18th Century Small Bronze Swivel Yoke

dana_w · 3rd July 2014, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by M ELEY

Keep in mind, Dana, that these rampart guns were more than flintlocks, but true monsters! They put them on a swivel on purpose to pack a wallop without disabling the shooter's arm!

I've seem them Mark. I even have one. This yoke doesn't seem big enough to accommodate what I would normally think of as a swivel gun, but I do believe it was from a French shipwreck dating from 1781 or 1782.

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Originally Posted by dana_w

It seems almost too small to be for something like a deck gun. Any ideas?

M ELEY · 3rd July 2014, 05:05 AM

Opps! Sorry, mate! Wow! I envy you if you actually possess such a piece. I wasn't paying close enough attention to the dimensions of the piece. Hmm...an oar securer?

fernando · 3rd July 2014, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by M ELEY

Opps! Sorry, mate! Wow! I envy you if you actually possess such a piece. I wasn't paying close enough attention to the dimensions of the piece. Hmm...an oar securer?

A tholepin; that was my first guess ... but i hesitated after the gun yoke approach

dana_w · 3rd July 2014, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by fernando

A tholepin; that was my first guess ... but i hesitated after the gun yoke approach

If it is a tholepin it REALLY doesn't belong here.

fernando · 3rd July 2014, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by dana_w

If it is a tholepin it REALLY doesn't belong here.

Let it not be a REAL problem; nobody is gonna beat you for that

The tholepin was only another suggestion; but it doesn't have to be the correct answer.
Not due to its dimensions (it could belong in a small auxiliary rowing boat), but both tholepins and gun yokes are usually secured on the gunwales by means of a spike/rod introduced in a hole and not by (short) screw thread ends.
... so i humbly realize

dana_w · 3rd July 2014, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by fernando

...both tholepins and gun yokes are usually secured on the gunwales by means of a spike/rod introduced in a hole and not by (short) screw thread ends.

I was guessing that this Yoke screwed into another rod or post of some type, not directly into the gunwale.

dana_w · 3rd July 2014, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by M ELEY

Hmm...an oar securer?

Too small for that too. It really does look like a swivel yoke for something like a Blunderbuss.

3rd July 2014, 05:05 AM	#2
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,159	Opps! Sorry, mate! Wow! I envy you if you actually possess such a piece. I wasn't paying close enough attention to the dimensions of the piece. Hmm...an oar securer?