on this intriguing old knife/stylus, there are certain inherent qualities that render it having maritime possibility, despite not being an item specifically for such context. The...
Forum: European Armoury 3rd March 2024, 05:01 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,870
Posted By Jim McDougall
Thanks Glen! The issue with English armor and...

Thanks Glen!
The issue with English armor and weapons and poor quality was a problem well beyond this period, in fact through the 17th century into the 18th. Henry VIII who took reign in 1509 was...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd March 2024, 03:30 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,621
Posted By Jim McDougall
Not at all, the down turned quillons are...

Not at all, the down turned quillons are basically from Qajar Persia, along with the stylized dragon/etc quillon terminals. Persia was a primary influence throughout Afghanistan, Northern India,...
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