Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th October 2024, 11:59 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
25th October 2024, 04:07 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd October 2024, 05:54 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
21st October 2024, 03:34 PM
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I did have a choice of this one, or a British...
I did have a choice of this one, or a British Yat' bayonet at twice the price and with no stamps at all, so it was an easy choice in the end. The British one was definitely carried as a side arm on...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th October 2024, 04:25 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,730
Very nice example, and with the leather frog...
Very nice example, and with the leather frog an'all! Hard to conceive now but "back-in-the-day" a lot of stuff now collectable was seen as having little or no value at all. Bayonets used as fire...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th October 2024, 10:23 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,730
French army. M1866 bayonet
A rewarding and enjoyable day at a local antique arms fair and one of my prizes was this bayonet, a bit shabby, complete with scabbard and at a bargain price.Posting here with a question, how often,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th October 2024, 12:29 AM
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Replies: 21
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th October 2024, 11:47 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,377
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th September 2024, 11:55 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th September 2024, 07:15 PM
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Replies: 18
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th August 2024, 09:55 PM
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Replies: 7
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd August 2024, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 11,409
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd August 2024, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 11,409
I certainly intend to sort out the wire, which...
I certainly intend to sort out the wire, which looks more like brass when in hand. And that is probably all I will do, it's a plain and basic example and as we say here in the Isle of the MIghty,...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd August 2024, 10:56 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 16,590
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st August 2024, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 11,409
Gile Jile or what have you.
Picked this up at a local arms fair on Sunday, well shabby and I nearly left it on the table but had second thoughts. I didn't have one and we don't see them that often in my neck of the woods. The...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th August 2024, 10:54 PM
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Replies: 21
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Forum: European Armoury
17th August 2024, 06:09 PM
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Latest arrival, another Albacete dagger.
Arrived yesterday via a private sale on a forum I belong to, at a price I could not resist. Not really a lot to say about it except that the punched decoration seems very fresh.
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Forum: European Armoury
17th August 2024, 05:58 PM
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Replies: 34
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd August 2024, 11:25 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 43,655
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Forum: European Armoury
24th July 2024, 12:02 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
1st June 2024, 05:54 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
1st June 2024, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 2
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Gun case for transport.
I am not entirely sure if this is the right forum to post on, but it looks the best bet. A recent purchase from Flea Bay, a late 19th early 20th century, hard leather, lockable case for a "take down"...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd May 2024, 11:01 PM
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Replies: 7
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd May 2024, 10:56 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 156,262
The Ottomans must have used thousands of...
The Ottomans must have used thousands of matchlocks during the period. But generally speaking, there are very few examples remaining today....
Probably upgraded to later style locks. as was...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th May 2024, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 9
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