Unusual Small Crossbow

fernando · 20th June 2012, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Matchlock

... What a fascinating interpretation! ... Well, you left me baffled if not flabbergasted.

Oh, i feel compensated just by learning the flabbergast term ... something i would never realize it existed

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katana · 20th June 2012, 11:33 PM

Is it just me, but......those hexagonal bolt heads look extremely out of place ....

Kind Regards David

Matchlock · 21st June 2012, 03:11 PM

Hi David,

They seems strange indeed and troubled me too at first; somehow 'out of period' (or rather of what we expect to be 'period').

On the other hand, quadratic bolt heads were in use since at least the 15th c. as a small Gothic alcove gun, preserved in virtually 'untouched condition' in my collection, shows.

Similar devices are depicted in Philip Mönch's Kriegsbuch (Book of War Techniqes), 1496, fol. 32r.

Best,
Michael

fernando · 21st June 2012, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by katana

Is it just me, but......those hexagonal bolt heads look extremely out of place ....

Kind Regards David

Touché, David

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This model might well be an early one, but those bolts denounce a reproduction never earlier than mid XIX century ... right ?

21st June 2012, 03:11 PM	#3
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Hi David, They seems strange indeed and troubled me too at first; somehow 'out of period' (or rather of what we expect to be 'period'). On the other hand, quadratic bolt heads were in use since at least the 15th c. as a small Gothic alcove gun, preserved in virtually 'untouched condition' in my collection, shows. Similar devices are depicted in Philip Mönch's Kriegsbuch (Book of War Techniqes), 1496, fol. 32r. Best, Michael Attached Images

20th June 2012, 11:33 PM	#2
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Is it just me, but......those hexagonal bolt heads look extremely out of place .... Kind Regards David