Forum: Swap Forum
22nd June 2022, 07:51 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
21st June 2022, 06:14 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
20th June 2022, 10:08 AM
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Jim, i do beleive that navy (as other services)...
Jim, i do beleive that navy (as other services) do keep certain traditions becoming later fetishes, resulted from earlier practical procedures, though i realize that the red paint vs blood resource...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th June 2022, 07:12 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
13th June 2022, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 58
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Still in the XIX century this kind of procedure...
Still in the XIX century this kind of procedure was adopted. In the Portuguese frigate Dom Fernando e Gloria, launched in 1843, one of the last sailing war ships, having sailed the India route during...
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Forum: Swap Forum
12th June 2022, 04:03 PM
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Forum: Swap Forum
12th June 2022, 03:48 PM
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A lot of powder horns for sale
The first and special one is an aged powder horn (18th. century ?) with a beautiful patina and intricate decorations; some military. 30 ms. long. I was never able to figure out its origin. One thing...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th June 2022, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 58
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Forum: European Armoury
11th June 2022, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 58
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You can imagine there was quite a paraphernalia...
You can imagine there was quite a paraphernalia of burning devices. Listen to this episode that took place in Malaca in 1513:
The Malay junks, copied from the Chinese, were excellent ships that in...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th June 2022, 06:48 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 1,871
Bagged small shot in artillery
A transcript of written accounts of this amunition in my neck of the woods ... in the 1600's.
... For shorter distances, a hollow load filled with musket balls was used: the small-bullet bags....
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Forum: European Armoury
8th June 2022, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 5
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Forum: Swap Forum
8th June 2022, 10:25 AM
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Replies: 2
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Forum: European Armoury
8th June 2022, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 1,871
Irony ...
According to the Spanish blog, that version (as 'D' in post #35) was originaly used by the British and, in such case, they were simple prisms or cones joined by a thick bar. This type was apparently...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th June 2022, 09:48 AM
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Replies: 58
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Forum: European Armoury
7th June 2022, 07:10 PM
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Replies: 58
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Mark, you would have certainly seen this...
Mark, you would have certainly seen this contemporary aquatint of the 1782 Franco-Spanish attack on Gibraltar. A Spanish Floating battery is shown exploding after the British defenders set it on fire...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th June 2022, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 1,871
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Forum: European Armoury
7th June 2022, 04:50 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 1,871
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Forum: European Armoury
7th June 2022, 11:49 AM
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Replies: 58
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Forum: European Armoury
5th June 2022, 05:46 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 1,871
Maybe not the one you saw, but we may see a...
Maybe not the one you saw, but we may see a mobile one operated by the same Royal Norwegian Navy (circa 1860).
The ones for fortification facilities are pretty massive, like this French one at...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th June 2022, 04:53 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 1,871
Speaking of names;what is an angel ?
From Revolutionary War Journal ...
Bar shot was similar to chain shot except a metal bar attached the shot at each end. The bar was one to two feet long. A type of this was referred to as a sliding...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th June 2022, 01:22 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 1,871
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Forum: European Armoury
4th June 2022, 11:00 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 1,871
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Forum: Swap Forum
3rd June 2022, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 1
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd June 2022, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 963
True he (the driver) should know about the...
True he (the driver) should know about the Customs submission; but that complicates the story even further. Unless he intended (as instructed by his boss) to pass through with the object hidden...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd June 2022, 12:50 PM
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Replies: 15
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Perhaps because the whole story smells a bit...
Perhaps because the whole story smells a bit funny, it gives place to legitimate speculations. A couple further details would make it appear more plausible.
The date and price mentioned may be...
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