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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 14th May 2023, 04:32 PM
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Views: 15,567
Posted By Akanthus
Hallo, Here in Germany there are several...

Hallo,
Here in Germany there are several companies specialized on im-and export of hunting weapons and i think ,they also do this job with antiques. For example Waffen Bock,Krico GmbH, Waffen Taxi...
Forum: European Armoury 9th May 2023, 11:40 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 69,000
Posted By Akanthus
Pics.: - Vor und nach der Jägerprüfung,...

Pics.:
- Vor und nach der Jägerprüfung, Krebs,2004
-Katalog Deutsches Jagd und Fischereimuseum ,München,1966
- Blankwaffen im Museum Jagdschloss Kranichstein,Westphal,2010
Forum: European Armoury 9th May 2023, 11:29 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 76,028
Posted By Akanthus
- Das grosse Kosmos Jagdlexikon 2004

- Das grosse Kosmos Jagdlexikon 2004
Forum: European Armoury 2nd May 2023, 10:43 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 76,028
Posted By Akanthus
Right !!!!!!

Right !!!!!!
Forum: European Armoury 2nd May 2023, 10:41 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 76,028
Posted By Akanthus
This certainly is a fighting weapon not a hunting...

This certainly is a fighting weapon not a hunting sword.In the German typology you would call,it "Jaglich gefasst" .It means, that it looks like a hunting sword ( stag horn grip) but it isn't one.In...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd May 2023, 10:22 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 76,028
Posted By Akanthus
These enclosed hunts startet in the 16th.century...

These enclosed hunts startet in the 16th.century and spread over Germany as a hunting technique of the noble upperclass.The game was driven together in a huge area and in the end there were lots of...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd May 2023, 03:58 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 76,028
Posted By Akanthus
Yes,there are wonderful decorations on...

Yes,there are wonderful decorations on huntingsword blades.Often game,like stags,wildboars,bears but also hares.On some you find little poems spending luck.Also floral decor is loved.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 1st May 2023, 12:53 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 10,384
Posted By Akanthus
Smile Found it on EGUN,a platform for weapons,hunting...

Found it on EGUN,a platform for weapons,hunting and related things
Forum: European Armoury 26th April 2023, 12:56 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 10,254
Posted By Akanthus
Old Lady

Dear collectors,
Is there someone out there who can tell me if this gun is really from 1694 as written on the barrel and where it is made .
Thank you for your answers.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 23rd April 2023, 02:37 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 10,384
Posted By Akanthus
Dog armour

My family was scared as i came home with this corrodet thing .And yes it's rusty, but it has seen history.It's a dog collar from the 17th.century, i assume.It's made from iron and has a hinge to...
Forum: European Armoury 22nd April 2023, 07:06 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 14,621
Posted By Akanthus
These are in the Landeszeughaus Graz.They look...

These are in the Landeszeughaus Graz.They look very similar.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 18th April 2023, 02:28 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 11,740
Posted By Akanthus
Out of Africa ?

I bought this thing on a fleemarket,because i was impressed by it's archaic look.First i thought it was a drum,but it is a rounded container .It was said that it came from Africa.The corpus is made...
Forum: European Armoury 14th April 2023, 10:17 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 69,000
Posted By Akanthus
Perhaps the forms i saw in the collections and i...

Perhaps the forms i saw in the collections and i refer to ,developed from the early forms you showed in the book illustration ( Late 15.th Century ? ) With the weapon on picture 2 i would not like...
Forum: European Armoury 14th April 2023, 06:11 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 69,000
Posted By Akanthus
Yes Raff you are right.The cross bars have to...

Yes Raff you are right.The cross bars have to prevent penetrating the blade too deep in the animals body,so that the hunter could not draw back the boar spear.If you look at the classic spears, the...
Forum: European Armoury 11th April 2023, 09:58 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 69,000
Posted By Akanthus
Normally the rectangular part of boarfeathers is...

Normally the rectangular part of boarfeathers is part of the shaft and tied to it.It is mostly not a part of the blade .It should prevent that the blade penetrating too deep in the wildboars body.If...
Forum: European Armoury 11th April 2023, 09:36 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 15,846
Posted By Akanthus
Sorry,i don't know the mark on the blade but ...

Sorry,i don't know the mark on the blade but these backblades are typical for huntingswords of those times .
Forum: European Armoury 10th April 2023, 07:51 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 15,846
Posted By Akanthus
Smile Would say most likely German ,eventually...

Would say most likely German ,eventually French.Somewhere between 1730 and 1760. Please look on the back of the blade if you can find a flowerlike decoration . Solingeen signed with the " Solinger...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd April 2023, 10:01 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 76,028
Posted By Akanthus
Thank you.Very interesting......

Thank you.Very interesting......
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st April 2023, 12:00 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 9,085
Posted By Akanthus
I would say a 19.th or 20.th century recreation...

I would say a 19.th or 20.th century recreation of a 17.th century european dagger.
Forum: European Armoury 30th March 2023, 08:00 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 76,028
Posted By Akanthus
I think that the guard plate has primarily the...

I think that the guard plate has primarily the function of a hand protection from blows
by the game but also from hostile blades during a fight.On the other hand it protects the tools in the...
Forum: European Armoury 30th March 2023, 07:15 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 76,028
Posted By Akanthus
I don't think that the way of grip attachment...

I don't think that the way of grip attachment gives a clou to the manufacturer.The " Heftmontage " predominates in the first half of the 17.th century .Later ,up to the 18.th century the "...
Forum: European Armoury 29th March 2023, 09:36 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 76,028
Posted By Akanthus
Gernan hunting swords .Facts and thoughts

Sorry,i forgot to show Pic.5
Forum: European Armoury 29th March 2023, 08:45 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 76,028
Posted By Akanthus
German Hunting swords , thoughts and facts

I would like to attemp a short summary about facts and thoughts regarding German huntingswords of the 17.th century.Any friendly comments are welcome.
If you look around in museums,collections and...
Forum: European Armoury 25th March 2023, 05:37 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 16,742
Posted By Akanthus
Yes,i think you are right.It seems to be a bent...

Yes,i think you are right.It seems to be a bent bigger piece for the corpus and a smaller for the back.Both riveted together.
Forum: European Armoury 25th March 2023, 05:27 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 16,742
Posted By Akanthus
Smile [QUOTE=fernando;280694]Great powderhorn, Akanthus...

[QUOTE=fernando;280694]Great powderhorn, Akanthus :cool:.
Perhaps the engraved text would be Actaeon ego sum: dominum cognoscite vestrum! meaning I am Actaeon: know your master.
Actaeon, in Geeek...
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