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Forum: European Armoury 14th July 2026, 11:19 PM
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Views: 30,075
Posted By adrian
I was wondering about those also. They perhaps...

I was wondering about those also. They perhaps represent yardarms with hoops for furled sails, in this case these provide practical support to the fragile parts of the hilt.
Forum: European Armoury 9th July 2026, 11:20 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 30,075
Posted By adrian
I couldn't agree more. I recently imported two...

I couldn't agree more. I recently imported two British c1840 percussion single shot pistols. To my dismay the import permits I had from the Victorian Police was useless due to a new importation of...
Forum: European Armoury 5th March 2026, 08:08 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 27,729
Posted By adrian
The stamp that you have with a question mark in...

The stamp that you have with a question mark in your first image is a crown over B over 1. This represents a Birmingham based viewer, and his number was 1. Half the crow is missing and often such...
Forum: European Armoury 7th December 2025, 08:21 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 9,256
Posted By adrian
It is a socket bayonet for a carbine, definitely...

It is a socket bayonet for a carbine, definitely not for the Short Land Pattern Musket - the socket bayonet for that has a 4" socket of larger diameter and a 17" blade. There are a number of carbines...
Forum: European Armoury 7th September 2025, 10:57 PM
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Views: 30,848
Posted By adrian
It is also the size, weight and has smallish hole...

It is also the size, weight and has smallish hole diameter of many shot-put. These had molten lead poured in to bring them to the correct weight and the hole was then plugged with wood or lead -...
Forum: European Armoury 14th August 2025, 11:19 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 18,173
Posted By adrian
Relic Roman Gladius Sword

At a recent event a friend, who has been a serious collector since the 1960s and who has some amazing items, bought along what appears to be a relic Roman Gladius Blade. Its previous owner's father...
Forum: European Armoury 18th July 2025, 11:53 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 128,278
Posted By adrian
I was recently asked to identify a possible...

I was recently asked to identify a possible cannonball and I would like some more opinions on this.

I think that it is highly likely to be a stone cannonball, often the obvious answer is the...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd June 2025, 10:38 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 47,391
Posted By adrian
That is quite a neat set. Is it possible to see...

That is quite a neat set. Is it possible to see the Ordnance markings on your pistol please? Close up photos of the stamps near rhs of the trigger guard, in the ramrod channel, on the lock, the...
Forum: European Armoury 19th May 2025, 09:55 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 17,044
Posted By adrian
What an absolute gem! Its great that it has...

What an absolute gem! Its great that it has generously ended up with the Royal Armouries - thanks for posting this.
Forum: European Armoury 14th April 2025, 10:14 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 46,841
Posted By adrian
I too believe this to be an 'urban myth' and some...

I too believe this to be an 'urban myth' and some years ago I read a detailed explanation that debunked it very convincingly. In all my research and reading I have never found anything that even...
Forum: European Armoury 27th March 2025, 08:39 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 114,520
Posted By adrian
Have you searched through this thread for that...

Have you searched through this thread for that mark;

MARKS OF ARMOURERS, SWORDSMITHS AND GUNSMITHS
Forum: European Armoury 5th March 2025, 09:46 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 85,728
Posted By adrian
Here's my entrant in the cannon ball division. ...

Here's my entrant in the cannon ball division.
Roughly 5" in diameter, hollow, weighs about 8 pounds......Opinions?

It is most likely a Common Shell, however without knowing what country you...
Forum: European Armoury 17th December 2024, 08:30 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 26,953
Posted By adrian
I am not a sword collector per se so I have very...

I am not a sword collector per se so I have very few reference books on the subject.
From researching firearms of this period I encounter material on other arms and I note that there were a few...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd November 2024, 08:57 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 153,480
Posted By adrian
Very sad news, Fernando was an incredibly...

Very sad news, Fernando was an incredibly enthusiastic student of arms and always one to share knowledge. He was also generous, I have in my collection, half a world away, a small cannon ball from...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd November 2024, 08:59 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 16,882
Posted By adrian
A stunning collection - thanks for posting!

A stunning collection - thanks for posting!
Forum: European Armoury 23rd August 2024, 10:51 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 71,920
Posted By adrian
The Catalogue - Catalogue of the Meyrick Arms &...

The Catalogue - Catalogue of the Meyrick Arms & Armour

This firearm is not in that catalogue, the Royal Armouries very kindly looked through it, three times apparently, and report that there is...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd August 2024, 07:36 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 71,920
Posted By adrian
Thank you Jim for your suggestion of a connection...

Thank you Jim for your suggestion of a connection to the Milanese serpent mark, I have that reference book and had looked carefully through it and although I had seen vague similarities with some...
Forum: European Armoury 30th July 2024, 11:27 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 71,920
Posted By adrian
Thank you gentlemen, I had encountered mention of...

Thank you gentlemen, I had encountered mention of Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick in connection with the Apethorpe Hall collection but had no realised that in itself was significant. I will get in touch with...
Forum: European Armoury 30th July 2024, 05:32 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 71,920
Posted By adrian
1576 dated musket - unknown marking

I am hoping that someone here can identify this stamp for me please, I think that it is distinct enough to be a gunmaker's mark, rather than some sort of decoration.

It is on the breech of a 1576...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 3rd July 2024, 09:54 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 62,900
Posted By adrian
This was represented as a trade axe used during...

This was represented as a trade axe used during colonial times in the US.
Length overall is 8.5". Thoughts?

I think you will find that it's a slate roofing hammer.
The blade for cropping them to...
Forum: European Armoury 25th June 2024, 09:16 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 67,368
Posted By adrian
But what I'm intrigued about is this scroll...

But what I'm intrigued about is this scroll pierced by an arrow mark on the blades' spine.

Balance the sword to see if the 'arrow' has anything to do with its point of balance, either at its...
Forum: European Armoury 12th May 2024, 08:36 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 31,405
Posted By adrian
My example was recovered from the wreck of the...

My example was recovered from the wreck of the Hanover, she was a 100ft two-masted brigantine, built in 1757. On 20 November 1763 the Hanover left Lisbon, on her way to Falmouth, and on 2 December...
Forum: European Armoury 8th April 2024, 09:02 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 52,826
Posted By adrian
I hesitate to use the term Cutlasses ...because...

I hesitate to use the term Cutlasses ...because that term never really caught on until very lately.
During this period the term 'cutlass' was absolutely the description used.

I was surprised to...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 22nd March 2024, 09:44 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 32,258
Posted By adrian
Geologists hammer.

Geologists hammer.
Forum: European Armoury 11th March 2024, 07:56 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 52,826
Posted By adrian
Yes, of course, but I meant serial numbers...

Yes, of course, but I meant serial numbers instead of rack numbers for bayonets.

Well you have me perplexed then - what is a 'serial number' on a sea service socket bayonet of the period under...
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