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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th September 2020, 03:43 PM
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Sticky: Importing ivory
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Posted By AUhills79
Trying to figure out how to import an antique...

Trying to figure out how to import an antique ivory hilt dagger into the USA from Europe. Has anyone had any luck with this? Looking at the ESA antiques exception (over 100 years old) and Form...
Forum: European Armoury 13th September 2020, 12:50 PM
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Posted By AUhills79
Fit for royalty.

So not a sword but anyone interested in antique arms & armour will enjoy this.

A tooled leather paper cartridge belt with side pouches and game hangers. The highest quality leather & artisanship...
Forum: European Armoury 27th July 2020, 10:20 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 14,574
Posted By AUhills79
It's an out of town dealer so I sent an e-mail...

It's an out of town dealer so I sent an e-mail asking, saying I was working on researching the knife and it's provenance but haven't heard back. Not sure if he is going to reply, I negotiated him...
Forum: European Armoury 25th July 2020, 09:37 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 14,574
Posted By AUhills79
Really exciting to find out it's so much older...

Really exciting to find out it's so much older than I thought! Even though it's not in it's original form that's part of it's history and the fact that the blade and inscriptions are probably around...
Forum: European Armoury 25th July 2020, 02:08 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 14,574
Posted By AUhills79
Here are the last three things left to translate....

Here are the last three things left to translate.

1: The maker's mark.
2: The diamond shape symbol made with 9 dots.
3: The "xxx" or ">>>" symbol.

If these can be figured out I suspect that...
Forum: European Armoury 25th July 2020, 12:58 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 14,574
Posted By AUhills79
Thanks for all the replies, really interesting...

Thanks for all the replies, really interesting stuff! This knife would certainly have a story to tell if it could talk and I believe it still has more to say. You can see it has been used quite a...
Forum: European Armoury 24th July 2020, 06:32 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 14,574
Posted By AUhills79
My first antique blade, help with ID?

Hi all, I just recently acquired my first real antique blade and am hoping to find out more about it. Actually I don't even know whether to call it a "knife" or a "sword"? It has a 15 inch blade,...
Forum: European Armoury 24th July 2020, 12:49 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 7,493
Posted By AUhills79
I love fine antique German firearms but it's...

I love fine antique German firearms but it's surprisingly common to find pieces made by a gun maker who's story has been lost to time.
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