Forum: European Armoury
1st December 2025, 01:29 AM
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Arabic Inscribed Pillin.
Well well well!!!!, Yes its Arabic and likely to be of Omani provenance. I was in the Omani Army for 10 years and I can tell you that this sword is well worth looking at and researching ...Pillin is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th November 2025, 03:27 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd November 2025, 12:52 AM
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Hello Jim, Nice to see this old topic appear...
Hello Jim, Nice to see this old topic appear again and quite understandable how some confusion has developed around Omani weaponry especially swords. I was, as Jim stated earlier, in the Sultanate...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th November 2025, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 56
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd November 2025, 11:25 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
31st October 2025, 08:38 AM
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More detail...
More detail here..https://www.royalartillerymuseum.com/our-collection/jacob-rifle-and-sword-bayonet
Peter Hudson.
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Forum: European Armoury
31st October 2025, 04:25 AM
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Hello Tim , I quite agree , in fact these...
Hello Tim , I quite agree , in fact these exhibits are the best I have ever seen including the weapon being studied which when fired ...ranged at 2,000 yards must have been incredible.
Regards, ...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th October 2025, 03:17 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th October 2025, 05:00 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th October 2025, 04:27 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th October 2025, 01:19 PM
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It is baffling to me that there were two very...
It is baffling to me that there were two very distinctly different swords; essentially the Spike form with IBeams and designed to stab/run through targets and to solidly block incoming strikes... and...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th October 2025, 12:40 AM
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Hello Bryce, Great examples here. I think the...
Hello Bryce, Great examples here. I think the sharp Yelman and recurve idea is a well thought out concept.
What I would suggest here is that no matter how much design was being applied on blade...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th October 2025, 12:19 AM
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Replies: 56
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Forum: European Armoury
28th October 2025, 11:59 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th October 2025, 04:16 AM
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Replies: 56
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Great replies... but hold on... ...
I have...
Great replies... but hold on... ...
I have posed the question at post 1 in bold letters and now is the time face it... What was the problem? People were being trained were they not?
But were they...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th October 2025, 06:11 PM
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Replies: 56
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Hello Will,
Interesting seeing it...
Hello Will,
Interesting seeing it lined up with the`1796 and I imagine how that would have been used against Tulvars and the like. The floral design looks amazing and was apparently from...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th October 2025, 07:12 AM
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Replies: 56
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Videos.
One thing I like to feed in are good videos on all things antique weaponry... especially in this case on Swords..Please do hit the buttons and view these as they are very well placed for easy viewing...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th October 2025, 05:03 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th October 2025, 04:54 AM
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Hello Pertinax , I have a few George V swords...
Hello Pertinax , I have a few George V swords here and some with different Rulers Cyphers on the blades...and some with different capital letters on the stub on the blade test mark.My examples also...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th October 2025, 04:26 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th October 2025, 01:37 AM
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Hello Jim, and thank you for your posts 12 and...
Hello Jim, and thank you for your posts 12 and 13. In fact your end picture on 12 was so near the answer ...to the conundrum of what actually caused the downfall of the use of swords as Battle Field...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th October 2025, 06:22 AM
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Replies: 56
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Hello Jim, Thanks for your reply and I see you...
Hello Jim, Thanks for your reply and I see you went straight into search mode and nailed it in regards to the Indian Scinde Cavalry link.
When looking at the 19th Century most people give up on...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th October 2025, 05:30 AM
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Replies: 56
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Hello Will... Your flat bladed Wilkinson looks...
Hello Will... Your flat bladed Wilkinson looks formidable. This blade was designed to cut.There was no fuller, pipeback or raised back blade to impede cutting. Some variation was allowed and Officers...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th October 2025, 05:07 AM
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Replies: 56
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Forum: European Armoury
25th October 2025, 03:28 AM
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It has been said that the design of the Hilt on...
It has been said that the design of the Hilt on British Army Infantry Officers originated with the Scinde Irregular Cavalry in India. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Horse_(Scinde_Horse) It...
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