Forum: European Armoury
14th February 2021, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 132,300
Hi Richard,
I take it this is...
Hi Richard,
I take it this is the mark you are referring to.
My Regards,
Norman.
P.S. I've just read the whole of your post and of course it is the one you're referring to re...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th February 2021, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 132,300
Hi Fernando,
Your link takes...
Hi Fernando,
Your link takes me to the same place as the link in my post no 35. I've been through the site and although it has good info it is not complete so I am still searching....
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Forum: European Armoury
14th February 2021, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 132,300
Hi Rick,
Many thanks for dismounting...
Hi Rick,
Many thanks for dismounting your pistol, unfortunately I am still in the dark re the various and differing stamps on this type of pistol. I am corresponding with someone in...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th February 2021, 05:29 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 13,739
Hi Jim,
Here are some more blade...
Hi Jim,
Here are some more blade pistol combinations, the blade being a weapon of last resort but maybe better than using the gun as a club.
Regards,
Norman.
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Forum: European Armoury
10th February 2021, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 132,300
Hi Rick,
Any chance of dismounting...
Hi Rick,
Any chance of dismounting the barrel on your pistol and photographing any marks in closeup plus of course the marks Fernando has already mentioned.
My Regards,
Norman.
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Forum: European Armoury
7th February 2021, 10:35 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 13,739
Hi Jim,
I've never heard of savate as...
Hi Jim,
I've never heard of savate as a dance but I do know it as a style or type of French kickboxing popular in the late 19th early 20thC.
My Regards,
Norman.
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Forum: European Armoury
6th February 2021, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 132,300
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Forum: European Armoury
6th February 2021, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 132,300
Hi Fernando,
My post was in...
Hi Fernando,
My post was in response to Jim's statement that the ELG star in an oval was from 1810 to 1853 thereby limiting pistols with this stamp to within those dates whereas the...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th February 2021, 12:07 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 132,300
Hi Jim,
The ELG and star in a...
Hi Jim,
The ELG and star in a cartouche was used from 1810 until the present. I have attached a copy of London and Birmingham proof marks from The Worshipful Company of Gunmakers of the...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th February 2021, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 132,300
Hi Fernando,
On my Liege...
Hi Fernando,
On my Liege pistol there is a crowned H and according to the proof mark list I attached a crowned letter was an inspection mark initiated in 1853.
As far as still...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th February 2021, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 132,300
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Forum: European Armoury
5th February 2021, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 132,300
Hi,
Has anybody got any concrete sources for...
Hi,
Has anybody got any concrete sources for the use of these pistols in the early part of the 19thC specifically the Napoleonic Wars or as Jim has intimated the North American War of 1812. I was...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th February 2021, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 132,300
Hi,
The second one I believe to have been...
Hi,
The second one I believe to have been manufactured by local tribesmen most probably in Afghanistan. The lock has a date 264 (1264) equating to 1848. The workmanship is not as precise as the...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th February 2021, 05:15 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 132,300
Hi,
The top one was Liege manufactured and...
Hi,
The top one was Liege manufactured and the inspectors mark ,crown over H, would date it to between 1853/77. The hammer has obviously been broken at some time hence the brazed repair. If...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th February 2021, 05:09 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 132,300
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd February 2021, 05:25 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 20,550
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st February 2021, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 20,550
Hi,
The Saintie is a really nice and...
Hi,
The Saintie is a really nice and interesting item and not often seen. Here is my Madu also called Maru or Singauta and as far as I can gather used mainly by the Bhils of Central India. The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th January 2021, 05:42 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 24,013
The blades I have seen of this kind have been...
The blades I have seen of this kind have been curved a bit more or less, but never to an extreme. The yelman can be more or less pronounced. They have no fuller or only a broad single one. They are...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd January 2021, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,696
Hi,
This thread...
Hi,
This thread http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=25357&highlight=tulwar may shed a little light. I too was of the opinion that brass/bronze hilts were of lesser quality but possibly...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
9th January 2021, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 12,793
Hi Rick,
Looks like the pouch from an...
Hi Rick,
Looks like the pouch from an officers cross belt. Originally for cartridges now a ceremonial uniform accessory. Here are some images pulled from the net.
Regards,
Norman.
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Forum: European Armoury
6th January 2021, 06:29 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 19,782
Hi Jim,
Thought this might be of...
Hi Jim,
Thought this might be of interest. Seems Osborn sword making may have ceased in the 1830's.
My Regards,
Norman.
Henry Osborn
of Bordesley, Birmingham
1812 Patent No. 3617...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th January 2021, 05:25 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 19,782
Hi,
The P1821 L.C. sabre I have is by...
Hi,
The P1821 L.C. sabre I have is by Osborn. The single number acceptance mark denotes, as far as I can remember, a date of issue prior to the 1840's. I have photographed it with a later P1821...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th January 2021, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 17,958
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Forum: European Armoury
30th December 2020, 05:34 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,539
Hi Ulrik,
This post might be of...
Hi Ulrik,
This post might be of interest. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10825&highlight=P1821 There were numerous manufacturers and I'm sorry I'm not able to i.d. yours....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th December 2020, 12:30 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 28,058
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