Forum: European Armoury
31st May 2012, 03:08 PM
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Sorry, I have used a wrong description.
The...
Sorry, I have used a wrong description.
The marks I know are not inlaid in copper or latten, but struck in the copper/latten, which was before inlaid in the metal of the blade according to dagger...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th May 2012, 10:47 PM
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The shape of the mark is similar to the mark on...
The shape of the mark is similar to the mark on No. 382 on the scan from Hugo Schneider's book, but rotated 45 degrees. It is brobably inlaid in copper to highlighten it,this is rarely seen but not...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th May 2012, 12:34 PM
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Two early South German daggers
Both of type 1f with short and strong blades, very broad at the hilt, strongly tapering to the tips and with short fullers in their upper thirds.
The first has a guard without elevated and...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th May 2012, 10:25 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
19th May 2012, 09:54 PM
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From where do you have the certainty that the...
From where do you have the certainty that the mark must be attributet to Behaim? Your attribution is only an assumption, but without providing proof. Stoeckel mentions the mark, but not in connection...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th May 2012, 05:12 PM
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A fine Nuremberg Bronze Hackbut Barrel c.1520
This is one of the rare bronze hackbut barrels with a mark that can be attributet with a high certainty to a specific gunfounder, in this case to Endres Pegnitzer the elder.
The barrel is formed in...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th May 2012, 05:16 PM
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I have examined the sallet at the auction in...
I have examined the sallet at the auction in Lucerne. The dividing line between the two parts goes round the sallet, on the outside this is only partly visible, but is clearly visible on the inside....
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Forum: European Armoury
16th May 2012, 08:47 PM
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I'm sure that every collector has already made...
I'm sure that every collector has already made mistakes by paying too high prices or acquiring fakes, me too. But my loss was tolerable and I learned from my mistakes. This is not what I call stupid...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th May 2012, 07:18 PM
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Provenance, what is it worth?
In my thread: The Falchion or Malchus, the rarest medieval sword, I have established the somewhat provoking thesis, that in most cases a provenance is worth nothing. This is surely not correct in all...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th May 2012, 03:24 PM
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Replies: 33
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Forum: European Armoury
11th May 2012, 11:42 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th May 2012, 02:57 PM
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I was not able to be present at the Klingbeil...
I was not able to be present at the Klingbeil sale. Therefore I know this Dolchstreithammer only from the catalogue. It looked not good to me because the blade was fixed with neither a pommel nor the...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th May 2012, 09:39 PM
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You are right, 2 cm is surely enough against an...
You are right, 2 cm is surely enough against an unarmoured warrior, but no knight or mercenary in the second half of the 15th century was at battle without a sallet or an iron-hat. The height of the...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th May 2012, 09:06 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th May 2012, 05:22 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
8th May 2012, 10:26 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
8th May 2012, 07:35 PM
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I believe I have seen this hammer-head in an...
I believe I have seen this hammer-head in an auction catalogue years ago. If I remember right, it remained unsold because of the very high estimate. Because it has a very short spike it is possibly a...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th May 2012, 02:05 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th May 2012, 02:03 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th May 2012, 02:00 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th May 2012, 01:50 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th May 2012, 01:47 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd May 2012, 06:33 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st May 2012, 10:55 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
30th April 2012, 09:10 PM
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