Forum: European Armoury
14th November 2023, 08:05 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
14th November 2023, 07:48 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
19th September 2023, 04:58 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
5th September 2023, 03:06 AM
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Aside from being longer pieces than cannons,...
Aside from being longer pieces than cannons, coulevrine types of the same diameter/caliber than cannon had thicker chamber walls, therefore a a heavier powder charge could be used. All this in order...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th June 2023, 08:55 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
8th May 2023, 09:23 PM
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The British squadron was made of frigates...
The British squadron was made of frigates Arethusa, Nacissus, Amazone, Medusa and the brig Mahon, under commodore Robert Meds.
They first went to Gijon and then to Santoņa. A couple of days later...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th May 2023, 04:04 PM
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I received the the one marked with an 8 on...
I received the the one marked with an 8 on Friday. A friend of the seller asked to have the one with the 12.
Nice piece. Somebody used sandpaper to clean the sword, and no remnants of black coat are...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th May 2023, 08:13 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd May 2023, 03:47 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd May 2023, 10:18 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd May 2023, 09:48 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd May 2023, 09:11 PM
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Question about 1804 British naval cutlass.
I have been offered one of these cutlasses. It looks legit (measurements, weight) except that the inspector die is 12 under crown.
Annis and May say that all 1804s have inspector marks 1, 2, 3, 4...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th April 2023, 07:27 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
10th April 2023, 09:41 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
20th March 2023, 11:34 PM
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At the Madrid Royal Armoury there is dish hilt...
At the Madrid Royal Armoury there is dish hilt rapier with a flamberge blade that belonged ro Felipe IV. Toledo Factory made replicas in the last third of XIXth century of this and other rapiers and...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd March 2023, 02:13 PM
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My experience is that the later the 1728, the...
My experience is that the later the 1728, the more similar blades you find. For example, there are 4 different "Enrique Coel" formats, three of them common. Probably they are batches ordered in...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd March 2023, 08:35 AM
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I believe both parts belong together.
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I believe both parts belong together.
Typical 1728s as the ones shown here are rather post 1760.
From the end of XVII century there were a series of experimental designs.
We have to think...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th January 2023, 03:37 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
24th October 2022, 07:11 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
17th October 2022, 09:39 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th October 2022, 01:00 PM
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In this book,
La organizaciķn naval de los...
In this book,
La organizaciķn naval de los estados mediterráneos y en especial de Espaņa durante los siglos XVI y XVII. By Francisco-Felipe Olesa Muņido.
There is a artillery compilatory table...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th August 2022, 11:08 PM
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I have been collecting some more pictures of...
I have been collecting some more pictures of these sabers.
Handling it I have reach the idea that it is not a proper cavalry weapon, rather a mounted officer one (infantry I guess). That makes...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th August 2022, 07:01 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
26th August 2022, 06:39 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd August 2022, 08:16 AM
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