Forum: European Armoury
17th August 2025, 12:42 PM
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possible line
Ref. Armadillo. I know an elderly collector from NE England (my stomping ground) who may well recognise this work or possibly know of any smiths over on the other side (it's not far, the Romans...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th August 2025, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 46,599
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Forum: European Armoury
14th August 2025, 10:16 PM
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Replies: 30
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Forum: European Armoury
14th August 2025, 11:01 AM
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Replies: 30
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Grammar
A friend of nearly 70 years, a professor of English grammar, tells me again and again, when my ignorance of the subject disrupts my literary endeavors, that it all boils down to effective...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th August 2025, 12:19 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 46,599
Mad, Bad and Dangerous
I know this is not about sword-sticks, but duels and Byron have been mentioned so I thought I would tack this in. Being a smallsword duel I included this story in my book. I found it intriguing,...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th August 2025, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 46,599
sticks for sale
I use a search engine that posts UK dealer's products. It is obviously not fully comprehensive but it gives some indication.
There are 162 for sale at present with prices ranging from £3,950 down...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th August 2025, 09:46 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 46,599
Sticks
Hey Jim, for some odd reason the dealer and auction world of the UK has been saturated with sword-sticks of late. The variety of blades used is legion; many full length, and some no more a a foot...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th August 2025, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 57,456
Andrea Ferarra
As I said before - but now even more so: a thing of wonder!
Thanks Dirk.
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Forum: European Armoury
11th August 2025, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 57,456
blade maker
Forgive my possibly ignorant question: is it possible this is an actual Andrea Ferarra blade?
A thing of wonder, non-the-less.
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Forum: European Armoury
10th August 2025, 07:32 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 22,170
turn over every stone
Hey Jim, this is just one area that you have opened up for exploration on the forum but, ironically enough, it is probably the most important.
I have asked a few questions myself over my time spent...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th August 2025, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 22,170
never mind the quality... feel the width
This is a foreign territory for me except in one instance: having been in photographic sales (cameras, lenses etc) and also in Hi-Fi sales back in the seventies and 'eighties when performing wasn't...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th August 2025, 04:40 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 15,415
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Forum: European Armoury
9th August 2025, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 10
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Baskets
It is hard to tell for sure if this is a curved blade but it is certainly a basket hilt.
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Forum: European Armoury
8th August 2025, 09:45 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 22,170
Cross to bear
Hi Jim. When it comes to un-resolved markings on blades you are my first port of call and I bow to your encyclopedic knowledge on the subject.
However, I am often bewildered by your detailed...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th August 2025, 09:37 AM
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Replies: 0
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request for information
I asked this question as a ps on another thread but felt it deserved a thread of its own.
After the Viking influence waned in Britain and the Normans dominated, it seems that the billet forging...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th August 2025, 11:57 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 22,170
The Hidden One
Celts around the North Sea claimed they learned the science of 'Billet Forging' from "The Hidden One": an underworld god.
Noted linguist Kim McCone, who has specialised in Celtic language, notes...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th August 2025, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 11,954
alternatives
What was the alternative?
Multiple rounds versus size obviously made them attractive.
Was anyone making a good, reliable version?
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Forum: European Armoury
4th August 2025, 11:37 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 10,102
Reivers
Border Reivers' swords???
Peter and I have been positing this explanation for a long time now:
One of the solutions to Border Reiving was to encourage the leaders to remove the problem.
In 1603...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th August 2025, 08:14 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 31,522
numbers
Hey Jim. Mole and Co. Birmingham worked alongside WS supplying the British government and governing entities in all manifestations, (East India Co. for example).
They were the only manufacturers...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd August 2025, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 29
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hammer time
Regarding the time it took to make a sword:
there were many stages in the production of a finished sword.
The first stage is obviously the forging of the blade.
Oley was getting his steel from...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th July 2025, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 29
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extra thoughts
Stuart wonders why there are so few "Made In Hounslow" blades on Hounslow hangars... Solingen blades seeming to predominate.
One of his examples is lavishly scripted "IN SOLINGEN ANNO 1644". ...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th July 2025, 07:52 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 31,522
Detail
I always suspected - given the lack of a button - that the grip has a rebind; probably a working-life job and very well done.
Stuart Mowbray, Brit. Mil. Swords page 165 shows an identical hilt in...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th July 2025, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 29
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Hilt
It's Keith - by all means.
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it is still a very sharp blade.
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Forum: European Armoury
29th July 2025, 03:57 PM
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Replies: 29
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dates and talismans
My Hounslow Hangar has - along with a Passau Wolf latten - a date which actually corresponds to a local event in history:
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This was the date of the crowning of the sixteen year old...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th July 2025, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 17,085
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