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Forum: European Armoury 14th April 2025, 10:14 PM
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Posted By adrian
I too believe this to be an 'urban myth' and some...

I too believe this to be an 'urban myth' and some years ago I read a detailed explanation that debunked it very convincingly. In all my research and reading I have never found anything that even...
Forum: European Armoury 27th March 2025, 08:39 PM
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Views: 7,551
Posted By adrian
Have you searched through this thread for that...

Have you searched through this thread for that mark;

MARKS OF ARMOURERS, SWORDSMITHS AND GUNSMITHS
Forum: European Armoury 5th March 2025, 09:46 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 39,662
Posted By adrian
Here's my entrant in the cannon ball division. ...

Here's my entrant in the cannon ball division.
Roughly 5" in diameter, hollow, weighs about 8 pounds......Opinions?

It is most likely a Common Shell, however without knowing what country you...
Forum: European Armoury 17th December 2024, 08:30 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 14,628
Posted By adrian
I am not a sword collector per se so I have very...

I am not a sword collector per se so I have very few reference books on the subject.
From researching firearms of this period I encounter material on other arms and I note that there were a few...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd November 2024, 08:57 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 96,393
Posted By adrian
Very sad news, Fernando was an incredibly...

Very sad news, Fernando was an incredibly enthusiastic student of arms and always one to share knowledge. He was also generous, I have in my collection, half a world away, a small cannon ball from...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd November 2024, 08:59 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 6,884
Posted By adrian
A stunning collection - thanks for posting!

A stunning collection - thanks for posting!
Forum: European Armoury 23rd August 2024, 10:51 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 39,593
Posted By adrian
The Catalogue - Catalogue of the Meyrick Arms &...

The Catalogue - Catalogue of the Meyrick Arms & Armour

This firearm is not in that catalogue, the Royal Armouries very kindly looked through it, three times apparently, and report that there is...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd August 2024, 07:36 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 39,593
Posted By adrian
Thank you Jim for your suggestion of a connection...

Thank you Jim for your suggestion of a connection to the Milanese serpent mark, I have that reference book and had looked carefully through it and although I had seen vague similarities with some...
Forum: European Armoury 30th July 2024, 11:27 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 39,593
Posted By adrian
Thank you gentlemen, I had encountered mention of...

Thank you gentlemen, I had encountered mention of Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick in connection with the Apethorpe Hall collection but had no realised that in itself was significant. I will get in touch with...
Forum: European Armoury 30th July 2024, 05:32 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 39,593
Posted By adrian
1576 dated musket - unknown marking

I am hoping that someone here can identify this stamp for me please, I think that it is distinct enough to be a gunmaker's mark, rather than some sort of decoration.

It is on the breech of a 1576...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 3rd July 2024, 09:54 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 47,113
Posted By adrian
This was represented as a trade axe used during...

This was represented as a trade axe used during colonial times in the US.
Length overall is 8.5". Thoughts?

I think you will find that it's a slate roofing hammer.
The blade for cropping them to...
Forum: European Armoury 25th June 2024, 09:16 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 36,860
Posted By adrian
But what I'm intrigued about is this scroll...

But what I'm intrigued about is this scroll pierced by an arrow mark on the blades' spine.

Balance the sword to see if the 'arrow' has anything to do with its point of balance, either at its...
Forum: European Armoury 12th May 2024, 08:36 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 21,557
Posted By adrian
My example was recovered from the wreck of the...

My example was recovered from the wreck of the Hanover, she was a 100ft two-masted brigantine, built in 1757. On 20 November 1763 the Hanover left Lisbon, on her way to Falmouth, and on 2 December...
Forum: European Armoury 8th April 2024, 09:02 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 24,010
Posted By adrian
I hesitate to use the term Cutlasses ...because...

I hesitate to use the term Cutlasses ...because that term never really caught on until very lately.
During this period the term 'cutlass' was absolutely the description used.

I was surprised to...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 22nd March 2024, 09:44 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 23,695
Posted By adrian
Geologists hammer.

Geologists hammer.
Forum: European Armoury 11th March 2024, 07:56 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 24,010
Posted By adrian
Yes, of course, but I meant serial numbers...

Yes, of course, but I meant serial numbers instead of rack numbers for bayonets.

Well you have me perplexed then - what is a 'serial number' on a sea service socket bayonet of the period under...
Forum: European Armoury 5th March 2024, 07:04 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 24,010
Posted By adrian
Move that to bayonets where there are tens of...

Move that to bayonets where there are tens of thousands then a low serial number would be even rarer.

Approaching this logically no ship would have carried many hundreds of sea service muskets and...
Forum: European Armoury 4th March 2024, 08:04 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 24,010
Posted By adrian
The placement of a low 'rack' number on British...

The placement of a low 'rack' number on British sea service small arms of this period, by using an applied copper 'plaque', surfaces occasionally and I have seen it on Boarding Pikes as well as on at...
Forum: European Armoury 17th February 2024, 09:10 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 6,653
Posted By adrian
That seven-barrel volley gun is indeed very...

That seven-barrel volley gun is indeed very similar to the Ordnance gun supplied by Nock and appears to have been converted from flint action to the percussion principle via the nipple & drum method....
Forum: European Armoury 1st January 2024, 08:09 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 10,159
Posted By adrian
Certainly the handle is not suitable for a plug...

Certainly the handle is not suitable for a plug bayonet, the blade is of similar form but difficult to ascertain if it is of that age etc.
Below is a British plug.
Forum: European Armoury 2nd June 2023, 10:21 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 40,849
Posted By adrian
I have had similar issues with swordforum I can...

I have had similar issues with swordforum I can still log in but do not have permissions to reply, post or edit etc. Requests to admin unanswered & gave up trying after a year or so.
Forum: Swap Forum 11th March 2023, 06:47 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 4,200
Posted By adrian
'British Ordnance Muskets of the 1830s & 1840s - George Lovell's Legacy'

Moderator - please remove if posting this notice is not allowed.

British Ordnance Muskets of the 1830s and 1840s
George Lovell’s Legacy

By Adrian Roads with contributions from De Witt Bailey
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Forum: European Armoury 9th January 2023, 07:30 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 5,380
Posted By adrian
from the brass barel i presume is made for sea...

from the brass barel i presume is made for sea service. But which country an d what date? Is it a specific navy model or a private purchase?

Some naval small arms had brass barrels, however that...
Forum: European Armoury 24th December 2022, 08:01 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 8,864
Posted By adrian
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Forum: European Armoury 27th November 2022, 08:55 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 7,078
Posted By adrian
The Seller states that it was used to get screwed...

The Seller states that it was used to get screwed into a gate to clear the outside from attackes. I am really sceptical because of never seeing something like it before. Was this really a Thing?...
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