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Forum: European Armoury 23rd July 2025, 11:38 AM
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Views: 740
Posted By CutlassCollector
Google tells me that speed loaders were invented...

Google tells me that speed loaders were invented in 1879.
Strange how they did not make it into our TV cop shows or movies until a hundred years later!

I don't know for sure whether there were...
Forum: European Armoury 18th July 2025, 05:26 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 740
Posted By CutlassCollector
Rogers and Spencer .44 Percussion Revolver. ...

Rogers and Spencer .44 Percussion Revolver.

The US government ordered 5000 of them near the end of the war but only 1500 were delivered before the end of the conflict - I guess that still counts...
Forum: European Armoury 18th July 2025, 11:15 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 740
Posted By CutlassCollector
Jim, Keith, Thanks for posting these, all...

Jim, Keith,
Thanks for posting these, all beautiful old guns.

Towards the end of the Civil War revolvers were produced by various smaller manufacturers that allowed for quick reloading of the...
Forum: European Armoury 18th July 2025, 10:56 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 740
Posted By CutlassCollector
Jim, Did you get your info from Flayderman's...

Jim,
Did you get your info from Flayderman's Guide to Antique American firearms? If not, it is reasonably priced and still available. It has around three pages on Ballard rifles and carbines.
...
Forum: European Armoury 14th July 2025, 01:15 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,136
Posted By CutlassCollector
My pepperbox is very similar to yours Jim. It...

My pepperbox is very similar to yours Jim.
It does have a maker's name W.Dooley of Liverpool - so definitely English, and an additional safety feature which locks the hammer up. Each barrel is...
Forum: European Armoury 4th July 2025, 02:21 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,224
Posted By CutlassCollector
:) Hopefully you avoided that assault! Being...

:)

Hopefully you avoided that assault! Being peppered with that would have stung.
Forum: European Armoury 3rd July 2025, 12:50 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,224
Posted By CutlassCollector
The British Royal Mail while not as romantic as...

The British Royal Mail while not as romantic as Well Fargo also carried official guards armed with two pistols and a blunderbuss. Sometimes with a spring loaded bayonet as the one from The Postal...
Forum: European Armoury 30th June 2025, 08:21 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,804
Posted By CutlassCollector
I'm not exactly sure why but I do have some...

I'm not exactly sure why but I do have some doubts about this axe. As we know from Mark Miller's website - fake tomahawks are widespread and lucrative.

The blade shape is very close to a shingling...
Forum: European Armoury 19th June 2025, 10:00 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,201
Posted By CutlassCollector
Nice old knife, it's always surprised me the way...

Nice old knife, it's always surprised me the way files are repurposed for other uses, even today.

I see an old friend there! I love these old cutlasses as well, nothing fancy just unadorned...
Forum: European Armoury 15th June 2025, 01:48 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 12,027
Posted By CutlassCollector
Mark G, I agree, langets do seem to confuse the...

Mark G,
I agree, langets do seem to confuse the issue and perhaps a modified boarding axe for private purchase may be a possibility. Integral side langets much harder and time consuming for a local...
Forum: European Armoury 15th June 2025, 01:42 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 12,027
Posted By CutlassCollector
Thanks Mark, Interesting and I was not very...

Thanks Mark,
Interesting and I was not very aware of that, good to learn something new. I will look at my own collection with a new eye to see if there are any steel spikes.
Forum: European Armoury 13th June 2025, 04:23 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 12,027
Posted By CutlassCollector
Yes, definitely looks more like a weapon with...

Yes, definitely looks more like a weapon with that thinness of blade, lightness helps with speed.
Fire axes/hatchets tend to be chunkier designed to break through doors or open up the roof to let...
Forum: European Armoury 12th June 2025, 10:34 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 12,027
Posted By CutlassCollector
I tend to agree with Mark. It looks more like...

I tend to agree with Mark.
It looks more like a butchered fire hatchet. The spike in its present state is not much use as a boarding axe. How wide is the the axe across the blade and spike?
Forum: European Armoury 4th June 2025, 06:38 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 13,183
Posted By CutlassCollector
OK. This is a bit of a long read but is all I...

OK. This is a bit of a long read but is all I found in my research. The Sargent/Sargant name I suspect refers to various members of a family involved in the arms trade.

Perusal of trade...
Forum: European Armoury 4th June 2025, 11:02 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 13,183
Posted By CutlassCollector
Hi Jim Yes Sargent is very confusing - I did...

Hi Jim
Yes Sargent is very confusing - I did some research on the name in the Trade Directories of the time. I'll look it out, but in the meantime:

There are seven of these axes in the Royal...
Forum: European Armoury 4th June 2025, 10:51 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 13,183
Posted By CutlassCollector
Thanks Mark. Good British boarding axes are...

Thanks Mark.

Good British boarding axes are hard to find and this one is in a poor state. It's photographed on its better side as the other is missing the langet.
A good Sargent came up for sale...
Forum: European Armoury 4th June 2025, 10:42 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 13,183
Posted By CutlassCollector
Hi Adrian, I remember that you are an expert in...

Hi Adrian, I remember that you are an expert in the world of firearms so I'm guessing that you are probably tactfully asking whether the pistol is one of the fakes! I knew about them so I'm confident...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd June 2025, 02:03 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 13,183
Posted By CutlassCollector
Boarding weapons from the Trafalgar era

I thought I would capture this grouping before I put the pike back on the wall.
It is not entirely chronologically accurate because the pike is the 1888 model but the rest are representative of the...
Forum: European Armoury 31st May 2025, 11:25 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,513
Posted By CutlassCollector
Yes, I see what you mean about the shaft, if...

Yes, I see what you mean about the shaft, if original, but perhaps the head is on in reverse. The curve was used to assist a cutting action after the blow, so the curve puts the blade forward not...
Forum: European Armoury 19th May 2025, 11:45 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 5,919
Posted By CutlassCollector
British Boarding Pike Gauge.

Here is a small and surely extremely rare piece of history, a gauge to ensure that the boarding pike shaft was made to the correct specifications. The designated locations ensure that the shaft is...
Forum: European Armoury 5th May 2025, 01:10 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 13,026
Posted By CutlassCollector
Great link to the book Ed. Bedtime reading for...

Great link to the book Ed. Bedtime reading for me. Thanks.
And also good story re the Book Thief!

Best,
David
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th May 2025, 01:06 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 20,648
Posted By CutlassCollector
I agree with Lee - it looks authentic and you...

I agree with Lee - it looks authentic and you need specialist advice via his link.

From the pictures only - the hilt ornaments, tsuba and ray skin look to be of good quality and also the signature...
Forum: European Armoury 5th May 2025, 12:54 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 32,203
Posted By CutlassCollector
Hi Mark, Great to re-read this thread and to...

Hi Mark,

Great to re-read this thread and to see your recent additions to your collection - both nice axes.
We are familiar with the link to boarding axes and as Gilkerson pointed out, even...
Forum: European Armoury 18th April 2025, 11:16 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 5,800
Posted By CutlassCollector
Great pictures, Corrado. Interesting - as they...

Great pictures, Corrado.
Interesting - as they clearly show how the breech loading worked.
Forum: European Armoury 15th April 2025, 12:12 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 12,465
Posted By CutlassCollector
No, I don't think I have ever seen brass langets...

No, I don't think I have ever seen brass langets and probably for the reason Kronckew points out.

Langets secure the head better than a wedge so wedges not necessary. British axes have integral...
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