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Forum: European Armoury 24th January 2017, 08:40 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 29,153
Posted By Hotspur
Sorry to be so absent. I have been in the...

Sorry to be so absent. I have been in the process of moving and have limited access at this point. I could make more excuses like my books are packed up but I don't quickly recognize this bird.. ...
Forum: European Armoury 8th November 2016, 02:34 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 9,034
Posted By Hotspur
Beautiful. texasknife.com has plain metal tips...

Beautiful. texasknife.com has plain metal tips and Alpine spike ends. Under cane supplies.

Cheers

GC
Forum: European Armoury 31st August 2016, 03:00 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 34,887
Posted By Hotspur
Well, the crux of the published article above was...

Well, the crux of the published article above was the sourcing of old ivory from Siberia. Exclude all the folk tales and what is left? Most I think equate mastadon with mammoth and I think you are...
Forum: European Armoury 31st August 2016, 02:43 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 43,674
Posted By Hotspur
Yes, listed as a Danish M1801 CHAUSSEUR Lion Head...

Yes, listed as a Danish M1801 CHAUSSEUR Lion Head Short Sword. I'll look for my Danish bookmark but I forget how I flagged it. I believe it was posted here somewhere as a museum link.

Cheers
...
Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2016, 04:45 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 34,887
Posted By Hotspur
Uhuh

Uhuh
Forum: European Armoury 15th August 2016, 11:50 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 43,674
Posted By Hotspur
Hmmm.....While I never mentioned Prahl, I...

Hmmm.....While I never mentioned Prahl, I guess I could be flattered :D :D :D

Thanks for the article share. What I was getting at was that short straight hangers came in a lot of variety...
Forum: European Armoury 14th August 2016, 01:34 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 43,674
Posted By Hotspur
Jim, I am but a wayfayer following the footprints...

Jim, I am but a wayfayer following the footprints of giants.
Forum: European Armoury 11th August 2016, 10:39 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 43,674
Posted By Hotspur
Regarding the sword of this thread, I feel it is...

Regarding the sword of this thread, I feel it is similar to some other hangers and even before that with the French heart and half heart type straight hangers. IIRC there is an article pair from...
Forum: European Armoury 11th August 2016, 10:14 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 43,674
Posted By Hotspur
The Stockton Blues swords are blade marked to...

The Stockton Blues swords are blade marked to Horstmann. It has been determined that they were assembled from parts by Bannerman (see the Flayderman/Mowbray Medicus Collection book). Sometimes...
Forum: European Armoury 9th August 2016, 09:00 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 10,444
Posted By Hotspur
Hi Terry I had come across my example on...

Hi Terry

I had come across my example on Ebay and although priced very well, the shipping cost posted seems to have scared others away. I had contacted the seller before the auction ceased and...
Forum: European Armoury 5th August 2016, 06:26 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 10,444
Posted By Hotspur
I would be careful with the langet attribution,...

I would be careful with the langet attribution, as many past the 1820s were marked and cutlered on both sides of the channel. The Mowbray book still the gold standard for the early swords but there...
Forum: European Armoury 5th August 2016, 07:24 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 10,444
Posted By Hotspur
Where oh where is that file. These floating...

Where oh where is that file. These floating pommel examples seem to vary more, cutler to cutler.
Forum: European Armoury 5th August 2016, 07:14 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 10,444
Posted By Hotspur
Mowbray dismisses these with backstraps as post...

Mowbray dismisses these with backstraps as post war 1812 but my Woolley Deakin kind of puts that myth to rest. The floating pommel type sometimes regarded as a Dyer type. It has been so long since...
Forum: European Armoury 5th August 2016, 07:01 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 10,444
Posted By Hotspur
A very pretty eagle pommel from the first decade...

A very pretty eagle pommel from the first decade of the 19th century. I have one that is similar with a plain blade marked to Woolley Deakin & Co. Mine has leather over wood for the grip. John...
Forum: European Armoury 6th July 2016, 07:24 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 34,887
Posted By Hotspur
I was thinking about some different materials,...

I was thinking about some different materials, you are quite correct. Call it a brain cramp.

I did recently scrape some material and torched the bits and it did smell like a visit to the dentist....
Forum: European Armoury 1st July 2016, 05:13 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 34,887
Posted By Hotspur
A hot pin in bone smells like burning hair. A...

A hot pin in bone smells like burning hair. A hot pin in ivory smells like burning cotton.

Celluloid and other early plastics go back to the third quarter of the 19th century. ...
Forum: European Armoury 17th June 2016, 09:49 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 53,941
Posted By Hotspur
I would be remiss not to mention Gerald Bull, of...

I would be remiss not to mention Gerald Bull, of the 20th century. I had first read of him in the 1960s when he suggested economical mortars using truck springs to hurl shells. ;) Later on. he was...
Forum: European Armoury 15th June 2016, 01:39 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 16,509
Posted By Hotspur
The thread I linked is the 2015 thread. As far...

The thread I linked is the 2015 thread. As far as I know, there was no thread of Will's from 2002. Many of us have been around since then but Will introduced the sword last year (afaik).

Cheers
...
Forum: European Armoury 14th June 2016, 05:00 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 16,509
Posted By Hotspur
http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showthread.php?11...

http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showthread.php?115831-WYATT-Philadelphia-maker-Looking-for-info&highlight=





Do you have a link to the 2002 thread?

Cheers
Forum: European Armoury 29th May 2016, 01:17 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 13,175
Posted By Hotspur
There is also the root url of this site that...

There is also the root url of this site that shares numerous articles.
http://www.vikingsword.com/

Cheers

GGC
Forum: European Armoury 24th March 2016, 03:43 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 23,250
Posted By Hotspur
Yes, thank you.

Yes, thank you.
Forum: European Armoury 23rd March 2016, 10:05 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 23,250
Posted By Hotspur
Yup weird but I am viewing from a Chromebook. I...

Yup weird but I am viewing from a Chromebook. I do open pdfs with this, so I don't know. I will check via a pc later.

Edit
I sent it to an external drive and can open it fine. Strange? I just...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd March 2016, 08:55 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 23,250
Posted By Hotspur
What type of file is that?

What type of file is that?
Forum: European Armoury 14th March 2016, 07:31 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 12,538
Posted By Hotspur
Perhaps the most curious screaming eagle I have...

Perhaps the most curious screaming eagle I have encountered is this Mexican hilt with a very Ames looking pommel and old Spanish cavalry blade. I still have these in a non-Ames folder but it is...
Forum: European Armoury 13th March 2016, 01:08 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 12,538
Posted By Hotspur
A pretty bird and definitely one of the British...

A pretty bird and definitely one of the British examples. I have to still puzzle in my mind about dating the screaming eagles of this variety. We have to keep in mind that blades could be from...
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