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Forum: European Armoury 23rd February 2024, 11:09 AM
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Views: 28,379
Posted By Triarii
Thankyou Fernando and Jim - and urbanspaceman. ...

Thankyou Fernando and Jim - and urbanspaceman.

Thanks to your prompts I've now re-found the pdf of the book by Kevin which covers Hounslow.

I think the summary of my interest is;

How...
Forum: European Armoury 14th February 2024, 02:43 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 28,379
Posted By Triarii
Hounslow Sword Factory

Afternoon all.

I have been attempting to read up on the Hounslow sword works. I can find fragmentary articles, with the longest being a rather good one which is a part of an article by John F....
Forum: European Armoury 1st December 2023, 08:42 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 19,531
Posted By Triarii
That's a great sword in very good condition. I've...

That's a great sword in very good condition. I've been looking into them for a while to get a repro made (by a Czech) for a 1620s event on the continent next year, and excluding the heart and having...
Forum: European Armoury 20th November 2023, 12:07 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 144,438
Posted By Triarii
On regulation v bespoke, the 1803 pattern came...

On regulation v bespoke, the 1803 pattern came about partially at least because so many officers were already carrying curved blades. The 1803 effectively regulated existing fashion. I had an 1803...
Forum: European Armoury 4th November 2023, 05:13 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 30,567
Posted By Triarii
I think we're agreeing that for land and sea...

I think we're agreeing that for land and sea service they were initially gentry swords - hence only being seen in more ornate versions in the mid C17th before evolving into more munition quality for...
Forum: European Armoury 3rd November 2023, 02:10 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 30,567
Posted By Triarii
Curse you Urbanspaceman, I'm a big C17th nerd and...

Curse you Urbanspaceman, I'm a big C17th nerd and I hadn't thought of this. Now it's bugging me.

I had thought that why in England are the so-called Hounslow hangers the only mid C17th British...
Forum: European Armoury 3rd November 2023, 01:27 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 64,218
Posted By Triarii
On cutlasses, in his 'THE PRINCIPLES OF THE ART...

On cutlasses, in his 'THE PRINCIPLES OF THE ART MILITARIE, Practised in the Warres of the United Netherlands', (1639) Henry Hexham, who was QM to Lord Goring, has a plate showing a set of pikemans...
Forum: European Armoury 16th October 2023, 04:19 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 64,218
Posted By Triarii
Apologies - the one with the pale background and...

Apologies - the one with the pale background and cord wrapped grip.

The Sandal Castle example (the rusty and bent one in my post - the museum confirmed it is bent as it appears curved in the...
Forum: European Armoury 15th October 2023, 05:52 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 64,218
Posted By Triarii
I suspect that the basket hilts were more like...

I suspect that the basket hilts were more like the bottom right photo above. The contemporary illustrations show an evolution of hilt shapes towards more complete basket hilts by the early C17th. The...
Forum: European Armoury 4th October 2023, 11:49 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 169,463
Posted By Triarii
Good point about chaos. Firepower v melee...

Good point about chaos. Firepower v melee infantry or cavalry discussions usually don't cover the impact on the attackers of the disruption caused by people and horses falling or shying as they are...
Forum: European Armoury 1st October 2023, 05:29 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 45,799
Posted By Triarii
Some photos. I've been busy cleaning it up today...

Some photos. I've been busy cleaning it up today so more when its finished.
Forum: European Armoury 30th September 2023, 05:33 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 45,799
Posted By Triarii
Resurrecting this thread after a Google search. ...

Resurrecting this thread after a Google search.

I've acquired an early C17th English riding sword (pictures when I've cleaned it up a bit) with a 33" backsword blade. Very similar hilt to the...
Forum: European Armoury 17th September 2023, 02:34 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 273,786
Posted By Triarii
Here it is. Top row, seventh along.

Here it is. Top row, seventh along.
Forum: European Armoury 17th September 2023, 01:34 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 273,786
Posted By Triarii
Here you go. That's it in the centre. Most...

Here you go.

That's it in the centre. Most of the swords weren't in cases.

Simon
Forum: European Armoury 16th September 2023, 04:23 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 273,786
Posted By Triarii
I've just been to the frustratingly chaotic,...

I've just been to the frustratingly chaotic, badly lit and unlabelled Stibbert Museum in Florence. I videoed and photographed the Schiavona rack there - about 25 or so of them, including a slightly...
Forum: European Armoury 30th August 2023, 03:13 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 17,278
Posted By Triarii
Looks like a hoof shape on the end of the grip -...

Looks like a hoof shape on the end of the grip - some form of hunting knife?
Forum: European Armoury 22nd August 2023, 03:27 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 45,588
Posted By Triarii
On the original post, the paintings of the Thirty...

On the original post, the paintings of the Thirty Years War, such as the highly detailed ones by Sebastiaen Vrancx and Peter Snayer, show a proliferation of complex hilted, straight bladed weapons. ...
Forum: European Armoury 21st August 2023, 12:44 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 45,588
Posted By Triarii
Passau wolf of Solingen, though widely copied. ...

Passau wolf of Solingen, though widely copied.
The anchor is often seen at the end of the fuller on German blades, though there is one on a possible Picinino blade in my collection, but that could...
Forum: European Armoury 16th August 2023, 10:52 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 9,101
Posted By Triarii
I'm wondering if this mark - based on the limited...

I'm wondering if this mark - based on the limited number of marks we know - is Gastione Franchescho.
Picture from Wallace Collection catalogue A602, but the mark on that is on the ricasso, not the...
Forum: European Armoury 16th August 2023, 10:38 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 10,925
Posted By Triarii
Thanks both. I have Claude Blair's work and...

Thanks both. I have Claude Blair's work and forgot to look back at that.

I'm interested in the actual Cripps-Day words, though it is a secondary source, as I hoped it would provide some more...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd August 2023, 11:42 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 10,925
Posted By Triarii
FH Cripps-Day 'Fragmenta Armamentara'

Has anyone got a copy of FH Cripps-Day 'Fragmenta Armamentara" II ii, Frome, (1938) please.

The reference I have in another source says this book refers to 'Lots 23-25, 32, 38' covering...
Forum: European Armoury 20th July 2023, 08:50 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 9,101
Posted By Triarii
Rapier blade marking

I've just acquired a rapier, first quarter of the C17th (ish). Hilt is AVB Norman type 58 (happy to be corrected) and the pommel matches the era / hilt type. Still has its original spiral wood grip...
Forum: European Armoury 3rd July 2023, 03:35 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 46,974
Posted By Triarii
In the case of these types, Amsterdam was a major...

In the case of these types, Amsterdam was a major exporter of arms and armour, including items that they acted as middlemen for. The 'Sahagun' mark and Passau running wolf are generally considered to...
Forum: European Armoury 12th June 2023, 10:57 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 37,896
Posted By Triarii
Not my field but air is used (drawn in for...

Not my field but air is used (drawn in for Bessamer process steel or processed air used for more modern steelmaking) and that will contain minute traces of radionucliedes.

This is a reason that...
Forum: European Armoury 22nd May 2023, 04:44 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 14,258
Posted By Triarii
Thanks - I have Mann's work and didn't think to...

Thanks - I have Mann's work and didn't think to look in there. I obviously underrate the supporting information it contains.
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