Forum: European Armoury
3rd January 2015, 03:26 PM
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[QUOTE=Matchlock]Although retaining the...
[QUOTE=Matchlock]Although retaining the characteristic North Italian shape of butt stocks evolved in ca. 1570, and copied in Germany from ca. 1590 to 1600, this fine flask - and the gun it belonged...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd January 2015, 01:40 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd January 2015, 01:30 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd January 2015, 12:51 PM
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Hi B.,
Since my early...
Hi B.,
Since my early childhood days, I have always been a shooter myself. Until about 10 years ago, I used to fire some of my original 400 year-old matchlocks and wheellocks,...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st January 2015, 03:22 PM
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Hi Nando,
Thank you...
Hi Nando,
Thank you for showing us this specimen.
I think it is notable for contrasting to the earlier stuff on the one hand, and at the same time closely...
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Forum: European Armoury
31st December 2014, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 33
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Hi ChrisPer,
Please forgive an old man for...
Hi ChrisPer,
Please forgive an old man for not replying any earlier.;)
I much appreciate your adding those facts which help shedding light on a small matter of style from the aspect of...
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Forum: European Armoury
31st December 2014, 04:37 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
31st December 2014, 04:36 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th December 2014, 03:18 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
26th December 2014, 03:44 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
26th December 2014, 03:36 PM
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Another flask of hemispheric shape and often...
Another flask of hemispheric shape and often associated with those used by the Trabanten-Leibgarde of the Electors of Saxony, ca. 1590-1600; the embossed and gilt lion leads charcateristic of the...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th December 2014, 03:24 PM
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Two fine and rare Nürnberg made flasks.
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Two fine and rare Nürnberg made flasks.
The first of hemispheric shape and often associated with those used by the Trabanten-Leibgarde of the Electors of Saxony, ca. 1590-1600, and the...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th December 2014, 02:36 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
26th December 2014, 09:50 AM
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Thank you, Barry,
Yes, they doubtlessly are;...
Thank you, Barry,
Yes, they doubtlessly are; those seem to be some of the ideal moments when arts actually met crafts ...:):cool:
I also feel that the tiny little details of those splendid and...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th December 2014, 11:32 AM
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Hi Morten,
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Hi Morten,
That, of couse, is an alternative sight of collecting: to leave the items just the way they were when they entered your collection.
I...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd December 2014, 07:08 PM
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Hi Lee and Nando (in alphabetical order),
...
Hi Lee and Nando (in alphabetical order),
Please do not get me wrong.
By critisizing our logo I never meant to harm anybody of the great team whom we both luckily and happily call The Forum's...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd December 2014, 06:03 PM
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From ca. 1650 to 1700, the last one another...
From ca. 1650 to 1700, the last one another sniper's carbine with set trigger, the belly butt stock not present any longer and featuring the earliest ring swivels , Sweden or Denmark, 1680's-1700.
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd December 2014, 05:31 PM
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Hi Morten,
Your carbine definitely...
Hi Morten,
Your carbine definitely looks better with a ramrod than it would without; just replacing the horn tip by a threaded iron finial would add much to its authentic look .;)
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd December 2014, 02:47 PM
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Two carbines, the first a rare and earlier...
Two carbines, the first a rare and earlier sample, 1630's-40, and made by Mathes Frosch, the barrel struck with his characteristic frog mark (Frosch is German for frog) and the Nürnberg city proof...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd December 2014, 12:46 PM
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Two Dutch carbines, the one on top 1660's, the...
Two Dutch carbines, the one on top 1660's, the other ca. 1650-60, the characteristic belly butt stocks reflecting the early Baroque style.
Although both guns were made for horsemen, the peaceful...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd December 2014, 11:43 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd December 2014, 10:25 AM
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Hi Morten,
That wheellock saddle...
Hi Morten,
That wheellock saddle pistol of yours can be dated to ca. 1625-35, and the type of the lock with that bar fixing the wheel centered denotes that it was a very solid...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd December 2014, 08:35 AM
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Hi Barry,
Thank you so much for...
Hi Barry,
Thank you so much for appreciating what I have been striving to achieve over the last 40 years!
It is responses like yours that make me feel that all the toil was worthwhile,...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd December 2014, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 10
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd December 2014, 03:54 PM
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