2 Victorian Lances

laEspadaAncha · 24th February 2012, 04:48 PM

Hi David,

My pleasure!

And while I consulted with the Professor extensively on both the suite of items and the gentleman to whom they originally belonged, I just realized something of note:

While the artwork for the book cover illustrates the aforementioned charge in '29/'30, the lances shown have bamboo shafts...

Which raises the question about the continued use of older patterns in colonial regiments long after the migration to ash shafts as per Jim's research.

Cheers,

Chris

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24th February 2012, 04:48 PM	#11
laEspadaAncha Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 608	Hi David, My pleasure! And while I consulted with the Professor extensively on both the suite of items and the gentleman to whom they originally belonged, I just realized something of note: While the artwork for the book cover illustrates the aforementioned charge in '29/'30, the lances shown have bamboo shafts... Which raises the question about the continued use of older patterns in colonial regiments long after the migration to ash shafts as per Jim's research. Cheers, Chris