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Forum: European Armoury 9th September 2014, 01:30 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 25,422
Posted By Matchlock
Hi Mark, It is my turn to say...

Hi Mark,


It is my turn to say thanks because connecting the item in discussion with the principle of a tomahawk, was your brilliant idea!

I did notice that term Hurlbat in one...
Forum: European Armoury 8th September 2014, 10:57 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 173,498
Posted By Matchlock
The Dresden MONK'S GUN - a MYTH Revisited, and Finally CORRECTLY DATED: ca. 1525-30!

This is about a real myth of weaponry, the famous so-called Monk's Gun, which, according to the formal, stylistic and technical criteria set up by the author, should be correctly dated "ca. 1525-30",...
Forum: European Armoury 8th September 2014, 10:16 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 25,422
Posted By Matchlock
Hi Nando, The conventional type of German...

Hi Nando,


The conventional type of German throwing axes had most probably been taken to, and known in, India by at least the 1520's. They may even have been copied and produced there in the...
Forum: European Armoury 8th September 2014, 08:37 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 25,422
Posted By Matchlock
Attached to this post, find photos of the famous...

Attached to this post, find photos of the famous so-called Monk's Gun, which, according to the formal, stylistic and technical criteria set up by the author, should be correctly dated "ca. 1525-30",...
Forum: European Armoury 8th September 2014, 06:43 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 25,422
Posted By Matchlock
Hi templarnight, and all, ...

Hi templarnight, and all,


Here is what this item is,...
Forum: European Armoury 8th September 2014, 01:48 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 94,577
Posted By Matchlock
Hello Alexender, My dear friend! I knew...

Hello Alexender,
My dear friend!

I knew right from the start that you would appreciate this important little extra information I tried to convey posting these images.

Unfortunately, they a are...
Forum: European Armoury 31st August 2014, 12:50 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 99,688
Posted By Matchlock
[/size] Of course, this is a pair of...

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Of course, this is a pair of pliers.
All I added that contemporary source of illustration for, was for stylistic and formal comparison of the lengthend lower handle bent...
Forum: European Armoury 31st August 2014, 11:21 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 7,591
Posted By Matchlock
Hi, This is characteristic of Spain,...

Hi,


This is characteristic of Spain, first half to mid -18th century.

I will search for similar samples and post them.
For predecessors of this type of calivermen's flasks typical of...
Forum: European Armoury 30th August 2014, 10:33 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 99,688
Posted By Matchlock
Which tool are you talking about? Please copy,...

Which tool are you talking about?
Please copy, mark, and post one of my images, just to make sure we're on the same page, and track!

Best,
Michael
Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2014, 09:10 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 28,126
Posted By Matchlock
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Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2014, 08:24 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 28,126
Posted By Matchlock
Please note the technically topic state of the...

Please note the technically topic state of the mechanisms mounted on the horns, for exactly measuring the correct load of powder needed for each shot.
Also, in the painting by Ruprecht Heller dated...
Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2014, 07:33 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 99,688
Posted By Matchlock
More on my rarest early-16th century ball molds. ...

More on my rarest early-16th century ball molds.

From all we may conclude from contemporary, and dated, historic sources of illustration, and the very few known actually existing...
Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2014, 06:27 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 28,126
Posted By Matchlock
Hi there, ...

Hi there,


Attached please find some images of the powder horns and brass-cast ball molds found on the wreck of the Bom...
Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2014, 05:41 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 7,905
Posted By Matchlock
I guess they are; and may I add, quite...

I guess they are; and may I add, quite primitively done as well: the iron seems to be just too thick and plump to be wrought, it must have been cast.

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Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2014, 04:13 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 94,577
Posted By Matchlock
Attached to this post are only images of the fake...

Attached to this post are only images of the fake sample.

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Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2014, 03:40 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 26,413
Posted By Matchlock
See this absolutely extreme case - no chance...

See this absolutely extreme case - no chance whatsoever!!!
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7518
See post no. 23 ff.!


Best,
Michael
Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2014, 03:32 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 35,175
Posted By Matchlock
See this absolutely extreme case - no chance...

See this absolutely extreme case - no chance whatsoever!!!
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=18025&highlight=scams+fakes



This is very easy to tell:
...
Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2014, 01:21 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 94,577
Posted By Matchlock
Quite a Perfect Fake of a Straubing Landsknechts' Matchlock Arquebus, ca. 1540

This item was sold by auction with Fischer, Lucerne, Switzerland, 8 Sepember 2011, lot 360,
inadequately termed a 'matchlock musket', though the item was intended to pretend to be the formal...
Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2014, 10:09 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 83,552
Posted By Matchlock
For more information, and for important and...

For more information, and for important and finely preserved arms in
The Michael Trömner Collection

please cf. my threads:
...
Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2014, 10:04 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 40,463
Posted By Matchlock
For more information, and for important and...

For more information, and for important and finely preserved arms in
The Michael Trömner Collection

please cf. my threads:
...
Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2014, 09:59 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 40,463
Posted By Matchlock
In some very rare cases, ash was even used for...

In some very rare cases, ash was even used for stocking wall guns in the early 16th century - instead of oak.

For a fine piece preserved in
The Michael Trömner Collection

please see my...
Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2014, 09:57 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 83,552
Posted By Matchlock
In some very rare cases, ash was even used for...

In some very rare cases, ash was even used for stocking wall guns in the early 16th century - instead of oak.

For a fine piece preserved in
The Michael Trömner Collection

please see my...
Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2014, 09:51 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 114,860
Posted By Matchlock
For more information, and for important and...

For more information, and for important and finely preserved arms in
The Michael Trömner Collection

please cf. my threads:
...
Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2014, 09:50 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 41,942
Posted By Matchlock
For more information, and for important and...

For more information, and for important and finely preserved arms in
The Michael Trömner Collection

please cf. my threads:
...
Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2014, 09:33 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 60,025
Posted By Matchlock
Hi there, The haft of that axe...

Hi there,

The haft of that axe is 99 per cent ashwood, as it is, like I said in my opening post, the longest lasting because longest-fibered and consequently most durable, type of...
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