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26th July 2009, 08:58 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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Hi Michael,
thank you for your comments on the lock, what amazes me is that this 1570 lock looks like it has been designed recently on a computer, all the small fragile parts (chain) are protected by disc and plate.also all the springs are "hidden" or don't look like springs. for a Wheelock mechanism really a masterpiece. regards from Holland |
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26th July 2009, 09:46 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
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Hi Cornelis,
Imagine: this kind of perfectly thought out interior lock design was actually in wide use in the big firearms centers all out thru Nuremberg, Augsburg, Munich, Suhl, and Regensburg (all Bavarian except Suhl, which of course is in Thuringia) since the 1550's! (With slight differences in the earlier years, of course ...) Best from Bavaria, and tipping my next dark beer to Holland and one of its masters of great private collections  ,Michael |
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24th May 2014, 04:29 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
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Please also see my threads on wheellock spanners 1520-1620:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...-lock+spanners http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...-lock+spanners http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...l-lock+spanner http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...-lock+spanners Best, Michael Last edited by Matchlock; 24th May 2014 at 05:56 PM. |
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