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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 19th August 2024, 10:29 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 21,882
Posted By Akanthus
Great strongbox , seldom seen one in such a good...

Great strongbox , seldom seen one in such a good condition.Congratulation !!. If you look around in literature, similar pieces are dated from the end of the 16th.century till the beginning of the...
Forum: European Armoury 1st August 2024, 09:30 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 12,974
Posted By Akanthus
I would read : Ohne Ursach zieh mich nicht...

I would read :
Ohne Ursach zieh mich nicht heraus
Wenn aber geht die Not an Mann
So brauch mich wer mich brauchen kann
Very free translation :
Don't pull me out without cause
But when is...
Forum: European Armoury 17th July 2024, 05:04 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 17,052
Posted By Akanthus
For me it looks like a good victorian copy .

For me it looks like a good victorian copy .
Forum: European Armoury 1st May 2024, 01:33 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 14,345
Posted By Akanthus
Here some examples taken from " Europäische Hieb...

Here some examples taken from " Europäische Hieb und Stichwaffen " from Müller Kölling Platow.All very simple and easy to produce but certainly very effective.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 19th February 2024, 10:30 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 28,566
Posted By Akanthus
Hi Detlef, yes,it's made in the area of the town...

Hi Detlef, yes,it's made in the area of the town of Siegen in Nordrheinwestfalen.These knifes are called " Knipp " and the owners often used it for decades and they were their personal tools.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 18th February 2024, 07:33 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 28,566
Posted By Akanthus
Here some pictures.Sorry the first and second is...

Here some pictures.Sorry the first and second is upside down.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 18th February 2024, 07:23 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 28,566
Posted By Akanthus
Here another example from central Germany.It has...

Here another example from central Germany.It has a length from about 40 cm.Together with a spoon like tool it was used for removing bark from trees.The bark was needed for tanning leather.It is said...
Forum: European Armoury 8th February 2024, 11:54 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,729
Posted By Akanthus
Hi Kmaddock, I also would say it's a victorian...

Hi Kmaddock,
I also would say it's a victorian copy of a swiss helbard of sempach type.1386 the swiss Landsknechts defeated rhe heavy armed habsburgian knights near Sempach and became famous for...
Forum: Swap Forum 6th February 2024, 11:05 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 9,262
Posted By Akanthus
Not longer available !!

Not longer available !!
Forum: Swap Forum 8th January 2024, 11:05 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 9,262
Posted By Akanthus
Now 1100 €

Now 1100 €
Forum: European Armoury 2nd January 2024, 09:24 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 8,515
Posted By Akanthus
I see a German hunting sword.The brass hilt with...

I see a German hunting sword.The brass hilt with the staghorn onlays fourth quarter of the 18th.century.The blade much older, from the second half of the 17th.century shows the Solingen running...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd January 2024, 08:49 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 22,857
Posted By Akanthus
That's are the original coronation vestments of...

That's are the original coronation vestments of August the strong, elector of Saxony and king of Poland.Certainly the most expensive stuff you could buy in those times .If i remember right ,the face...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd December 2023, 10:42 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 43,029
Posted By Akanthus
" Sin and shame do not remain hidden." Faust I...

" Sin and shame do not remain hidden." Faust I ,a tragedy.J.W. Goethe :)
Forum: European Armoury 23rd December 2023, 08:47 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 43,029
Posted By Akanthus
Cool Yes Fernado ,would be better.But sadly most of...

Yes Fernado ,would be better.But sadly most of the things discussed here in the forum weren't made to delight todays collectors...:)
Forum: European Armoury 23rd December 2023, 07:49 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 43,029
Posted By Akanthus
Hello Jim, It was the privileg of the ruler to...

Hello Jim,
It was the privileg of the ruler to kill the stag with the edged weapon when it was caught and helt by the dogs.I was always astonished how a often elderly untrained man would manage it...
Forum: European Armoury 21st December 2023, 08:50 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 43,029
Posted By Akanthus
I would say a Hunting sword of the second quarter...

I would say a Hunting sword of the second quarter of the 18th. century ,most probably German.The knuckle bow with a figure in the middle,the upper monster head and the decorated shell guard is...
Forum: European Armoury 19th December 2023, 03:03 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 22,857
Posted By Akanthus
Visiting Germany you should have seen Dresden and...

Visiting Germany you should have seen Dresden and Meissen :)
Forum: European Armoury 19th December 2023, 03:00 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 22,857
Posted By Akanthus
The last....

The last....
Forum: European Armoury 19th December 2023, 02:59 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 22,857
Posted By Akanthus
And more......

And more......
Forum: European Armoury 19th December 2023, 02:54 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 22,857
Posted By Akanthus
And others.....

And others.....
Forum: European Armoury 19th December 2023, 02:47 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 22,857
Posted By Akanthus
Here the pictures.....

Here the pictures.....
Forum: European Armoury 19th December 2023, 02:34 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 22,857
Posted By Akanthus
Arms collection Dresden

Picking up my puppy in Saxony i took some pictures in Dresden,which i would like to post in the Forum as an early Christmas gift to all members.I took zwo days visiting Meissen and Dresden and here...
Forum: Swap Forum 10th December 2023, 03:41 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 9,262
Posted By Akanthus
Now 1900 € ; shipping to EU included.......... ...

Now 1900 € ; shipping to EU included..........
Nobody interested ? Please tell me your offer.......:)
Forum: Swap Forum 3rd December 2023, 08:51 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 9,262
Posted By Akanthus
Sword .Mid 17th.century.English .

For a friend i offer a mid 17th.century sword.The hilt has two main guards with knots and two side guards.The pommel is round and decorated.The grip shows a wire bound and turks heads.The guard...
Forum: European Armoury 3rd December 2023, 12:48 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 60,785
Posted By Akanthus
[QUOTE=Jim McDougall;286567]Akanthus, great stuff...

[QUOTE=Jim McDougall;286567]Akanthus, great stuff on von Trenck! He was quite a bad boy, and his troops became pretty terrible with their depredations as they went a bit overboard with 'foraging'.
...
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