I worked on a show which David Hockney designed. When we needed to check the designs we had to sign for them as they were so valuable! One...
He definitely should be a member here! He very much reminds me of a very young professor John Darnall, the egyptologist. OK Komo, you bring your...
Anyhting official to do with the nazis or that had a swastika on it was sanctioned by the party and had the RZM mark on it. Every item thus marked...
These bayonets were made in several locations, Trieste, Mutzig, Chatelerault, St. Etiene and of course Tulle. French weapons were engraved along...
I mentioned in the thread on the SS Totenkopf ring that I used to collect Third Reich daggers. I also mentioned that I no longer collect them, nor...
Absolutely Komo, which was why I collected them! Though I do not collect them anymore, that is for other reasons (which I may recount in another...
Looking at the photos, I would say that it is a reproduction. The form is crude, as is that casting seam beside the skull. I have never seen one...
Calligraphy is, or rather was, a hobby of mine, and that is JB. [ATTACH]
Just for the record, the 1859 Chassepot bayonet that I said I had but couldn't find a photographs, is featured on page 14 of Komo's 'not enf...
@daveydempsey I'd use very fine wire wool and oil. If there is some heavy rust, you can use the edge of a copper coin quite effectively. To...
Yes Komo, they look kinda nasty don't they! The French were the first to adopt the yataghan style bayonet in 1840, but within only a few years...
Thanks again. That is a rather nice tulwar, far better quality decoration than many I have encountered. That should clean up nicely!
Thank you Davey. French Chassepot bayonets, modele 1866. They should be dated on the spine of the blades, but then you already know that I think!
I cannot add anything to what Komo has already posted I am afraid. I have heard it said that these tulwars with the hand guard are m ostly from...
I certainly do not think it is 'trench art'. Most trench art is fairly crude given the time and tools available, though many pieces display...
It is definitely a type of Gothic H. It is one that I usually use when writing, and AFAIK Germanic.....Calligraphy is a bit of a hobby of mine, or...
I work in a mini supermarket, and a couple of people have told me that they think twice before buying anything now. Previously they would just go...
To misquote Shakespeare's Macbeth............."Is this a dagger I don't see before me?" And you're not alone Komo!! The suspense...........
No, nothing shows unfortunately.:(
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