Forum: European Armoury
10th July 2011, 07:23 PM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 13,798
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
10th July 2011, 07:22 PM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 13,798
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
10th July 2011, 09:12 AM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 13,798
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
8th July 2011, 06:49 PM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 13,798
Early Royal Horse Artillery sword
I thought I would post some photos of this very early Royal Horse Artillery sword.
This sword is the so-called coffin hilt pattern, made between 1793 and 1795 by the cutler John Knubley of 7...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
26th April 2011, 09:13 PM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 10,996
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
26th April 2011, 09:06 PM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 10,996
Hello Jim and all, sorry to come late into this...
Hello Jim and all, sorry to come late into this thread. Here are two swords both by Prosser which have pretty similar hilts. Both have etched blades rather than blue & gilt. The top sword bears the...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
24th August 2010, 08:17 AM
|
|
Replies: 24
Views: 16,973
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
24th August 2010, 08:13 AM
|
|
Replies: 24
Views: 16,973
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
20th August 2010, 07:56 AM
|
|
Replies: 24
Views: 16,973
Good point about the pre 1801 arms Jim but I...
Good point about the pre 1801 arms Jim but I think unless a sword has Osborn's name on it, its not an Osborn. He was a maker rather than a retailer and no doubt proud of his work, thus I'm sure his...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
20th August 2010, 07:44 AM
|
|
Replies: 4
Views: 7,922
As far as British swords are concerned, one of...
As far as British swords are concerned, one of the most well known modifications is the conversion of the "hatchet" pointed blade of the P1796 heavy cavalry sword to a "spear" point since there is a...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
19th August 2010, 07:44 AM
|
|
Replies: 24
Views: 16,973
Hello Norman
I think Osborn's "comma" ear...
Hello Norman
I think Osborn's "comma" ear design was probably considered the most elegant of the differing officer hilts and was therefore most widely copied. I have definitely seen it on swords...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
18th August 2010, 02:43 PM
|
|
Replies: 24
Views: 16,973
Ah, the big question - to restore or not!...
Ah, the big question - to restore or not! Personally I would but others will have different views. Here's a sword of the 1st Bombay cavalry I restored earlier
Top : Before
Bottom : After
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
18th August 2010, 02:40 PM
|
|
Replies: 24
Views: 16,973
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
18th August 2010, 02:32 PM
|
|
Replies: 24
Views: 16,973
Jim,
I don't think comma ears and facetted...
Jim,
I don't think comma ears and facetted backpiece and ferrule always mean Osborn. I think this design detail certainly originated with Osborn but later on many other makers copied the design....
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
18th August 2010, 02:29 PM
|
|
Replies: 24
Views: 16,973
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
16th April 2010, 07:11 PM
|
|
Replies: 13
Views: 16,258
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
16th April 2010, 07:08 PM
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 13,040
All,
I have it on very good authority that...
All,
I have it on very good authority that quite often Solingen makers signed (i.e. forged) "Coulaux freres" on their blades to make them more acceptable to the French market.
Richard
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
9th April 2010, 09:33 PM
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 13,040
Klingenthal, or the La Manufacture d'Armes...
Klingenthal, or the La Manufacture d'Armes d'Alsace when it was founded in 1729, was always a state manufactory and not a collection of private entreprises like Solingen. It is probably more accurate...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
9th April 2010, 09:00 PM
|
|
Replies: 13
Views: 16,258
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
4th April 2010, 08:58 AM
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 13,040
Hi Fernando
If I had to guess, I would say this...
Hi Fernando
If I had to guess, I would say this is British from around 1810 - 1820. My hesitation comes from the fact that there is no obvious British insignia on the blade. Other observations are...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
3rd April 2010, 02:41 PM
|
|
Replies: 5
Views: 6,608
Ian,
Its very difficult to make out the hilt...
Ian,
Its very difficult to make out the hilt details of the sword in the photo of Captain Burnand but I think it must be. The sword is an un-numbered Wilkinson which puts it before 1854. Burnand was...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
3rd April 2010, 09:29 AM
|
|
Replies: 5
Views: 6,608
Crimean War photographs
I have just purchased my first sword of 2010, a British 1821 pattern heavy cavalry officer's sword belonging to George Sapte Burnand of the 5th Dragoon Guards. While researching Burnand, I came...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
1st April 2010, 07:10 AM
|
|
Replies: 13
Views: 16,497
Hello Jim and Peter,
For obvious reasons I was...
Hello Jim and Peter,
For obvious reasons I was reluctant to raise the suggestion that the Tomlinson panel was fake. In fact, I don't think it is but it is very unusual in its form, being so large,...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
30th March 2010, 10:27 PM
|
|
Replies: 13
Views: 16,497
Hi All,
This is a puzzle, I have never come...
Hi All,
This is a puzzle, I have never come across a Tomlinson before on a P1796 (or any other sword for that matter) but of course that doesn't really mean anything at all. However, I certainly do...
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
16th February 2010, 07:07 AM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 15,487
Hi All,
As Jim says, the...
Hi All,
As Jim says, the talismanic/cabbalistic symbols often appear on Solingen blades of the 18th century. They often have an eastern theme, eg Turk's head, eastern tent, etc, as "the east"...
|
