Ca. 1500 to 1650: Bandeliers for Arquebusiers and Musketeers

Marcus den toom · 16th March 2014, 07:58 PM

I just love these rarities

The first thing that came to my mind when seeing those earliest wooden flasks (post 1, top images) was that it was a quiver, but this would only be possible for the left one, the other three are to small (the left one maybe also).

The lead powder flask puzzled me as well, but i was thinking.. might it be some sort of weight to keep the bandolier in place? It could get quit anoying if such a thing kept moving around.. just something that i thoughed of

16th March 2014, 07:58 PM	#8
Marcus den toom Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 534	I just love these rarities The first thing that came to my mind when seeing those earliest wooden flasks (post 1, top images) was that it was a quiver, but this would only be possible for the left one, the other three are to small (the left one maybe also). The lead powder flask puzzled me as well, but i was thinking.. might it be some sort of weight to keep the bandolier in place? It could get quit anoying if such a thing kept moving around.. just something that i thoughed of