Forum: European Armoury
12th December 2014, 07:43 PM
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Hi AHorsa,
This kind of animal shaped...
Hi AHorsa,
This kind of animal shaped decoration has always been characteristic of all items of arts and crafts alike, from the Stone Age that laft us small scuptures of mammoths, the Celtic...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th December 2014, 11:02 PM
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A very fine and extremely rare Landsknecht's...
A very fine and extremely rare Landsknecht's Langspieß, Southern Germany, Bavaria, ca. 1525-40, the original ash haft profusely profusely covered with knobs all over; the head struck with a maker's...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th December 2014, 10:14 PM
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- Human skull smashed in by a hammer blow;...
- Human skull smashed in by a hammer blow; National Museum Copenhagen;
- a combined hammer and matchlock gun, Italy, ca. 1550; Palazzo Dzucale, Venice;
- a combined hammer and rapier,...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th December 2014, 09:57 PM
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Replies: 178
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Forum: European Armoury
11th December 2014, 09:46 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th December 2014, 09:37 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th December 2014, 09:22 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th December 2014, 09:14 PM
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Replies: 178
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Forum: European Armoury
11th December 2014, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 178
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Forum: European Armoury
11th December 2014, 08:15 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th December 2014, 08:10 PM
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Replies: 104
Views: 217,784
Well, Jasper,
Who am I to tell, to...
Well, Jasper,
Who am I to tell, to discern?!:D;):eek:
Actually, as its weight of 16 kg is definitely too heavy to aim the piece the usual way, and considering that its barrel was a haquebut barrel...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th December 2014, 06:24 PM
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Replies: 7
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I am familiar with that 16th century mark,...
I am familiar with that 16th century mark, Evgeny,
I do not think, though, that it is identical with the one your blade is struck with.
Maybe Jasper/Cornelistromp can add something...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th December 2014, 05:29 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
10th December 2014, 02:50 PM
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Replies: 104
Views: 217,784
Hi Jasper,
I'm sorry for not...
Hi Jasper,
I'm sorry for not getting the point:shrug:,
and thanks for pointing me at a small detail I would otherwise have overlooked.;)
Marcus is absolutely right: ...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th December 2014, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 104
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Forum: European Armoury
10th December 2014, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 104
Views: 217,784
Hi Jasper,
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Hi Jasper,
You are absolutely right, that barrel definitely was earlier than the catalog description reads, "second half 16th century".
Sadly, the...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th December 2014, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 104
Views: 217,784
Hi Jasper,
There is no need to...
Hi Jasper,
There is no need to worry;) about the Princes' armory because many items are still there at the Schloss.
Actually, just like many other noble houses, monetary reasons have...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th December 2014, 12:37 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 16,706
Hi Evgeny,
It has been...
Hi Evgeny,
It has been good to hear from you again.
The overall shape of the blade as well as the asymmetric point from where the tang protrudes (most of which is...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th December 2014, 11:59 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 30,625
A pair of unusually long Saxon puffers, the...
A pair of unusually long Saxon puffers, the barrels dated 1596 and the stocks inlaid in a manner simlilar to that on the flask in discussion, though not quite matching the extreme density of the...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th December 2014, 11:37 PM
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Replies: 104
Views: 217,784
A close comparison of the pan and cover of the...
A close comparison of the pan and cover of the Doppelhaken dated 1537 sold at Tom del Mar shows that when the author photographed it, the cover was not yet bent - the way it was by the time of the...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th December 2014, 11:32 PM
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Replies: 104
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Forum: European Armoury
9th December 2014, 11:25 PM
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Replies: 104
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Forum: European Armoury
9th December 2014, 11:00 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th December 2014, 10:57 PM
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Replies: 104
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Forum: European Armoury
9th December 2014, 10:23 PM
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