Forum: European Armoury
9th February 2010, 08:22 PM
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No, not at all :p I was just saying that the...
No, not at all :p I was just saying that the sword on the brass is not 6' 8". On the other hand, if this is the 6' 8" sword, we should not discount the possibility that Edward III was in fact 14'...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th February 2010, 05:35 PM
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Hi Katana
6 foot 8 inches is a pike, not a...
Hi Katana
6 foot 8 inches is a pike, not a sword! Its enormous! Regarding medieval swords, I have always found monumental church brasses an excellent reference with regard to the armour and...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th February 2010, 03:03 PM
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Hi Norman
"Comma" shaped backpice ears, as...
Hi Norman
"Comma" shaped backpice ears, as far as I am aware, are found only on officer's P1796 swords (later patterns of officer's swords dispensed with ears altogether). Trooper's swords, either...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th February 2010, 07:08 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
5th February 2010, 06:24 PM
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Hi Jim
You are, of course, correct to say...
Hi Jim
You are, of course, correct to say that P1796 LC trooper's swords are pretty much all alike in detail. It was the additional elaboration on officer's swords that allowed the various maklers...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th February 2010, 05:43 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd February 2010, 07:38 PM
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Hi Jim,
Re the 1788 patterns (the first...
Hi Jim,
Re the 1788 patterns (the first regulation patterns of British military swords) : you are correct of course when you point out that, despite being a "pattern", there was a wide divergence...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd February 2010, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 89
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Hi Manolo
Well, its an interesting sword,...
Hi Manolo
Well, its an interesting sword, not a British regulation pattern that I've ever come across, so I'm afraid I can't help much (or actually at all!). It looks ceremonial to me, that's...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st February 2010, 10:12 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
31st January 2010, 03:25 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
31st January 2010, 03:23 PM
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Replies: 9
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Forum: European Armoury
31st January 2010, 02:01 PM
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Jim and Ian,
Most of the P1796 light cavalry...
Jim and Ian,
Most of the P1796 light cavalry swords I have seen have a blade of around 32½ in. but they do vary between 31 and 33½ in. Anything less than 31 in and I would start to question...
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Forum: European Armoury
31st January 2010, 01:49 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
31st January 2010, 01:47 PM
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Hi Jim,
Its interesting that you mention the...
Hi Jim,
Its interesting that you mention the cutlers. As you say, it was Gill, Woolley and Harvey who took part in the sword trials of 1786. Ostensibly these were supposed to prove the superiority...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th January 2010, 09:39 PM
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Lt Col. John Gaspard Le Marchant
Gentlemen
The name of Lt Col. John Gaspard Le Marchant is well known to all collectors of British Military swords as being the designer, in collaboration with the sword cutler Henry Osborn, of the...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th January 2010, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 89
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Hi Norman
I'm afraid I do not know what the...
Hi Norman
I'm afraid I do not know what the V stamping might mean. I don't think I've ever seen it before on one of these swords, or any other British sword of the period. However, of course, it...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th January 2010, 09:20 PM
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Hi Fernando
Of course I bow to your...
Hi Fernando
Of course I bow to your knowledge of Portuguese Royal cyphers! Do you think that JR might not be Prince Regent Joao? or maybe JR is the British interpretation of what the cypher should...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th January 2010, 12:19 AM
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But talking about Portugal, below is a p1796 HC...
But talking about Portugal, below is a p1796 HC officer's sword which has a "JR" cypher on the blade. I believe this is the cypher used by John of Portugal when Prince Regent from 1799 - 1816 (the...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th January 2010, 12:06 AM
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All, re the markings that have been debated, I...
All, re the markings that have been debated, I don't want to complicate matters but Portugal was not the only country to which Britain sent the P1796 heavy sword. Some 2000 P1796 HC swords were sent...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th January 2010, 11:14 PM
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Thanks to all for your welcome!
The swords I...
Thanks to all for your welcome!
The swords I posted for no other reason than to show where my interests lie. Re the swords and other questions:
M Eley - I acquired them about 4 years ago. They...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th January 2010, 07:22 PM
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Replies: 30
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New member
Hello to all! Having just joined the forum, I thought that I might introduce myself. My name is Richard Dellar and I am here at the suggestion of my good friend Jim McDougall - I hope his trust in me...
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