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25th August 2014, 05:58 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
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Exactly, Nando,
And thank you so much for identiying that item! It IS a barrel from an Indian Toradar, most probably coming from the arsenal of Rajpoot: https://www.google.de/search?q=toradar&client=firefox-a&hs=S2d&rls=org.mozilla:de ![](https://www.google.de/search?q=toradar&client=firefox-a&hs=S2d&rls=org.mozilla:de<img src="images/smilies/redface.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Embarrassment" smilieid="2" class="inlineimg" />fficial&channel=sb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=yGD7U7-BLqSm0QWtr4H4AQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg&biw=1280&bih=666 "Embarrassment") fficial&channel=sb&so urce=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=yGD7U7-BLqSm0QWtr4H4AQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg&biw=1280&bih=666For such a 19th c. Indian barrel used in an otherwise completely faked German haquebut alleged to be "ca. 1500", please see my thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ight=fake+wall The bottom attachments illustrate an item from the collections of the Victoria&Albert Museum (V&A), London. Best as ever, Michl Last edited by Matchlock; 25th August 2014 at 06:22 PM. |
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