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Originally Posted by Matchlock
Great, Cornelis, thank you!
Here we have are another superb example of 16th c. combination tools:
the one on top acted as a scourer for the barrel of an arquebus (which of course makes this the Katzbalger of a Doppelsöldner!), one is combined with a screwdriver, another is threaded for acting as a corkscrew ..
Best,
Michael
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Hi Michael,
you are welcome, I expected it to be the tools of an arquebusier

does a doppelsoeldner not mean that some landsknechts were fighting at both sides ?
best,
jasper