An (other) hand cannon ... with marks

[fernando]

Make way for the artillery .
As rough as i could manage.
A detail i repute worthy of note : the bands are fixed with real old salvaged handmade nails.
Fernando

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[Matchlock]

Now that's one talented restorer!

I like it, Fernando, I like it a lot!

While I have come to accept and preserve fragments the way they are I have to admit that your solution adds a lot to a conception of how the complete piece would have looked like originally.

Btw, would you consider reconstructing a breech loading cannon if you had an original breech?

Michael

[fernando]

Hi Michael,
Thanks a lot for your (too) kind words .

Originally Posted by Matchlock

Now that's one talented restorer!
I like it, Fernando, I like it a lot!
While I have come to accept and preserve fragments the way they are I have to admit that your solution adds a lot to a conception of how the complete piece would have looked like originally...

You know, i am not a replica guy, nor do i embark into complex reconstructions; searching for (local ordinary) people willing to do the job, is a very hard or even unthinkable task . In the least they take their time to be done and, by character, i only understand things that can be immediately achieved. But this thing of the cannons gave me a feeling that i could (and should) do it. I couldn't beleive it when both carpenter and smith accepted my 'order' for the project; couldn't less beleive it when they accepted it for the second time.

Originally Posted by Matchlock

...Btw, would you consider reconstructing a breech loading cannon if you had an original breech?
Michael

Much to complex a job for a country mini collector; if breeches come by, i guess i will be glad to make a little stand for them . Then i wait till i win the jackpot and i'll buy the respective cannon .
Fernando

[Matchlock]

Originally Posted by fernando

Hi Michael,
Thanks a lot for your (too) kind words .


Much to complex a job for a country mini collector; if breeches come by, i guess i will be glad to make a little stand for them . Then i wait till i win the jackpot and i'll buy the respective cannon .
Fernando

I guess that's exactly the way to do it! Anyway I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you to hopefully get one soon. Maybe a tiny jackpot will do the trick ...

Best,
m