Forum: European Armoury
26th May 2022, 12:47 PM
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Congrats with this rare and beautiful rapier...
Congrats with this rare and beautiful rapier Dirk.
you're right, I don't actually collect rapiers but for this rare one I could make an exception.
after seeing your pictures, I regret not...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th May 2022, 12:53 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
15th May 2022, 09:20 AM
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Text on the blade is:
VINCERE AUT MORI= ...
Text on the blade is:
VINCERE AUT MORI= either to conquer or to die.
SOLI DEO GLORIA = Glory to God alone
multiple examples of above can be found in the Bern historical museum.
best,...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th May 2022, 09:11 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th May 2022, 10:25 AM
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Replies: 18
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Forum: European Armoury
24th April 2022, 05:14 PM
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Replies: 29
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Forum: European Armoury
24th April 2022, 11:29 AM
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Replies: 29
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What a coincidence, Iam from Leiden and I was...
What a coincidence, Iam from Leiden and I was bidding on this rapier yesterday afternoon, bought a hunting sword so we can combine shipping :-)
I stopped at a certain point because I was not sure...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th April 2022, 10:16 AM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd February 2022, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: European Armoury
21st February 2022, 08:22 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
16th January 2022, 10:19 AM
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Replies: 27
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Forum: European Armoury
14th January 2022, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 27
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Lee you are 99,9% right
on the other hand, a...
Lee you are 99,9% right
on the other hand, a university study costs money.
The mistakes that every collector and researcher makes in his career also cost money. I have a separate exhibition bucket...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th January 2022, 09:51 AM
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Replies: 27
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as in my previous post, I still leave open the...
as in my previous post, I still leave open the possibility that it is a fantasy sword, however from the 16th century.
Of course if you only base on the style, I don't know anything from the 16th...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th December 2021, 12:06 PM
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Replies: 27
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Forum: European Armoury
19th December 2021, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 27
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Hi Ulfberth, re the Sword of the bodyguard of...
Hi Ulfberth, re the Sword of the bodyguard of Duke Julius of Brunswick.
These are different techniques, the quillon is chiseled and the blade is etched.
For the rest i agree with you, like the...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th December 2021, 11:06 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
26th November 2021, 07:36 AM
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Replies: 13
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Hi Fernando, herewith some examples :)
Clemes...
Hi Fernando, herewith some examples :)
Clemes Brach used the Toledo (quality) mark , Clemens Tesche used a similar stamp as Alonso de Sahagun and Peter Tesche the one of Pedro del Velmonte.
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Forum: European Armoury
25th November 2021, 09:25 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
25th November 2021, 05:35 PM
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I don't think there's anything wrong with the...
I don't think there's anything wrong with the inscription, not with the C that looks like an O, not even with the A without a small v.
compare the inscription of a sword in the Visser collection...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th November 2021, 05:19 PM
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the name IOHANNI, which is almost certainly a...
the name IOHANNI, which is almost certainly a Solingen bladesmith's signature and found on a number of swords from the first half of the the 17thC. cf JP Puype the visser colection part3, p234
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Forum: European Armoury
15th November 2021, 09:10 AM
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Hello fernando, thanks for the pm.
you have...
Hello fernando, thanks for the pm.
you have a very beautiful smallsword rococo example from around 1770.
The paternoster on the blade is a Dutch sword blade characteristic from the 18th...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th November 2021, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 21
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I would only treat it with crystalline wax, if...
I would only treat it with crystalline wax, if you remove the patina it doesn't get any better. I would recommend to remove the wooden grip, this is a recent addition of the wrong model, it looks...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th November 2021, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,409
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd November 2021, 08:53 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,409
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Forum: European Armoury
27th October 2021, 09:16 AM
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