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Forum: European Armoury 24th July 2011, 12:58 AM
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Views: 38,055
Posted By Hotspur
Green plus three here to see these in other...

Green plus three here to see these in other hands. I am wondering about this pair attached below. Obviously later than the Walloons but seem in kind to some other early 18th century pallasch. The...
Forum: European Armoury 11th July 2011, 03:28 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 20,431
Posted By Hotspur
I look forward to newer information. Mowbray, in...

I look forward to newer information. Mowbray, in his eaglehead pommel book pens several paragraphs for Runkel as simply an importer and broker of the supply. Like Birmingham, unraveling all the blade...
Forum: European Armoury 8th July 2011, 11:16 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 20,529
Posted By Hotspur
The cross section looks like elk to me. Flatter...

The cross section looks like elk to me. Flatter and kind of a rounded triangular shape. I had half a rack of one some decades ago and a friend cutler devoured it entirely in a manner of days. The...
Forum: European Armoury 8th July 2011, 11:09 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 152,814
Posted By Hotspur
Nathan Robinson has a passion for these and did a...

Nathan Robinson has a passion for these and did a nice article.

http://www.myarmoury.com/feature_spot_schia.html

There are more examples in galleries there.

Jean Binck had also penned a...
Forum: European Armoury 3rd July 2011, 01:17 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 20,529
Posted By Hotspur
I like this cutlass. I think there is a benefit...

I like this cutlass. I think there is a benefit at times going with prime dealers (auction or not) rather than obscure auction listings.

I am a real fan of the plainer swords as well and had gone...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd July 2011, 08:49 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 20,529
Posted By Hotspur
If you right click your mouse, you can save the...

If you right click your mouse, you can save the images in your documents (my pictures, if you like).

The list on Peter's site is quite nice and I have considered buying from his stuff. The book is...
Forum: European Armoury 1st July 2011, 01:55 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 12,222
Posted By Hotspur
Here is a thread from the past posted by...

Here is a thread from the past posted by forumnaut and collector Brian Rollanson. It has several pictures of his apart.

http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showthread.php?89616

While the thread...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th June 2011, 05:14 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 8,206
Posted By Hotspur
HI I don't have a picture handy but one...

HI

I don't have a picture handy but one maker using the rooster and or cockerel was Gebruder Weyersburg. A page I came across mentions his marks
...
Forum: European Armoury 17th May 2011, 11:55 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 7,948
Posted By Hotspur
Am I imagining things or did you swap this reply...

Am I imagining things or did you swap this reply with Lee?
:shrug: :)
Forum: European Armoury 17th May 2011, 08:36 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 7,948
Posted By Hotspur
Downloaded and attached here (unless that is...

Downloaded and attached here (unless that is objectionable).
Forum: European Armoury 8th May 2011, 07:56 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 20,508
Posted By Hotspur
Wasn't the purpose and role intended exactly...

Wasn't the purpose and role intended exactly that. There is somewhere reference in either WWI or WWII asking once again for a cq weapon but the short swords of the worlds military did continue field...
Forum: European Armoury 1st May 2011, 01:32 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 8,225
Posted By Hotspur
Maximilian Marked Swords With Flower Langets

A couple of months ago a sword popped up on the bay and some of the characteristics of decoration became a fascination that caused me to recently buy this piece. Without the further floral blossom...
Forum: European Armoury 16th April 2011, 05:54 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 66,573
Posted By Hotspur
An interesting faux ray display. The Japanese...

An interesting faux ray display. The Japanese would sometimes do this with polished bone bits, at times even with copper sheet as the substrate. I have never gotten a clear explanation as to what the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th April 2011, 12:14 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 15,049
Posted By Hotspur
A question about the attachment function and...

A question about the attachment function and tags, as another board uses vb and has a paperclip icon to place thumbs inline to text in context/description.

I don't know if ing and pic smallpic...
Forum: European Armoury 10th April 2011, 04:38 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 14,255
Posted By Hotspur
The Higgins does have a limited space for...

The Higgins does have a limited space for exhibition but I have always found something else to consider there when I have visited. One that had taken a few treks there was able to see some of the...
Forum: European Armoury 10th April 2011, 06:09 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 14,255
Posted By Hotspur
I am a fairly close neighbor to the Higgins and...

I am a fairly close neighbor to the Higgins and should spend more time over there. That is a great gallery of close up pictures. If not already at hand, there is a searchable presence online from...
Forum: European Armoury 5th April 2011, 03:56 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 17,561
Posted By Hotspur
My own fixed blade knives are for the most part...

My own fixed blade knives are for the most part quite new in time and of the handy hunting size bowies are a Ralph Bone, Vince Evans and a Kevin Cashen. More Randal fighting types are a Blackjack,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd February 2011, 12:18 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 18,359
Posted By Hotspur
I had posted my Yataghan here and mentioned...

I had posted my Yataghan here and mentioned someone else had regarded the mark on mine to mean Ya Ali but then another response here was it is just Ali. I have seen this mark on a number of blades...
Forum: European Armoury 12th February 2011, 02:14 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 58,600
Posted By Hotspur
Thanks for an update. The author of the article...

Thanks for an update. The author of the article was whom, you might mention?

I don't subscribe, so I have to live vicariously with what any may care to share. This quarter's budget just ate up a...
Forum: European Armoury 27th January 2011, 08:12 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 14,926
Posted By Hotspur
Like this one? :D Alpen Korp for the one in...

Like this one? :D

Alpen Korp for the one in this thread (I do believe)

Cheers

GC
Forum: European Armoury 24th January 2011, 02:44 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 14,926
Posted By Hotspur
I am not finding the source quickly but...

I am not finding the source quickly but Prussian/Bavarian/Austrian Alpen/Mountain artillery swords. The shorties with the plainer P and reverse P guards more regularly regarded as police swords. One...
Forum: European Armoury 4th January 2011, 11:42 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 39,579
Posted By Hotspur
Modern fencers and students of smallsword play...

Modern fencers and students of smallsword play have mentioned the small pas d'ane as perhaps vestigal but that the grip of a smallsword was meant to use pinching between thumb and forefinger for...
Forum: European Armoury 4th January 2011, 04:09 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 39,579
Posted By Hotspur
I thought the running wolf (master doggie) was a...

I thought the running wolf (master doggie) was a guild mark for Passau and virtually discontinued once Solingen became the source of many blades. Ready steel from the area being a prime motivation...
Forum: European Armoury 4th January 2011, 12:34 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 24,533
Posted By Hotspur
It is interesting how styles of beasties traverse...

It is interesting how styles of beasties traverse the centuries. This one from the late 19th century but reminiscent of dirk quillion a century before that This one possibly arguable as the head of...
Forum: European Armoury 1st January 2011, 03:47 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 58,600
Posted By Hotspur
Bingo ;) I mention Prahl making/casting gun...

Bingo ;) I mention Prahl making/casting gun fittings in an earlier post but at the same time and in the period being discussed, no mention there of the cast hilts. Still, leaving the door open for...
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