Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th February 2024, 04:02 AM
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Replies: 46
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Forum: European Armoury
5th February 2024, 12:34 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 40,423
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
4th January 2024, 07:58 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 24,934
Wow! This is a pretty cool piece of Rev War...
Wow! This is a pretty cool piece of Rev War history! Sorry, not much more to add other than to say Simcoe was a very controversial character. Items such as these were popular in past centuries, such...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
4th January 2024, 07:50 AM
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Replies: 6
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
2nd January 2024, 01:38 AM
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Replies: 6
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Forum: European Armoury
25th December 2023, 05:35 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 25,683
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
17th December 2023, 04:10 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 26,077
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
13th December 2023, 07:31 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 22,347
Not a boarding helmet, but still a very nice,...
Not a boarding helmet, but still a very nice, early miner's cap! Good catch, Ken!
About two decades ago, I used to get catalogs from numerous arms sellers. There was this chap, Dale C. Anderson,...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th December 2023, 05:49 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 149,285
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Forum: European Armoury
6th December 2023, 09:12 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 149,285
I am very grateful for all of the great minds...
I am very grateful for all of the great minds coming in on this thread! As a lover of baskets, but a relative minor leaguer with input and examples to show, I enjoy absorbing all of the knowledge you...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th November 2023, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 19
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Forum: European Armoury
14th November 2023, 06:04 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 43,586
Hmm. I'm a novie when it comes to guns, rifles,...
Hmm. I'm a novie when it comes to guns, rifles, muskets, but just few comments to start things off. This gun was obviously converted over to percussion from flintlock in it's working life. The way...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th October 2023, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 21
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Exactly, Peter. Unlike the Vasa and ships like...
Exactly, Peter. Unlike the Vasa and ships like the Royal George, where we know what caused them to sink, the Mary Rose remains speculative. You bring up an excellent point about her guns, though....
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Forum: European Armoury
10th October 2023, 12:20 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 41,511
Wow! This is some great material on the Rose!...
Wow! This is some great material on the Rose! Thank you for posting this indepth material, Peter! I have an archeaological book on the dive/salvage of this historic ship. One of the items that...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th October 2023, 09:36 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 89,926
They were indeed tools back in Europe, but here...
They were indeed tools back in Europe, but here in the New World, transported by ships in the thousands to be used on the frontier and traded to the Native Americans, I can assure you they were used...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd September 2023, 11:31 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 89,926
Hello folks! I was looking at H & K's tomahawk...
Hello folks! I was looking at H & K's tomahawk book and did see an early Dutch example with a 'flower' marking, but it had 7 petals. Still very similar...
CC, you bring up a good point as to this...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd September 2023, 07:57 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 89,926
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Forum: European Armoury
18th September 2023, 08:24 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 20,922
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Forum: European Armoury
18th September 2023, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 20,922
Hello David and welcome to the Forum. Did the...
Hello David and welcome to the Forum. Did the person who sold the sword cane to you have any history on the piece? To me, the item doesn't look European and could possibly be African? They had swords...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th September 2023, 04:27 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 40,513
Hmm, perhaps a varient of this model? (I know....
Hmm, perhaps a varient of this model? (I know. Too short and only slightly similar, but blade shape, securing pins similar. I get a feeling your sword is more of a 'munitions grade', not being...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th September 2023, 04:23 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 43,580
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Forum: European Armoury
8th September 2023, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 40,513
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Forum: European Armoury
7th September 2023, 05:49 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 40,513
Hello drac2k. Yes, unfortunately the Austrian...
Hello drac2k. Yes, unfortunately the Austrian sapper's sword I was unable to post. The blade on it was nearly exact, being the gladius pattern, but the hilt was still not a match. Hope we can all...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th September 2023, 10:16 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 40,513
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Forum: European Armoury
6th September 2023, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 14
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