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Forum: European Armoury 1st June 2022, 01:25 AM
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Posted By M ELEY
Oops!!! Adrian, you are absolutely correct!...

Oops!!! Adrian, you are absolutely correct! Sorry, no math major! I meant 8 inches in total circumference (meaning literally wrapping my measuring ruler around it). It is only 2.5" tall, if you know...
Forum: European Armoury 31st May 2022, 09:54 PM
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Views: 98,695
Posted By M ELEY
Hello 'Nando and good to hear from you. I...

Hello 'Nando and good to hear from you. I remembered reading about this somewhere and the disasterous result! I do know that chain and bar were used against the Parlimentarians in one battle of the...
Forum: European Armoury 31st May 2022, 09:49 PM
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Views: 98,695
Posted By M ELEY
Thanks, Will. That is a big ball, indeed! I had...

Thanks, Will. That is a big ball, indeed! I had always assumed the broad arrow mark was just to let the Brits using it that it was from a foundry that was their own. I would agree that it would make...
Forum: European Armoury 31st May 2022, 03:31 PM
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Views: 98,695
Posted By M ELEY
On a final note, forgot to mention that chainshot...

On a final note, forgot to mention that chainshot were always smaller than the muzzle of the cannon they were being fired from. The difference in size was reduced by wrapping the projectile in...
Forum: European Armoury 31st May 2022, 04:57 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 98,695
Posted By M ELEY
Closed auctions more chainshot

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/78580840_revolutionarycivil-war-naval-cannon-chain-shot

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/45225333_c-1776-revolutionary-war-naval-cannon-chain-shot
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Forum: European Armoury 31st May 2022, 04:48 AM
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Views: 197,637
Posted By M ELEY
More on chainshot

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=272310#post272310
Forum: European Armoury 31st May 2022, 04:47 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 98,695
Posted By M ELEY
Although rare, on certain occasions, bar and...

Although rare, on certain occasions, bar and chainshot have been used as anti-personnel weapons. Two famous incidences are noted during the English Civil War.

I attach Michael's amazing thread...
Forum: European Armoury 31st May 2022, 04:45 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 98,695
Posted By M ELEY
Although rare, on certain occasions, bar and...

Although rare, on certain occasions, bar and chainshot have been used as anti-personnel weapons. Two famous incidences are noted during the English Civil War.

I attach Michael's amazing thread...
Forum: European Armoury 31st May 2022, 04:38 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 98,695
Posted By M ELEY
One can began to realize just how much rarer...

One can began to realize just how much rarer these types of shot were compared to typical cannnballs. They were made mostly for shipboard use with rare exception, they often weren't recoverable and...
Forum: European Armoury 31st May 2022, 04:30 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 98,695
Posted By M ELEY
The earliest type of specialty shot I have come...

The earliest type of specialty shot I have come across dates back to the Elizabethan times and consisted of a cannonball with a spike driven through it, as in this one on the left. Some spike shot...
Forum: European Armoury 31st May 2022, 04:27 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 98,695
Posted By M ELEY
A cannon chainshot

Hello folks. I've been away from the Forum for a while after some family issues, but I wanted to post again on a new addition to my pirate/maritime colletion. Here we have a piece of chainshot late...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th March 2022, 05:19 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 14,906
Posted By M ELEY
The first one looks either Euro or American...

The first one looks either Euro or American swivel gun c.19th that has been 'refashioned', a quite common thing for these types. The second appears to be an early Dutch 18th c. model, again modified...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th March 2022, 04:13 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 17,201
Posted By M ELEY
Forgot to comment on your great collection of...

Forgot to comment on your great collection of prehistoric arrow and spear heads, Fernando! Also very nice! What history they could tell us if they could speak-
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th March 2022, 04:15 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 17,201
Posted By M ELEY
Holy crap! Where do you live? I need to move...

Holy crap! Where do you live? I need to move there!

These appear to be authentic Native American arrows pre-1900. The flint heads are secured with senew. The zigzag pattern is a common enough...
Forum: European Armoury 27th February 2022, 07:24 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 19,855
Posted By M ELEY
Nice find, Wayne! Although we have no provenace...

Nice find, Wayne! Although we have no provenace for it being a naval 'one off', it's important to remember that all manner of swords went to sea, that they were often intentionally shortened in...
Forum: European Armoury 13th November 2021, 01:08 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 30,912
Posted By M ELEY
Fascinating peasant weapon! Would it have been...

Fascinating peasant weapon! Would it have been used against those on horseback? I know many of these types evolved from agricultural tools (Bohemian ear spoons, Kriegsickles, etc), so I'm assuming...
Forum: European Armoury 29th October 2021, 02:55 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 27,229
Posted By M ELEY
The two swords I posted were for reference to the...

The two swords I posted were for reference to the figural quillon downfacing from the hilt and of a form found in espadas and colonial broadswords. I made no definite conclusion to this, just a...
Forum: European Armoury 26th October 2021, 04:34 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 27,229
Posted By M ELEY
Very nice piece! Not an expert, but I think this...

Very nice piece! Not an expert, but I think this would be classified as a 'Spanish colonial' broadsword of provincial manufacture. Very similar to the Spanish colonial Caribbean rapiers and bilbos...
Forum: European Armoury 24th October 2021, 10:07 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 11,831
Posted By M ELEY
A very nice hanger of the period. I like the...

A very nice hanger of the period. I like the 'ring' guard found on some of these, a throwback to earlier forms. Here's a brass hanger of mine with the same type of extended ring guard. Note also the...
Forum: European Armoury 21st October 2021, 06:18 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 17,496
Posted By M ELEY
This is indeed an incredible find! The encrusted...

This is indeed an incredible find! The encrusted pieces literally take years to soak and clean. I just read an indepth volume on the archaeological preservation of the QAR wreck. The cannons soaked...
Forum: European Armoury 19th October 2021, 12:58 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 15,877
Posted By M ELEY
Opps! So sorry for that. I think it's happened to...

Opps! So sorry for that. I think it's happened to all of us before...
Forum: European Armoury 18th October 2021, 08:43 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 15,877
Posted By M ELEY
But old enough to be Celtic? Scottish dirks take...

But old enough to be Celtic? Scottish dirks take their wooden hilt knotwork design from Celt/Viking designs. Could this be a side knife from Scotland? :shrug::shrug:
Forum: European Armoury 7th October 2021, 10:08 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 90,634
Posted By M ELEY
From Robert's/Toaster5sgn's excellent article on...

From Robert's/Toaster5sgn's excellent article on Scottish fencing! Finally! An explanation of the added wrist guard to Scottish baskets and their significance to defending against the 'dreaded' hand...
Forum: European Armoury 7th October 2021, 05:49 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 22,234
Posted By M ELEY
[QUOTE=Jim McDougall;266703]p.304: "...here it...

[QUOTE=Jim McDougall;266703]p.304:
"...here it may be remarked that the introduction of Jacobite emblems in the design of sword hilts described above shows the difference between the Scottish and...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd September 2021, 07:04 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 90,634
Posted By M ELEY
I know these things sometimes get shady, like the...

I know these things sometimes get shady, like the 'gun that Jesse James used' in such and such a bank robbery, but then again, MANY of these items do have some provenance. We know which dress swords...
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