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Forum: European Armoury Yesterday, 01:12 PM
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Posted By Triarii
Jim, what struck me about the examples associated...

Jim, what struck me about the examples associated with Fairfax and Cromwell, is that the latter is cited as having a hilt of English make (and a German blade), meaning that the thumb ring hilt was...
Forum: European Armoury Yesterday, 11:37 AM
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Posted By Triarii
That museum is on my 'must visit' list. I had...

That museum is on my 'must visit' list. I had some comms with Brian about an article he produced regarding what is possibly Charles I own mortuary type sword (in a private colelction). Very helpful.
Forum: European Armoury Yesterday, 11:34 AM
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Posted By Triarii
I meant your sword - there's a tumb ring (I think...

I meant your sword - there's a tumb ring (I think - fourth photo). They seem to go along with having no inner guard on this style.
On the source of those Market Harborough swords, I got the sense...
Forum: European Armoury 7th December 2025, 11:03 AM
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Posted By Triarii
Jim, I really like your mortuary type sword with...

Jim, I really like your mortuary type sword with the thumb ring and no inner guard. There was one up for auction a few years back from that guy in Market Harborough who ran an antique shop and used...
Forum: European Armoury 5th December 2025, 12:57 PM
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Posted By Triarii
Very pleased with this one Jim. By far the most...

Very pleased with this one Jim. By far the most detailed hilt of its type and best I've seen.

'Proto-mortuary' is another convenient Victorianism (or later) term as these were assumed to evolve...
Forum: European Armoury 4th December 2025, 12:17 PM
Replies: 17
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Posted By Triarii
Proto Mortuary Sword

All of the so-called 'proto-mortuary' swords I've seen to date have hilts with the same basic shape and with simple straight line decoration, with maybe a few more lines around where the blade goes...
Forum: European Armoury 4th December 2025, 11:59 AM
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Posted By Triarii
Lovely. The tri barrles look like they had pan...

Lovely. The tri barrles look like they had pan covers. Are there any on the butt barrels? Which I assume were touch fired.
Forum: European Armoury 26th November 2025, 08:57 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 9,600
Posted By Triarii
Hi Marcus, I thought it looked like a wool...

Hi Marcus, I thought it looked like a wool padding poking through. Rare survivor.
Forum: European Armoury 23rd November 2025, 06:41 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 9,600
Posted By Triarii
Ah, sorry, that should have been asked of Marcus.

Ah, sorry, that should have been asked of Marcus.
Forum: European Armoury 21st November 2025, 09:20 AM
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Views: 9,600
Posted By Triarii
I forgot to ask - is the whole of the inside of...

I forgot to ask - is the whole of the inside of the shield padded? Seems to be leather lined with some padding at the top.
Forum: European Armoury 21st November 2025, 09:19 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 9,600
Posted By Triarii
I wonder if the use for the heavy one is for some...

I wonder if the use for the heavy one is for some form of bodyguard - like the ones Henry VIII of England had made, though some had pistols in them.

On the shoulder strap, for marching about you...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd November 2025, 09:26 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 9,600
Posted By Triarii
Some useful pictures. I've recreated the strap...

Some useful pictures. I've recreated the strap arrangement from the Dutch print on my reproduction rotella, which gets used for reenactments.
Forgot to say, when this was discussed in another forum,...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd November 2025, 09:11 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 28,548
Posted By Triarii
Coming late to this, during the C16th and C17th...

Coming late to this, during the C16th and C17th the rapier was indeed noted as being unmilitary, being too long for the battlefield and unable to pierce any form of protection.

However, one...
Forum: European Armoury 21st October 2025, 10:11 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 29,825
Posted By Triarii
That's a nice example. Ticks my boxes with that...

That's a nice example. Ticks my boxes with that multi-fullered blade.
Forum: European Armoury 17th October 2025, 03:23 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 15,754
Posted By Triarii
That crowned orb is very similar to those found...

That crowned orb is very similar to those found on German export blades, but I don't know by how much this predates the C16th and C17th.
Forum: European Armoury 17th October 2025, 03:18 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 33,310
Posted By Triarii
There is a theory that lots of swords not unlike...

There is a theory that lots of swords not unlike this - date of origin unknown - were captured from the Dutch in the field and in their armouries during the Rampjaar or 'disaster year' of 1672, and...
Forum: European Armoury 12th October 2025, 12:54 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 15,754
Posted By Triarii
This is excellent. The kind of use of technology...

This is excellent. The kind of use of technology that takes us away from having to speculate, based upon other finds. Glad that your first sword turned out to be genuine. Love the shape - Oakeshott...
Forum: European Armoury 19th August 2025, 11:17 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 42,640
Posted By Triarii
Thread diversion alert! On the legal aspects of...

Thread diversion alert!
On the legal aspects of duelling (I have a number of books on this in the C16th / C17th and am expanding my interest into the roots of the duel in English law and the...
Forum: European Armoury 6th August 2025, 05:55 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 45,276
Posted By Triarii
The stand out is the blade markings - they are...

The stand out is the blade markings - they are very crisp for something supposedly done up to c.375 years ago. The'ye also very poorly aligned - even the indistinct ones often seen are carefully...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd August 2025, 03:30 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 27,883
Posted By Triarii
Interesting hilt on that bottom right photo....

Interesting hilt on that bottom right photo. Style of the ribbon and piercings is very much like that often seen on the English Type 87 and Type 91 hilts as AVB Norman calls them, like this one.
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Forum: European Armoury 31st July 2025, 12:20 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 27,883
Posted By Triarii
Thanks Keith. Much appreciated. I have two, one...

Thanks Keith. Much appreciated. I have two, one with the usual form of shell guard and the other identical to the one in Stuart Mowbrays work. Which means I missed the one that's similar to yours.
Forum: European Armoury 31st July 2025, 12:13 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 27,883
Posted By Triarii
double post

double post
Forum: European Armoury 30th July 2025, 05:29 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 27,883
Posted By Triarii
I'm wondering if the numbers are simply the...

I'm wondering if the numbers are simply the smiths of any region adding a bit of 'magic' to what was the 'mysteries' (as the London Cutlers Guild certainly called it) of blademaking. Make it a bit...
Forum: European Armoury 30th July 2025, 05:27 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 27,883
Posted By Triarii
Hi Urban. Any chance of a photo of the guard...

Hi Urban. Any chance of a photo of the guard decoration please? I don't think I've seen one like that on a 'Hounslow' hanger before.
Forum: European Armoury 28th July 2025, 03:08 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 14,314
Posted By Triarii
Karmically, I was at the Arms and Armour Society...

Karmically, I was at the Arms and Armour Society summer school at the Wallace Collection the other week and one of the handling objects was one of Tippu's swords. The inscription has been added and...
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