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Philip · 15th August 2010, 06:39 AM

Fernando,
It's amazing the number of hand-cannons being discovered in Portugal, but the famed snapping match- or tinder-lock brought to the Far East during the Age of Discoveries is such a rarity -- like hen's teeth or boar's udders, as they say.

15th August 2010, 06:39 AM	#4
Philip Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: California Posts: 1,036	Fernando, It's amazing the number of hand-cannons being discovered in Portugal, but the famed snapping match- or tinder-lock brought to the Far East during the Age of Discoveries is such a rarity -- like hen's teeth or boar's udders, as they say.