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Forum: European Armoury Today, 12:06 AM
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Posted By Ed
Oh yes that would be great! Thanks.

Oh yes that would be great!

Thanks.
Forum: European Armoury Yesterday, 01:12 PM
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Posted By Ed
Thank you. Didn't have the first one. ...

Thank you. Didn't have the first one.

Anyone have the book?
Forum: European Armoury Yesterday, 03:03 AM
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Posted By Ed
Does anyone have this?

I need like 6 pages from a book entitled
SCOTTISH WEAPONS AND FORTIFICATIONS 1100 - 1800
by CALDWELL, DAVID H

The pages are 437-441 and concern the carriage of Mons Meg.

Can anyone help?...
Forum: European Armoury 5th December 2025, 12:21 PM
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Posted By Ed
Better picture of mark

Better picture of mark
Forum: European Armoury 4th December 2025, 02:29 PM
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Posted By Ed
A curious cutlass

I got this some time ago and recently took a closer look at it.

Looks like it was knocked together out of sheet metal for the guard. The grip is bone, it appears. The sheath is wood covered with...
Forum: European Armoury 6th November 2025, 03:53 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 28,699
Posted By Ed
Rather than start a new thread I'll continue on...

Rather than start a new thread I'll continue on with this one so the info is in the same place.

I have not examined my hangers in some time. I had thought that they were German hunting swords. ...
Forum: European Armoury 5th November 2025, 10:58 PM
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Views: 28,699
Posted By Ed
My hanger grip cap compared with the op Mine...

My hanger grip cap compared with the op

Mine has only a knuckle bow. Very similar to the sword in the op.
Forum: European Armoury 5th November 2025, 02:19 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 9,152
Posted By Ed
It looks OK to me but but but fakers are fakers...

It looks OK to me but but but fakers are fakers because they fake.

Any idea as to provenance?
Forum: European Armoury 3rd November 2025, 04:56 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 48,762
Posted By Ed
I am bumping this to see if new folks might have...

I am bumping this to see if new folks might have an idea. I am definitely leaning toward "model".
Forum: European Armoury 22nd October 2025, 01:52 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 51,190
Posted By Ed
Some references and discussion ...

Some references and discussion

https://brownlee.com.au/Pages/Andrea_Ferara_swords.html
Forum: European Armoury 21st October 2025, 02:44 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 29,573
Posted By Ed
Thomas del Mar June 26, 2007

Thomas del Mar June 26, 2007
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 11th October 2025, 02:07 PM
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Views: 241,534
Posted By Ed
Back in the day, the Elites staged a "Triumph" in...

Back in the day, the Elites staged a "Triumph" in England. The event was immortalized in a book "The Knight and the Umbrella".

(n.b. youcan read the book here...
Forum: European Armoury 10th October 2025, 12:34 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 51,190
Posted By Ed
I would like to explore this a bit further. Is...

I would like to explore this a bit further. Is there literature about the development of this "logo"?
Forum: European Armoury 4th October 2025, 11:48 PM
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Views: 51,190
Posted By Ed
But surely the "logo" was widely copied. ...

But surely the "logo" was widely copied. No?
Forum: European Armoury 12th September 2025, 07:03 PM
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Views: 27,273
Posted By Ed
Last one ...

Last one ...
Forum: European Armoury 10th September 2025, 07:29 PM
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Views: 27,273
Posted By Ed
No place for this but I feel like sharing

To conjure, even for a moment, the wistfulness which is the past is like trying to gather in one’s arms the hyacinthine colour of the distance. But if it is once achieved, what sweetness!—like the...
Forum: European Armoury 10th September 2025, 04:28 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 51,190
Posted By Ed
Thats what I figured.

Thats what I figured.
Forum: European Armoury 10th September 2025, 03:39 PM
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Views: 51,190
Posted By Ed
Thats it. I wonder what the issue was?

Thats it. I wonder what the issue was?
Forum: European Armoury 10th September 2025, 02:48 PM
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Views: 51,190
Posted By Ed
Sorry ... I have been wool gathering ... 3lb...

Sorry ... I have been wool gathering ...

3lb 8oz
Length o/a = 47"
Blade=38.25"
Cross guard= 10"
Grip = 6"

I noted that the Christie's description description describes it as "composite". I...
Forum: European Armoury 10th September 2025, 02:37 PM
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Views: 31,761
Posted By Ed
Another, late, example.

Another, late, example.
Forum: European Armoury 10th September 2025, 02:29 PM
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Views: 28,842
Posted By Ed
He is an old pal, you did good. Ever want to...

He is an old pal, you did good. Ever want to dump it call me.
Forum: European Armoury 9th September 2025, 04:56 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 28,842
Posted By Ed
Yes but a dealer in Miami had it more recently. ...

Yes but a dealer in Miami had it more recently. That where you got it?
Forum: European Armoury 8th September 2025, 12:01 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 28,842
Posted By Ed
Lovely Hussite type hand cannon. Had my eye on...

Lovely Hussite type hand cannon. Had my eye on one that was sold at auction then with a dealer in Florida.
ETA Definitively not a noisemaker.
Forum: European Armoury 11th August 2025, 08:59 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 8,726
Posted By Ed
A Munition Armor

This is a late 15th c. munition armor, similar to some examples from Rhodes.

The tassets are replacements that do not match the finish of the rest of the piece. Note the hammer marks.

I have...
Forum: European Armoury 11th August 2025, 07:49 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 51,190
Posted By Ed
I doubt it. I think the mention is totemic.

I doubt it. I think the mention is totemic.
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