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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Russia, Leningrad
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I have made photos of two handgonnes of early 16 century which lays in Historic museum of Helsinki
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Lead Moderator European Armoury
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Portugal
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Great pictures Alexander ... and great pieces, too !
Thanks for sharing ![]() Oh, i dream of having one of these handgonnes or, should i call them, tiller guns ? ![]() |
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
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Hi there,
Some darn virus killed my computer some five weeks ago but I got a new machine and I am back online and riding again. ![]() Alexander, thank you so much for these images; you are perfectly right about dating these objects as the touchhole and pan cannot be any earlier than ca. 1500, though the general shape of these tiller guns (great observation, 'Nando! ![]() The soapstone ball mold featured in the first image ranges among the earliest molds known and may be as early as ca. 1400 but may, on the other hand, be made and used as late as the early 1500's. Of course, its upper half is missing now. Best, Michael Last edited by Matchlock; 17th May 2011 at 09:09 PM. |
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