Forum: European Armoury
28th October 2025, 09:11 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th October 2025, 07:35 PM
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clarification
This information came from British surgeons attending the wounded during the Peninsular wars and stated that penetrating punctures could rarely be fully repaired and the patients died, whereas cuts,...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th October 2025, 05:32 PM
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Replies: 51
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My 10c worth
A brilliant thread.
If you ignore the arrival of the rapier, which was of extremely questionable use on a battlefield and absolutely useless for cavalry, here in the UK during our civil war battles...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th October 2025, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,476
response
Thank-you Jim!
Peter and I had lunch at the "Oleys" restaurant at the" Crown and Crossed Swords" hotel in Shotley Bridge today. You were much missed!
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Forum: European Armoury
21st October 2025, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 10
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Shotley Bridge blades
The enterprise at SB was the most complicated and obfuscated affair ever in the British sword-blade industry's history.
Originally, the story was put about that a secret machine was arriving that...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th October 2025, 10:23 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,476
Moving North
Hello Jim. Yes, I'm still lurking in the shadows. Hope all is well.
Reading this thread made me wonder how many Shotley Bridge Oley blades went North, considering we are just over the border. ...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th October 2025, 09:12 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,937
WOW
Hey Lee. These are your swords??? You own an ULFBERHT?
This is where the name of the forum comes from? I've often wondered.
Thank-you for letting me see these.
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Forum: European Armoury
24th August 2025, 06:48 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 27,881
Oliver Cromwell and ANDREA FERARRA
I was reading the Mortuary Sword section of Stuart Mowbray's book this morning and came across this:
The blade on one of the Cromwell swords from the Cromwell museum is marked Clemens Wilms :...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th August 2025, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 27,881
dates
Thank-you, that fits.
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd August 2025, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 7
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Forum: European Armoury
19th August 2025, 11:01 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 35,202
Enlightenment
Thoroughly disabused... thank-you; all is now becoming clear. I am much obliged.
I wonder how many folks know all this?
"Mad, bad and dangerous to know"... I've actually known more that one person...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th August 2025, 07:42 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 13,445
Images with dates
Hi Jim. Must declare we have our own Cathey to thank for her very comprehensive visual dating history of schiavonas; look up her article, she posted it on this forum and it is listed in the forum...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th August 2025, 10:31 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 30,823
Answers
Good work as usual Jim... well done.
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Forum: European Armoury
17th August 2025, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 26,906
Name
Ref. Armadillo:
I spoke with my friend; he had indeed mentioned someone from the West side (Lake District/Cumberland) who had moved South some time ago to join family. His name was/is Terence...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th August 2025, 11:42 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 26,906
possible line
Ref. Armadillo. I know an elderly collector from NE England (my stomping ground) who may well recognise this work or possibly know of any smiths over on the other side (it's not far, the Romans...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th August 2025, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 35,202
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Forum: European Armoury
14th August 2025, 09:16 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 35,202
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Forum: European Armoury
14th August 2025, 10:01 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 35,202
Grammar
A friend of nearly 70 years, a professor of English grammar, tells me again and again, when my ignorance of the subject disrupts my literary endeavors, that it all boils down to effective...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th August 2025, 11:19 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 35,202
Mad, Bad and Dangerous
I know this is not about sword-sticks, but duels and Byron have been mentioned so I thought I would tack this in. Being a smallsword duel I included this story in my book. I found it intriguing,...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th August 2025, 06:27 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 35,202
sticks for sale
I use a search engine that posts UK dealer's products. It is obviously not fully comprehensive but it gives some indication.
There are 162 for sale at present with prices ranging from £3,950 down...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th August 2025, 08:46 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 35,202
Sticks
Hey Jim, for some odd reason the dealer and auction world of the UK has been saturated with sword-sticks of late. The variety of blades used is legion; many full length, and some no more a a foot...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th August 2025, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 37,681
Andrea Ferarra
As I said before - but now even more so: a thing of wonder!
Thanks Dirk.
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Forum: European Armoury
11th August 2025, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 37,681
blade maker
Forgive my possibly ignorant question: is it possible this is an actual Andrea Ferarra blade?
A thing of wonder, non-the-less.
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Forum: European Armoury
10th August 2025, 06:32 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 14,036
turn over every stone
Hey Jim, this is just one area that you have opened up for exploration on the forum but, ironically enough, it is probably the most important.
I have asked a few questions myself over my time spent...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th August 2025, 10:30 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 14,036
never mind the quality... feel the width
This is a foreign territory for me except in one instance: having been in photographic sales (cameras, lenses etc) and also in Hi-Fi sales back in the seventies and 'eighties when performing wasn't...
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