Forum: European Armoury
25th August 2017, 06:10 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
25th August 2017, 01:40 AM
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I dont post here nearly often enough, instead...
I dont post here nearly often enough, instead lurking every so often.
But I felt I had to come up to the surface to say that I'm overjoyed to see the sympathetic restoration of this sword, and the...
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Forum: Swap Forum
23rd December 2016, 08:37 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
12th December 2015, 02:58 PM
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Exactly my experience. Cumbersome, and a...
Exactly my experience. Cumbersome, and a trainwreck. no simple payment option, for example.
My copy was sent out before any invoice, arrived, and then got a letter from the solingen council,...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th December 2015, 07:10 PM
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Iain, I'd be inclined to say Peter's work is...
Iain, I'd be inclined to say Peter's work is highly plausible - I wouldn't say its absolutely right, solely because we cant be absolutely certain of it without a time machine, or a documented example...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th October 2012, 08:30 PM
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correct. Particularly among the german states,...
correct. Particularly among the german states, the style of short curved messer/falchion became associated with that action and took the name.
sort of like a Bowie knife is named after the person...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th October 2012, 04:07 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th October 2012, 10:11 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th October 2012, 05:56 PM
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Guilty as charged.
I've been a bit lax in...
Guilty as charged.
I've been a bit lax in my research the last few months; been sidelined by historical consultancy work for a videogame company. It pays the bills...
that said, I've...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th April 2012, 02:26 AM
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Does anyone happen to have a copy of "European...
Does anyone happen to have a copy of "European Arms and Armor of the XV-XIX Century from the William Randolph Hearst Collection"?
It might be a good starting point to start trying to ascertain...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th April 2012, 10:35 PM
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Agreed.
I'd have used a phrase significantly...
Agreed.
I'd have used a phrase significantly more offensive than "nonsense" myself. But then I am scottish.
But that's what the Reichsstadtmuseum Rothenburg one now has attributed to it on the...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th April 2012, 05:56 PM
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I remain unconvinced on the pair, I'm afraid.
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I remain unconvinced on the pair, I'm afraid.
the fact they came from the same source, so similar is what puzzles me. This falchion type is from the 1240s through to about 1320, the lipped-point...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th April 2012, 02:51 PM
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I'm absolutely in agreement, that the actual...
I'm absolutely in agreement, that the actual dimensions do need to be catalogued carefully, its part of what I've been doing with the existing examples that I've been studying.
The thing that...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd April 2012, 10:17 PM
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Edit: Since I'm still on probation in case I'm...
Edit: Since I'm still on probation in case I'm secretly a med-ads-spamming bot, I cant edit the post I had made yet, so I'll have to add to it...
I'd just like to emphasise that I'm certainly not...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd April 2012, 09:30 PM
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ahh. I'm not certain what the status of the...
ahh. I'm not certain what the status of the Hermann-Historica example was, I was told by Carl Koppeschaar that it failed to sell after the previous auction, but I'm uncertain of any developments...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd April 2012, 04:42 AM
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An additional note before I head off for the...
An additional note before I head off for the night:
your figure 9b, the excavated falchion which was on auction with Hermann-Historica, but did not sell.
I have documentation of this one, and...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd April 2012, 03:53 AM
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Well, what to say...
Swordfish, I'm...
Well, what to say...
Swordfish, I'm absolutely fascinated by the documentation and study you've produced here - namely as I've been workingon exactly the same subject matter in myself for the last...
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