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Forum: European Armoury Today, 12:16 AM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you Udo, I completely missed the mark in my...

Thank you Udo, I completely missed the mark in my comment on Eisenhauer.
I should have been more clear, and noted it was a word for iron cutter, and not a makers name as often assumed. Pretty...
Forum: European Armoury Yesterday, 11:51 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Lee, thank you for coming in! and I have been...

Lee, thank you for coming in! and I have been going through your amazing book trying to get a better grasp on this esoterica, and it gets more fascinating every run I have at it!

As we have...
Forum: European Armoury Yesterday, 11:23 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
My apologies Keith, my poorly framed comments...

My apologies Keith, my poorly framed comments indeed are worded in a bewildering way. Actually, while of course being well aware of 'Viking' swords, my 'knowledge' on them is pretty much at...
Forum: European Armoury 7th August 2025, 11:13 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Thanks Keith! What I meant was that the cross...

Thanks Keith!
What I meant was that the cross on the ULFBERHT word on the blades had NOTHING to do with Christianity in the religious sense. It was entirely a symbolic gesture much in the manner of...
Forum: European Armoury 7th August 2025, 07:22 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 342
Posted By Jim McDougall
THE QUESTION

The exact nature of the Ulfberht word has been a matter of notable consternation for probably as long as these blades have been known. Naturally the 'occams razor' solution would be it was an...
Forum: European Armoury 7th August 2025, 06:31 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
+VLFBERHT: name? Brand? Invocation?

It is remarkable that our forum VIKINGSWORD seldom ever gets topics relating to these weapons, though our administrator was a key figure in the publication of one of the most valuable recent...
Forum: European Armoury 6th August 2025, 08:18 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 429
Posted By Jim McDougall
disclaimer :)

As previously noted, while a lifelong researcher on arms history focused on swords, growing up in the west has not precluded historical interest in firearms. While not by any means a 'shooter' or gun...
Forum: European Armoury 6th August 2025, 08:12 PM
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Views: 429
Posted By Jim McDougall
Wild Bill Hickok and vest pistol

While discussing these suicide specials and concealed guns:
It is worthy of note that at the OK Corral, none of Earp and his men were holstered, but Wyatt for example had a Smith & Wesson in his...
Forum: European Armoury 6th August 2025, 06:30 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 429
Posted By Jim McDougall
small, concealed and deadly

Thank you so much Norman!
The BULLDOG has always been intriguing to me, maybe its the name, or associations with Victorian detectives, Sherlock Holmes etc. It seems these were .44 caliber, and...
Forum: European Armoury 6th August 2025, 05:54 PM
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Views: 429
Posted By Jim McDougall
Good question Keith. While as always, I must note...

Good question Keith. While as always, I must note my relatively novice grasp of firearms dynamics, though I am more familiar visually with the weapons historically.
As we know, in towns open carry...
Forum: European Armoury 6th August 2025, 02:50 AM
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Views: 429
Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you so much Glen! wasnt sure I would get...

Thank you so much Glen! wasnt sure I would get anybody in on this..pretty esoteric. I think these cheap guns have developed a mystique of their own.
Forum: European Armoury 5th August 2025, 05:31 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,145
Posted By Jim McDougall
Looking at this interesting example, it does seem...

Looking at this interesting example, it does seem in the character of a dirk, but of course seems to be a notably ersatz version, but perhaps created by a Scot in military circumstances possibly in...
Forum: European Armoury 5th August 2025, 04:39 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 429
Posted By Jim McDougall
Wild west and suicide special revolvers

In the 'wild west' as heralded by dime novels of the late 19th c. the legendary lore of the gunfighters gave us the larger than life figures that became immortalized in countless films and novels. ...
Forum: European Armoury 4th August 2025, 10:50 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 193
Posted By Jim McDougall
Had you guys EXACTLY in mind in posting this! ...

Had you guys EXACTLY in mind in posting this!
These rugged clans were formidable warriors who lived independent of national loyalties, and would often align with certain powers much in the manner of...
Forum: European Armoury 4th August 2025, 10:01 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 3,939
Posted By Jim McDougall
Im thinkin Eastwood, Dirty Harry and .44 MAG :)

Im thinkin Eastwood, Dirty Harry and .44 MAG :)
Forum: European Armoury 4th August 2025, 09:25 PM
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Views: 193
Posted By Jim McDougall
Excavated dusagge from near Culloden site

This article from Man at Arms Feb.2024 shows an excavated dusagge said to have been dug up from an area near the Culloden battlefield site. It was suggested that as these swords were from the 16th...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th August 2025, 08:02 PM
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Views: 4,293
Posted By Jim McDougall
Turkoman thank you so much for this updated and...

Turkoman thank you so much for this updated and clearly well informed update and perspective. I would be in accord with the suggestions on date of blade, and personally would be inclined to early...
Forum: European Armoury 4th August 2025, 07:15 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 11,660
Posted By Jim McDougall
Actual 'sandbar Bowie'

The actual title here concerns the 'actual' type knife used at the legendary 'Sandbar' fight, which took place on a sandbar in the Mississippi river between Vidalia and Natchez Mississippi on...
Forum: European Armoury 4th August 2025, 06:10 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 3,939
Posted By Jim McDougall
Awesome! Thanks Norman, you guys are great. I've...

Awesome! Thanks Norman, you guys are great. I've never paid much attention to guns, last time I fired was in the service 60yrs ago!!! NO it wasnt the Civil War :)
Forum: European Armoury 4th August 2025, 01:55 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 3,939
Posted By Jim McDougall
Thanks very much Stu, and I very much agree....

Thanks very much Stu, and I very much agree. Actually when I first got this rifle, I felt it was of course a hunting rifle, however I felt that given the 'climate of war' circumstances of its period,...
Forum: European Armoury 4th August 2025, 01:41 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,185
Posted By Jim McDougall
Keith this is outstanding perspective into the...

Keith this is outstanding perspective into the dynamics of sword production numbers in a given period and region. It is actually almost hard to fathom the relatively staggering numbers of swords that...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd August 2025, 05:08 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,185
Posted By Jim McDougall
There seem to be a number of swords with this...

There seem to be a number of swords with this inscription, but only about 4 or 5 recorded, the Fitzwilliam one is listed in Mann, 1962.

The idea of marking ones own name on blades produced was...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd August 2025, 06:35 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 3,939
Posted By Jim McDougall
That makes sense Stu, and good tip on the...

That makes sense Stu, and good tip on the Flayderman book!
So then I could see why these might be used for competition.
Were sights used for competition different than those used in military or for...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd August 2025, 04:10 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,185
Posted By Jim McDougall
Commemoratives

It seems there was a confluence of actual Solingen blades which came into the shops in the Hounslow enterprise, and while certainly some of the German makers there do appear to have made blades,...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd August 2025, 03:17 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 3,939
Posted By Jim McDougall
Hi Stu, Im glad you did come in! Im certainly...

Hi Stu,
Im glad you did come in! Im certainly no expert on guns, but I have gotten a few over the years just out of historic interest.

That is surely a good possibility, as these rifles were...
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