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Forum: European Armoury 18th February 2025, 10:32 PM
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Views: 14,495
Posted By Radboud
A long and pointy one..... Thanks for the...

A long and pointy one.....

Thanks for the links, I think I enjoyed the version from the Dubliners more. The difference between them highlights the issues with using material such as this as a...
Forum: European Armoury 26th January 2025, 09:14 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 32,425
Posted By Radboud
Photo isn’t really clear enough to be certain. ...

Photo isn’t really clear enough to be certain.

Sword knots are typically fairly long; the end of the one in the photo is pretty much hanging where I’d expect if it wasn’t wrapped around the hilt....
Forum: European Armoury 25th January 2025, 03:07 PM
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Views: 30,480
Posted By Radboud
Nice IOD89 Ed, they’re a pretty solid sword IMO....

Nice IOD89 Ed, they’re a pretty solid sword IMO. More interesting than what follows into the WWII era.

I’m not sure if you know, most of these can be disassembled by unscrewing the pommel.
...
Forum: European Armoury 12th January 2025, 08:03 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 26,331
Posted By Radboud
A lovely sword. Looking at the parallel...

A lovely sword.

Looking at the parallel lines to the left of the ANNA mark, those look to be the remains of a Passau Wolf mark.
Forum: European Armoury 5th January 2025, 09:58 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 25,555
Posted By Radboud
Those are heavy smallswords, my heaviest is the...

Those are heavy smallswords, my heaviest is the Spanish cup-hilted one at 640 grams and that has a 34.5 inch blade.

What I mean by military use, is that we know some officers would carry swords...
Forum: European Armoury 4th January 2025, 06:44 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 25,555
Posted By Radboud
Weights

Keith, do you mean 600 and 650g for your two smallswords? If that is the case, they are very much on the heavy side, especially with those short blades (might have lost a little from the tip over...
Forum: European Armoury 11th December 2024, 11:55 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 37,206
Posted By Radboud
That is a lovely smallsword your friend has. ...

That is a lovely smallsword your friend has.

Regrettably it is often difficult to pin these down to a specific model or country since they were private purchase worn by both officers and...
Forum: European Armoury 28th November 2024, 10:49 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,938
Posted By Radboud
Going by the visable casting lines, I'd estimate...

Going by the visable casting lines, I'd estimate it to be closer to the 1970s than 1800s.
Forum: European Armoury 30th September 2024, 02:03 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 62,210
Posted By Radboud
Interesting, this is the second time I've seen...

Interesting, this is the second time I've seen sword made up from a basket hilt and a Sudanese takouba blade.

The blade on the other sword used a 1828 pattern basket, and had a marked blade: ...
Forum: European Armoury 20th September 2024, 10:53 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 30,753
Posted By Radboud
Talking Thank you for those details Jim, markings on...

Thank you for those details Jim, markings on these swords are still so much of a mystery with many regiments doing their own thing. I hadn’t realised that in some instances dates had been positively...
Forum: European Armoury 19th September 2024, 11:46 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 30,753
Posted By Radboud
It was LeMarchant's intention for the 1796...

It was LeMarchant's intention for the 1796 Pattern light cavalry sabre to be a 'universal' sabre, i.e. used by all cavalry units including the heavy cavalry. It was because the later resisted this...
Forum: European Armoury 19th September 2024, 11:19 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 29,433
Posted By Radboud
Personally I think the reeded ivory grip lends...

Personally I think the reeded ivory grip lends towards English origin. There is an abundance of late 18th Century English spadroons (of the type loosely grouped as the 1786 pattern but they certainly...
Forum: European Armoury 18th September 2024, 12:34 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 30,753
Posted By Radboud
My two pennies on this topic. 1. Accidents...

My two pennies on this topic.

1. Accidents happen and people die in the most random of events. This is just one of Murphy's laws. It's not inconceivable that a trooper practicing drills with sword...
Forum: European Armoury 17th September 2024, 06:05 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 29,433
Posted By Radboud
I love the detail there Cathy. Although I'm not...

I love the detail there Cathy. Although I'm not sure I see a christian theme there. Some of my observations:
1. Both figures are seated surrounded what look like acanthus leaf, which were picked up...
Forum: European Armoury 15th September 2024, 08:56 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 16,069
Posted By Radboud
Superb example, well done.

Superb example, well done.
Forum: European Armoury 15th September 2024, 08:52 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 29,433
Posted By Radboud
What a lovely smallsword Cathey, that motto is a...

What a lovely smallsword Cathey, that motto is a fantastic feature. Personally I think its’ presence means that France can be excluded as the origin. To me it says “I’m catholic and proud of it”, in...
Forum: European Armoury 21st August 2024, 10:05 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 29,573
Posted By Radboud
Thank you TVV, that is an excellent summation of...

Thank you TVV, that is an excellent summation of how I feel about this fakery.

As you and Jim mention, it's all about context and much more nuanced than just "it's all about the blade".

It's...
Forum: European Armoury 21st August 2024, 12:07 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 29,573
Posted By Radboud
Sad to see.

Sad to see.
Forum: European Armoury 12th August 2024, 06:40 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 57,458
Posted By Radboud
I've re-read your post a couple of times to try...

I've re-read your post a couple of times to try and understand the paper trail, such as it is for this item. This is what I understand it to be; is it correct?

The vendor (via the auction house)...
Forum: European Armoury 11th August 2024, 12:37 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 57,458
Posted By Radboud
If your axe isn’t specifically identified in the...

If your axe isn’t specifically identified in the papers then it’s the same as having no provenance in my opinion.

I’d take the auction house up on that, as there is no way to prove that your item...
Forum: European Armoury 22nd July 2024, 06:55 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 157,323
Posted By Radboud
Hello Alex, as I've said earlier on one of your...

Hello Alex, as I've said earlier on one of your other posts showing this sword, I really love the blade on it. Unfortunately the decorations are of the generic Solingen 'talismanic' style popular...
Forum: European Armoury 18th July 2024, 10:41 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 23,413
Posted By Radboud
Fantastic sword Bryce, these 1788 officer swords...

Fantastic sword Bryce, these 1788 officer swords with the rotating guards (I refuse to use 'Attack hilt' :D ) are really interesting swords and one I'd love to have an example of.

Do you have any...
Forum: European Armoury 11th July 2024, 09:28 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 21,486
Posted By Radboud
Well spotted Werecow! Great looking hilt, but in...

Well spotted Werecow! Great looking hilt, but in combination with that blade is fishy.
Forum: European Armoury 11th July 2024, 01:54 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 20,286
Posted By Radboud
Hi Alex, As I said in my reply to your post on...

Hi Alex,
As I said in my reply to your post on the Facebook group, you have an interesting combination of blade and hilt there

The scabbard is typical of the ones seen on the British 1788...
Forum: European Armoury 10th July 2024, 06:39 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 57,458
Posted By Radboud
Interesting object, what's it made of? In the...

Interesting object, what's it made of? In the photo it looks like bronze, but that could just be the light.

As for the cross... it could just be a geometric pattern or a cross that isn't related...
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