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Forum: European Armoury 25th April 2025, 10:05 PM
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Views: 166,266
Posted By Hotspur
Great to see you made a quick migration and the...

Great to see you made a quick migration and the terrific detail on the sword's background.

The spine markings have long needed to be gathered in one place.

In another recent addition, we have a...
Forum: European Armoury 25th April 2025, 04:32 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,418
Posted By Hotspur
I was going back through some shared pictures...

I was going back through some shared pictures from 2004. The pages were written by a Philip Lankester, Weapons Department, Royal Armouries 2004

In those brief pages, he describes the...
Forum: European Armoury 25th April 2025, 04:04 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,418
Posted By Hotspur
I don't know who furbished that sabre. I can only...

I don't know who furbished that sabre. I can only place it in time by the style and Mowbray likes these backstrap examples as post 1818, but we have the 'absolute' of those wd&c marks as from...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd April 2025, 06:44 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,418
Posted By Hotspur
Then there are Wooley Deakin&Co. blades on non...

Then there are Wooley Deakin&Co. blades on non Wooley hilts.

I've book notes on dates but off the top of my head, the 1810 seems about right.

The &Co supposedly puts this blade below marked no...
Forum: European Armoury 11th April 2025, 09:26 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 5,916
Posted By Hotspur
Please do use the image. As posted, I don't have...

Please do use the image. As posted, I don't have the notes from another's observations. Even if just looking at the Freemason's symbology, one can't expect it to predate English publicly published...
Forum: European Armoury 10th April 2025, 08:51 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 5,916
Posted By Hotspur
This one from Sweden seems later than the start...

This one from Sweden seems later than the start of hollow trefoil blades

Notes are gone...but iirc, Napoleonic era. I'm thinking it was related to the union with Norway in 1818 and several given...
Forum: European Armoury 9th April 2025, 06:08 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 15,426
Posted By Hotspur
Neat :) Mine has that boat anchor feel but still...

Neat :) Mine has that boat anchor feel but still seems like a 'get out of the way' for getting as job done.

Sean Scott is the guru for all things US cavalry in the 20th century. Good threads...
Forum: European Armoury 9th April 2025, 01:05 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 15,426
Posted By Hotspur
Figure this one I adopted. A federal period...

Figure this one I adopted. A federal period blade in what looks like a Spanish briquet hilt.

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
Forum: European Armoury 9th April 2025, 12:57 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 15,426
Posted By Hotspur
Here ;) Watching. I think there might...

Here ;)

Watching.

I think there might be a thread elsewhere on the 1905-06 experimental cavalry and small numbers in trials out that away.

Then the 1911, predating Patton's 1913.

The...
Forum: European Armoury 6th November 2024, 08:20 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 9,909
Posted By Hotspur
The Ames eagle pommel and probably grip were of...

The Ames eagle pommel and probably grip were of one, the blade another and the hilt a French Cutler, you can just make out the French cartouche. I see something new very time I revisit those files...
Forum: European Armoury 18th October 2024, 03:52 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 24,857
Posted By Hotspur
It does look like an Asian take on a German...

It does look like an Asian take on a German dress/parade Mauser bayonet The blade is even more repro looking than a German take on them, after all those using bayonet blades.

I would think not...
Forum: European Armoury 15th September 2024, 04:27 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 32,690
Posted By Hotspur
A beautiful sword! The reeded grip is something...

A beautiful sword! The reeded grip is something we start to see a bit later. A feature that carries on through the 19th century. The ivory looks like old Russian mammoth. Brown bark.

Cheers...
Forum: European Armoury 6th September 2024, 06:42 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 26,784
Posted By Hotspur
The pommel seems weird, with the later basket....

The pommel seems weird, with the later basket. The type XIX blade. I guess might be age appropriate but I believe a late bird type 2b would be a backsword.
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Forum: European Armoury 12th August 2024, 07:57 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 62,980
Posted By Hotspur
Case hardening? A harder candy coated softer...

Case hardening? A harder candy coated softer metal.

Cheers
GC
Forum: European Armoury 20th May 2024, 11:03 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 13,343
Posted By Hotspur
I see. thank you. I had the wrong Marie in mind.

I see. thank you. I had the wrong Marie in mind.
Forum: European Armoury 19th May 2024, 10:21 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 13,343
Posted By Hotspur
Yes, lost wax casting. There is inevitable clean...

Yes, lost wax casting. There is inevitable clean up with chasing some detail and then gilded. Wax masters to create molds. As basic as a bronze sword that was once a wood master to create the clay...
Forum: European Armoury 19th May 2024, 07:03 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 13,343
Posted By Hotspur
The LePage family (1717->????)was renowned for...

The LePage family (1717->????)was renowned for their firearms work and that was their main product. Known also for swords but the LARQUEBUSIER is literally l'arquebusier. So, advertising?

I'm...
Forum: European Armoury 9th May 2024, 11:46 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 16,974
Posted By Hotspur
Great piece Lots of period swords are...

Great piece

Lots of period swords are appropriate as 'pilgrim swords' because of the voyages and their origins. I visited the Plymouth museum and (at that time) was more interested in the...
Forum: European Armoury 9th May 2024, 11:27 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 12,378
Posted By Hotspur
I'm usually logged in until I dump cookies, or...

I'm usually logged in until I dump cookies, or start a new machine. Make sure that when you login, you check mark the 'remember me' square.

If it persists, find vikingsword.com cookies and delete...
Forum: European Armoury 16th April 2024, 06:54 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 20,822
Posted By Hotspur
I think that is likely. Where did it surface?

I think that is likely. Where did it surface?
Forum: European Armoury 14th April 2024, 09:01 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 25,067
Posted By Hotspur
I have posted this in the past but there was...

I have posted this in the past but there was never an overall shot. I have the old dealer listing through archive.org but it will take time to remember where. Oh yes, David Park. 'Relics of...
Forum: European Armoury 14th April 2024, 02:54 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 25,067
Posted By Hotspur
Not many officers inside the Alamo. Travis was...

Not many officers inside the Alamo. Travis was Texian militia (lawyer by trade) and then. Commissioned as an LC for a cavalry unit, then to The Alamo with army regulars. He likely had something...
Forum: European Armoury 13th April 2024, 03:44 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 25,067
Posted By Hotspur
The mystery Bowie sword. Hilt but the rest of...

The mystery Bowie sword. Hilt but the rest of the sword is invisible ;)
https://64parishes.org/entry-image/portrait-of-jim-bowie
Forum: European Armoury 12th April 2024, 06:13 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 67,761
Posted By Hotspur
Another knock out there Bryce. One for the...

Another knock out there Bryce.

One for the party I may have posted before. I watched it through a couple of owners. A mullet/diamond for Jim ;)

A plainer urn but upscale.
Forum: European Armoury 12th April 2024, 05:47 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 25,067
Posted By Hotspur
Knecht the younger was pretty much a...

Knecht the younger was pretty much a distributor/producer. There are identical swords marked to Berger and generically exported. It makes me wonder if the above palasch was simply using up dad's...
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