A tiny cannon for ID and coments

fernando · 21st July 2008, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BBJW

...If I have time to dig thru old catalogs and find a scanner before I go out of town I will post them.
Cheers
bbjw

That would be great, thanks.
Fernando

fernando · 26th July 2008, 08:05 PM

This is the replica of a XIV century hand cannon at the Lisbon Military Museum ... where pictures are not allowed

The barrel has 27 cms. and is made of hot welded staves. The whole thing, barrel and pole, measures 1,24 mts.
The tag doesn't mention its caliber, but we can see it's quite a large one, close from my example, i would say. Also the touch hole is quite significant in size, meaning that after some shooting and degradation could well become as large as the one in my specimen.
The legend in the tag confirms that these things were handled by two men; one holding the pole under the arm and pointing the barrel mouth to the enemy lines and the "bota-fogo" (an expression that became legendary), a guy with the slow match, to detonate the device. Also as already aproached here, the accuracy of the shot was very limited, but the psichologic efect of the noise, the black smoke shadow and the smell of burnt sulphur, provoked in the spirit of medieval man the conviction that he was in the presence of devil's work.
Fernando

katana · 26th July 2008, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by fernando

This is the replica of a XIV century hand cannon at the Lisbon Military Museum ... where pictures are not allowed

Fernando

May I assume that you took the pictures

Naughty boy

Thats an nice example Fernando

I would forget your display stands that you showed earlier. I would get a 'stock' made for it, it'll look great. But, then I'm biased....I'd rather 'see' this cannon as a weapon....than a signalling device.

Regards David

Atlantia · 26th July 2008, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by katana

May I assume that you took the pictures

Naughty boy

Thats an nice example Fernando

I would forget your display stands that you showed earlier. I would get a 'stock' made for it, it'll look great. But, then I'm biased....I'd rather 'see' this cannon as a weapon....than a signalling device.

Regards David

Couldn't agree more David,
Stock and bands are a must!

Gene

fernando · 9th August 2008, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Atlantia

Couldn't agree more David,
Stock and bands are a must!

Gene

Is that so, Gene ?

Look what i managed

Fernando

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katana · 9th August 2008, 10:40 AM

BRAVO FERNANDO

Regards David

Atlantia · 9th August 2008, 12:35 PM

WOW!
Fernando. That looks just fantastic!
You must be very pleased with it? How long did it take you?
It's prefect, just right!
Congratulations.
Gene

fernando · 9th August 2008, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by katana

BRAVO FERNANDO

Regards David

THANK YOU DAVID

Fernando

26th July 2008, 08:05 PM	#2
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	This is the replica of a XIV century hand cannon at the Lisbon Military Museum ... where pictures are not allowed The barrel has 27 cms. and is made of hot welded staves. The whole thing, barrel and pole, measures 1,24 mts. The tag doesn't mention its caliber, but we can see it's quite a large one, close from my example, i would say. Also the touch hole is quite significant in size, meaning that after some shooting and degradation could well become as large as the one in my specimen. The legend in the tag confirms that these things were handled by two men; one holding the pole under the arm and pointing the barrel mouth to the enemy lines and the "bota-fogo" (an expression that became legendary), a guy with the slow match, to detonate the device. Also as already aproached here, the accuracy of the shot was very limited, but the psichologic efect of the noise, the black smoke shadow and the smell of burnt sulphur, provoked in the spirit of medieval man the conviction that he was in the presence of devil's work. Fernando Attached Images

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katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	BRAVO FERNANDO Regards David

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Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	WOW! Fernando. That looks just fantastic! You must be very pleased with it? How long did it take you? It's prefect, just right! Congratulations. Gene