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21st March 2012, 11:59 PM

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Matchlock

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Originally Posted by fernando

No real distraction; not so distant from the thread topic. Besides,Takouba blades do have a nostalgic European flavour

They definitely do, just like the stocks of Turkish matchlock and miquelet guns, as well as those of Indian matchlock guns (and the mechanisms of the latter) carry on the early 16th c. North European tradition!

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Last edited by Matchlock; 22nd March 2012 at 12:22 AM.

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