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Forum: European Armoury 1st May 2025, 02:24 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 16,455
Posted By Triarii
@Jim - I'll PM you ref a contact at the Stibbert.

@Jim - I'll PM you ref a contact at the Stibbert.
Forum: European Armoury 30th April 2025, 10:34 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 16,455
Posted By Triarii
I've been there and it's impressive, with little...

I've been there and it's impressive, with little interpretation of the artefacts. A friend recently had a tour - I'll ask him if he has a poc.
Forum: European Armoury 26th April 2025, 03:34 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 18,769
Posted By Triarii
They're a combination of drilled, chiselled and...

They're a combination of drilled, chiselled and filed.
Forum: European Armoury 25th April 2025, 04:57 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 18,769
Posted By Triarii
Straight quillions on the swept hilt tend to...

Straight quillions on the swept hilt tend to indicate the early part of the C17th or late C16th. I have an Italian swept hilt with a similar form. After that they tend to curl in.
The English one is...
Forum: European Armoury 16th April 2025, 02:41 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 8,044
Posted By Triarii
Blade appears to be too short. Thought it may be...

Blade appears to be too short. Thought it may be cut down but the taper supports the length being the original length.
Forum: European Armoury 17th March 2025, 06:08 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 18,157
Posted By Triarii
Excellent. Did you get the painting too?

Excellent. Did you get the painting too?
Forum: European Armoury 21st February 2025, 01:59 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 45,468
Posted By Triarii
Great, thankyou very much - blade on the second...

Great, thankyou very much - blade on the second left looks very similar.
I responded to your PM on these (apols that I initially missed it) but things glitched. Let me know if you didn't get my PM...
Forum: European Armoury 19th February 2025, 03:29 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 26,641
Posted By Triarii
I remember that second English rapier coming up...

I remember that second English rapier coming up for auction. I was walking to a hotel and got my timings wrong to bid on it...
Forum: European Armoury 26th January 2025, 12:46 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 45,468
Posted By Triarii
Pappenheimers

These seem to be popular on here.
Having recently bought the gilt one (36" blade) after peeking at it for 2 years, I found a few things;
Versions with no knucklebow are a thing (I've seen 7 or 8...
Forum: European Armoury 31st October 2024, 03:58 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 19,637
Posted By Triarii
I'd agree on the features, especially the bivalve...

I'd agree on the features, especially the bivalve one, being C17th. The work on the quillon block on the bivalve one is quite crude though, in form and finish. Replacement?
Forum: European Armoury 13th October 2024, 07:53 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 14,827
Posted By Triarii
Looks broadly right to me. Same features as I've...

Looks broadly right to me. Same features as I've seen on others and on mine; tightly wrapped leather grip, lenticular section blade, non ferrous pommel.

I'm wondering if the downturned quillion...
Forum: European Armoury 20th September 2024, 02:46 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 35,379
Posted By Triarii
Sgt Maj Cotton of the 7th Hussars mentioned at...

Sgt Maj Cotton of the 7th Hussars mentioned at Waterloo wrt the Household Brigade charge into French currasiers that 'the swords clashing upon the casques and cuirasses so that as Lord Edward...
Forum: European Armoury 20th September 2024, 02:20 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 35,379
Posted By Triarii
Bryce - excellent photo. What's not to like about...

Bryce - excellent photo. What's not to like about that collection. I always did like the look of the hatchet point. I've read about HCS with spear points where the scabbard length matches, implying...
Forum: European Armoury 18th September 2024, 01:56 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 35,379
Posted By Triarii
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Trial_o...

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Trial_of_Major_William_Gordon_on_a_C/VatXAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&fbclid=IwY2xjawFXfaZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTz576lG3aqGlXql2Wtuz2Ag6-SFlkXVPfc3hswjxZoxX2JdZ5qK87q_g...
Forum: European Armoury 18th September 2024, 10:32 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 35,379
Posted By Triarii
The man falling from his horse, actually an 18th...

The man falling from his horse, actually an 18th LD, using an LCS:
Forum: European Armoury 17th September 2024, 05:31 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 35,379
Posted By Triarii
Hi Jim, Both incidents were in contemporary...

Hi Jim,

Both incidents were in contemporary broadsheet articles, pictures of which were included in the posts. I'm now more minded towards it being on Facebook in maybe the IASC forum or similar....
Forum: European Armoury 17th September 2024, 02:43 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 35,379
Posted By Triarii
British 1796 HCS pattern blade shape

Random question, as I've lost my notes; about the modified point on the British 1796 HCS.

I read two examples which indicate that the changes from hatchet to spear point potentially happened some...
Forum: European Armoury 13th September 2024, 10:57 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 19,647
Posted By Triarii
Very nice indeed. Getting interested in these...

Very nice indeed. Getting interested in these now. They have a range of common features with a number of variations in quillions and so on.
The marks on the ricasso of yours reminds me to resume the...
Forum: European Armoury 5th September 2024, 02:11 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 27,807
Posted By Triarii
The anchor symbol is fairly common on mid C17th...

The anchor symbol is fairly common on mid C17th blades - though I've not seen it on a Schiavona - but is usually a single stamp. This appears to be from multiple tools.
Forum: European Armoury 5th September 2024, 02:07 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 25,895
Posted By Triarii
I'd be interested in any identification of the...

I'd be interested in any identification of the inspection marks. As far as I could ascertain, its not clear if the numbers were linked to specific individuals or inspections carried out at specific...
Forum: European Armoury 1st September 2024, 08:16 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 24,043
Posted By Triarii
No metal rammers in the mid C17th. Should be wood...

No metal rammers in the mid C17th. Should be wood with a ferrule of metal at the most.
Forum: European Armoury 1st August 2024, 01:03 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 37,709
Posted By Triarii
Random thought, having seen it elsewhere and...

Random thought, having seen it elsewhere and having a blade where grinding out nicks has changed the blade profile in a similar fashion eg rapid change in blade depth;
Could the broadsword cutting...
Forum: European Armoury 30th May 2024, 11:32 AM
Replies: 351
Views: 611,937
Posted By Triarii
Short version as the website ate my longer reply....

Short version as the website ate my longer reply.
There are multiple versions of the Strafford portrait, with the Pappenheimer one owned by the NT (after Van Dyke, if I recall correctly) and the...
Forum: European Armoury 10th May 2024, 11:18 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 17,954
Posted By Triarii
The Powick Bridge sword. Now in the Commandery...

The Powick Bridge sword. Now in the Commandery Museum, Worcester UK.
Forum: European Armoury 10th May 2024, 11:07 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 17,954
Posted By Triarii
That's a nice piece. I have a soft spot for...

That's a nice piece. I have a soft spot for those. There are a number of those in the colonies.

On this side of the Atlantic they're known as Riding swords, which is a contemporary term...
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