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Forum: European Armoury 2nd November 2025, 09:26 PM
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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: 55
Views: 7,265
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
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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: 6,585
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
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Views: 23,262
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: 6,585
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: 36,336
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: 41,586
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: 21,454
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: 21,454
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: 21,454
Posted By Triarii
double post

double post
Forum: European Armoury 30th July 2025, 05:29 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 21,454
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: 21,454
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: 12,346
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...
Forum: European Armoury 28th July 2025, 02:25 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 21,454
Posted By Triarii
There's an interesting vid on FB somewhere where...

There's an interesting vid on FB somewhere where a guy puts forward some theories on the 1414 and 1441, including whether they're references to biblical verses, such as Psalm 144:1, which states,...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd July 2025, 10:23 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 13,996
Posted By Triarii
Interesting that the hilt has hunting scenes but...

Interesting that the hilt has hunting scenes but the blade has a trophy of arms. Wonder if its a replacement blade?
Forum: European Armoury 9th July 2025, 03:15 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 10,347
Posted By Triarii
On Koln, I've read that the 'Sachgum / Sachgvm'...

On Koln, I've read that the 'Sachgum / Sachgvm' often found on so-called Walloon swords - quite often found alongside a 'Solingen' wolf, was a sign of blades made specifically for the Dutch to...
Forum: European Armoury 4th July 2025, 03:47 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 10,347
Posted By Triarii
That's really interesting. I ws looking into...

That's really interesting. I ws looking into Solingens religious affiliations, who controlled it and its likely customer base during the TYW to see if it gave any clues as to the owner of the blade...
Forum: European Armoury 4th July 2025, 03:43 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 10,347
Posted By Triarii
Thanks. I may have been too far up my ladder of...

Thanks. I may have been too far up my ladder of inference in assuming Stone wanted to be away from the LCG, but the water and mills were the primary needs. I've read about suspected smuggling into...
Forum: European Armoury 3rd July 2025, 02:06 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 6,875
Posted By Triarii
Urban Spaceman - I know Stone was involved in...

Urban Spaceman - I know Stone was involved in getting the Hounslow works up and running at scale, though it was Heyden who got the German smiths over from Rotterdam. Was the Hounslow site purely...
Forum: European Armoury 1st July 2025, 03:37 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 10,798
Posted By Triarii
The article on basket hilts was why I bought it....

The article on basket hilts was why I bought it. Far more useful than Mazansky IMHO.
Forum: European Armoury 1st July 2025, 03:33 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 6,875
Posted By Triarii
I've always through that one of the reasons for...

I've always through that one of the reasons for Hounslow being set up was that it was outside of London and hence outside of the control of the London Cutlers Guild. The LCG did have a role in...
Forum: European Armoury 30th June 2025, 10:13 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 10,798
Posted By Triarii
Thanks for reminding me that I have a copy of...

Thanks for reminding me that I have a copy of Caldwell. I repeatedly forget that Blair's article is secreted away in it.
Forum: European Armoury 25th June 2025, 05:24 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 16,203
Posted By Triarii
I'll qualify my 'C18th' as late C18th, so not far...

I'll qualify my 'C18th' as late C18th, so not far off your 1800 date. Can I find the pictures of the examples I saw... nope. I recall a canted hilt on a so-called 'flank officers sword' by Read of...
Forum: European Armoury 25th June 2025, 04:51 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 10,798
Posted By Triarii
The late C16th in England / Scotland saw the...

The late C16th in England / Scotland saw the evolution of basket hilted or 'ale house daggers'. There are way more descriptions than survivors. There was one in York Museum (UK).

John Smythe...
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