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...Jingle Bells , Elgood's on the way ..
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jingle bells:
![]() make good pointy khukuri scabbard chape de-pointyers. Happy Holidays everyone! |
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Just got the book today - looks wonderful. Good pictures, great information (as always).
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i saw the missile flying towards me, then it hit me.
y'all make a bit more sense now. happy elgood day. |
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OH .... Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to find a gift that used to slay ( ![]() ...... Dashing through the snow, O'er the shields we go, Laughing all the way, Tempered blades that ring, That are so shiny bright, What fun it is to laugh and sing a slaying song tonight...... ![]() |
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Humbug !!
I know it's in the post office; they are deluged and haven't sorted it out yet . We have 3 employees in that office . Yes, I live in Tinytown . ![]() Talk about going Postal . ![]() |
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It arrived!
The first word that comes to mind is "wow". The second - monumental. The third ... incomplete. It is an absolutely great book, but it is obvious that it only covers parts of the Balkans, mostly the South (which was the original idea) and the West. The Eastern Balkans with all their weapon production centers are barely mentioned. Also, with a few exceptions, only weapons up to the mid 19th century are examined. I am puzzled as to why that is - maybe the author thought that the later periods and the other regions of the Balkans are already well covered in other works. Or maybe the scope of the work would have been so large, that it would have been impossible to publish in a single volume - it is a huge book as it is. Anyway, an amazing book and a perfect Christmas gift. Teodor |
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Arrgh !!
I raised Hell at the post office and all the time my Wife had picked it up and neglected to tell me ! A great thing though; I have identified my flintlock pistol . It has virtually the same barrel as fig. 387 only shorter !! |
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Good thing we love 'em anyway, eh?
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I can't begin to count the dumb things that I have done and still she puts up with me . ![]() ![]() "Yes, de woman is smarter, Smarter than de mon in every way " |
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This book has made huge debate among Greek collectors. There are a lot of pieces known before as made in Epirus that Elgood says that they were made in Montenegro and other places.
I had no time to read the book, I have just look the photos and not so carefully so I have not an opinion for my own yet. But I know few collectors that they are very very angry ![]() |
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