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Forum: European Armoury 15th November 2017, 02:17 PM
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Posted By Hotspur
I still await the dashboard Matt Easton led...

I still await the dashboard Matt Easton led bobble head :) Matt will offer a video for just about anything he happens to read. I suppose he is not a bad starting point but I find far too many are...
Forum: European Armoury 15th November 2017, 02:41 AM
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Posted By Hotspur
Rolling mills come in during the industrial...

Rolling mills come in during the industrial revolution. Why it took steam to develop it before water wheels, I am not sure but it also goes hand in hand with increases of the production of all...
Forum: European Armoury 15th November 2017, 02:36 AM
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Posted By Hotspur
In discussing this with one of the contestants,...

In discussing this with one of the contestants, it has been related to me that the show omits the tempering phase but I have been assured that the makers do indeed temper the blades. Whether deemed...
Forum: European Armoury 14th November 2017, 05:05 AM
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Posted By Hotspur
Oh goody, a gentle grammarian with a red pencil. ...

Oh goody, a gentle grammarian with a red pencil. Of dozens of edits i had made today, I left one for your attentions.

Cheers

GC
Forum: European Armoury 14th November 2017, 01:24 AM
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Posted By Hotspur
Do not get me started. Some images are too large...

Do not get me started. Some images are too large to attach here.

I have a pennon/banner buried somewhere.

The Percies were often on the "wrong" side, even during the retreat from Lexigton and...
Forum: European Armoury 14th November 2017, 12:59 AM
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Posted By Hotspur
There are Percies, and then there were Percy's ...

There are Percies, and then there were Percy's :D
A better bookmark, fwiw.
http://www.percyfamilyhistory.com/?

I bring mention of that because of the default and adoption of the name. Thus...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd November 2017, 03:33 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 22,565
Posted By Hotspur
There is a journal about somewhere describing...

There is a journal about somewhere describing Washington traveling to NYC for the inauguration. He arrived in plain clothes and was fitted out with fresh attire for the ceremonies. The sword he...
Forum: European Armoury 25th October 2017, 05:41 PM
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Posted By Hotspur
I don't think they are. Rather they are blades...

I don't think they are. Rather they are blades for the standard 1882 infantry swords with the offset fullers (cannelure) which became apparent mid 19th century. Note the fuller terminating before...
Forum: European Armoury 11th October 2017, 10:10 AM
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Posted By Hotspur
From Mowbray's eagle pommel title re ivory. It...

From Mowbray's eagle pommel title re ivory. It has been pointed out to me that he likely really means mammoth.
Forum: European Armoury 10th October 2017, 02:11 PM
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Posted By Hotspur
There has been a rise for the tusker industry. ...

There has been a rise for the tusker industry. Made more ironic that a lot of Napoleonic European and British use of ivory was being mainly supplied by the old ivory mines and little, if any,...
Forum: European Armoury 6th October 2017, 08:32 AM
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Posted By Hotspur
A site I have never spent enough time with. I...

A site I have never spent enough time with. I have a lot on shelves over there gathering dust.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/

The Hollow Sword Co comes up frequently in a legal aspect. I am...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th August 2017, 05:52 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 22,204
Posted By Hotspur
This looks like patterned wootz to me (folded...

This looks like patterned wootz to me (folded cast steel). Plain folded patterns are usually more homogenized steels worked together with few voids, rather than one cake of wootz being manipulated...
Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2017, 05:52 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 11,768
Posted By Hotspur
This looks like patterned wootz to me (folded...

This looks like patterned wootz to me (folded cast steel). Plain folded patterns are usually more homogenized steels worked together with few voids, rather than one cake of wootz being manipulated...
Forum: European Armoury 19th May 2017, 04:22 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 15,153
Posted By Hotspur
Another gasp here regarding eagles with...

Another gasp here regarding eagles with backstraps. It should be wholly apparent that the introduction of swords with backstraps were nothing new by the advent of the eagle pommel swords. The...
Forum: European Armoury 19th May 2017, 02:43 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 15,153
Posted By Hotspur
RE Widmann and the Mowbray book. The example is...

RE Widmann and the Mowbray book. The example is but one sword, and a suffix to the American maker chapters, not part of the main Widmann chapter. It is easy to lump a page into the pages before or...
Forum: European Armoury 19th May 2017, 02:14 PM
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Posted By Hotspur
My overall outlook is not that Mowbray and others...

My overall outlook is not that Mowbray and others since draw a parallel to the old floating pommels and those with backstraps but even his thoughts 30 years ago distinguish between the two types in...
Forum: European Armoury 19th May 2017, 06:29 AM
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Views: 15,153
Posted By Hotspur
btw, I have become quite as mad as the mecurial...

btw, I have become quite as mad as the mecurial artists doing the old blue&gilt. Follow the patterns to find the shops and sellers.

Honest guys, the crested backstrap eagles are post 1812 war,...
Forum: European Armoury 19th May 2017, 06:24 AM
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Views: 15,153
Posted By Hotspur
re Ketland and crested backstrap examples. I say...

re Ketland and crested backstrap examples. I say bite me and I disagree. We use the term for convenience and I use ketbck for my own file (see link) but only because Mowbray lists it as similar to...
Forum: European Armoury 19th May 2017, 05:49 AM
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Views: 15,153
Posted By Hotspur
A nice complete rig. The crested eagle backstrap...

A nice complete rig. The crested eagle backstrap variations number in the thousands. Overall, a grand free for all as far as officers went aside from some very basic reglations. I would place the...
Forum: European Armoury 9th April 2017, 06:41 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 9,882
Posted By Hotspur
The blade is that of Clemen & Jung, registered in...

The blade is that of Clemen & Jung, registered in 1860.


Cheers

GC
Forum: European Armoury 6th April 2017, 09:33 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,572
Posted By Hotspur
The pommel is familiar enough that I'll add this...

The pommel is familiar enough that I'll add this one I had bought as French. The grip is plastic.

Cheers

GC
Forum: European Armoury 9th March 2017, 07:05 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 9,413
Posted By Hotspur
What about the possibility for a musicians...

What about the possibility for a musicians hanger? What is peculiar to me about this one is the two other holes in he casting. Are they threaded or just blind holes?

Are we certain we are...
Forum: European Armoury 9th March 2017, 06:35 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 9,413
Posted By Hotspur
Not really. ...

Not really.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B9AOFMA8y3ODX2tULW44bzV2UDA?usp=sharing

To my knowledge, there were no fully cast handle eagles from England.

With first impressions often...
Forum: European Armoury 26th January 2017, 05:30 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 29,150
Posted By Hotspur
See the very nice eagle bought for or by a...

See the very nice eagle bought for or by a Scottish officer in Mowbray's book ;)

There is more than one spelling for Wooley :eek: :D

One thing that had caught me about the subject sword was...
Forum: European Armoury 25th January 2017, 02:34 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 29,150
Posted By Hotspur
Good points Eric and in looking at the sword...

Good points Eric and in looking at the sword more, the ferrule is what we see on some German swords but then the quillion not unlike Weaver's art in the snake scabbard drag. The scabbard on the...
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