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Forum: Swap Forum 29th February 2024, 09:59 PM
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Posted By survtech
Antique Pistol Trader

Like many collectors, as they age they become concerned about the disposal of their collection when they pass away.

Not that I am intending to pass away any time soon, I have established a website...
Forum: European Armoury 27th February 2024, 03:11 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 27,100
Posted By survtech
British cased pistols are very rarely "French...

British cased pistols are very rarely "French fitted".

My guess would be Belgian.
Forum: European Armoury 25th February 2024, 10:04 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 5,550
Posted By survtech
Thanks Norman, and thanks for the photo, Sumas...

Thanks Norman, and thanks for the photo, Sumas could become the focus of a whole new genre of collecting.
Forum: European Armoury 24th February 2024, 09:58 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 5,550
Posted By survtech
Ramrod

Interesting how different cultures handled the situation of the loose ramrod.

Yes, it is Fernando.

I have this picture in my mind of someone drawing their flintlock from their belt with a...
Forum: European Armoury 24th February 2024, 06:47 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 5,550
Posted By survtech
Hello Phil from Perth

Hi Phil

No marks at all, but I spoke at length with Dr. Robert Elgood, who has written several books on Islamic arms.

He had this to say about my pistols: -

Dating eighteenth and nineteenth...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd February 2024, 09:16 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 5,550
Posted By survtech
Ottoman flintlock

Here we have a pair of Ottoman pistols, they were the first pistols in my collection. Note the false ramrods. The Ottomans carried the real ramrod (Suma) around their neck on a lanyard because of the...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd February 2024, 07:58 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 27,100
Posted By survtech
Lovely little pistol

This is a lovely little pistol Fernando, I've always liked the Queen Anne style.
Forum: European Armoury 20th February 2024, 09:29 PM
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Views: 27,100
Posted By survtech
That's a lovely pistol swordlover79 Cheers ...

That's a lovely pistol swordlover79

Cheers

Mike
Forum: European Armoury 20th February 2024, 09:28 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 27,100
Posted By survtech
Thank you SwordLover79! How do you take these...

Thank you SwordLover79! How do you take these pictures of your pistols?

I'm not a great photographer but I have a trade secret, and that is love.
Seriously though, I just keep taking photographs...
Forum: European Armoury 19th February 2024, 09:23 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 27,100
Posted By survtech
They are machine-cut flints Fernando

They are machine-cut flints Fernando
Forum: European Armoury 19th February 2024, 09:22 PM
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Views: 27,100
Posted By survtech
Thank you Ken, would it be fair to say that...

Thank you Ken, would it be fair to say that generally speaking, British and Irish pistols pistols were more about function than form?

My little works-of-art lean more towards Lady Ga-Ga, whereas...
Forum: European Armoury 19th February 2024, 09:13 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 27,100
Posted By survtech
I thought so, hi Fernando Keilty :)

I thought so, hi Fernando Keilty :)
Forum: European Armoury 19th February 2024, 06:17 AM
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Views: 27,100
Posted By survtech
Hi Fernando, we know each other from other...

Hi Fernando, we know each other from other forums?


Kind regards

Mike
Forum: European Armoury 16th February 2024, 09:26 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 27,100
Posted By survtech
A collection of French pocket pistols

This is my collection of French pocket pistols.
First pair are by Jean Aubron of Clissons Nantes
Second pair are by Jean LePage
Al others are by Nicholas-Noël Boutet
Forum: European Armoury 13th February 2024, 10:50 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 8,134
Posted By survtech
Weapons collecting thoughts

One often reads that Nicholas-Noël Boutet was, “arguably, the finest gunmaker the world has ever known". This, of course, is not true, Lepage, Aubron, JB Laroche, Jean La Roche, Chasteau, Pirmet,...
Forum: European Armoury 13th February 2024, 11:07 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 8,134
Posted By survtech
I heard through the grapevine, will tie me to the...

I heard through the grapevine, will tie me to the whipping pole

Perhaps you should be tied to the whipping pole Fernando, if only for a few lashes, heard it through the grapevine is gossip, not...
Forum: European Armoury 13th February 2024, 10:55 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 8,134
Posted By survtech
The first photograph is from a Liege pistol. ...

The first photograph is from a Liege pistol.
The second photograph is from a Boutet pistol.
The third photograph is from a LePage pistol.
The fourth photograph is from a Jean Aubron pistol.
...
Forum: European Armoury 12th February 2024, 11:13 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 8,134
Posted By survtech
Napoleon preferred Lepage's firearms

It is known that Le Page used to produce all guns for Napoleon's personal use, as being preferred by him to those of Boutet, due to a flaw in their nechanism.

Interesting comment Fernando. Why...
Forum: European Armoury 12th February 2024, 09:32 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 8,134
Posted By survtech
Fernando, thank you for posting the photographs;...

Fernando, thank you for posting the photographs; the history is interesting....


With regard to the pocket pistol; it is known that LePage also retailed Liege-made pistols from his Paris shop.
Forum: European Armoury 11th February 2024, 04:59 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 8,134
Posted By survtech
Jean LePage

"I know from talks with collector historian Rainer Daehnhardt that he is a great fan of Jean LePage."

Fernando, apart from the pair in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and this pair, I have been...
Forum: European Armoury 10th February 2024, 09:42 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 8,134
Posted By survtech
Pair of LePage percussion pistols

Thank for your kind words.

"I know from talks with collector historian Rainer Daehnhardt that he is a great fan of Jean LePage."

Me too Fernando, below is nice pair of cased percussion pistols...
Forum: European Armoury 9th February 2024, 10:16 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 8,134
Posted By survtech
Nicholas-Noël Boutet & Jean LePage

Thank you for admitting me to your portal, my name is Mike Barnett, I am based in Perth, Western Australia. My collecting focus is on French high-art pocket pistols made by the gunmakers to Napoleon...
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