|
|
|
12th December 2014, 12:02 AM
|
#1 |
|
(deceased)
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
Posts: 4,310
|
A very fine and extremely rare Landsknecht's Langspieß, Southern Germany, Bavaria, ca. 1525-40, the original ash haft profusely profusely covered with knobs all over; the head struck with a maker's mark.
Overall length ca. 6 meters! Rüstkammer, Kunstsammlungen Veste Coburg. My brilliant friend Armin König, Hohenberg a.d. Eger, built an exact copy of this piece - striking the hard ashwood with hundreds of knobs that took extremely long to soak in water and stand up in the end; Armin told me he would never again in his life undertake a toil like that ... http://www.engerisser.de/Bewaffnung/.../Firearms.html On the photos, his copy, the head struck with Armin's maker's mark, is shown together with the original. Photos copyrighted by Armin König. Last edited by Matchlock; 12th December 2014 at 12:20 AM. |
|
|
|
12th December 2014, 10:34 PM
|
#2 |
|
(deceased)
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
Posts: 4,310
|
Pikemen and Arkebusiers with Matchlock Muskets, on a Brussels tapestry of ca. 1580-1600.
Saved from Facebook. m |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Hybrid Mode
