Actually, I think they have got it wrong, I think it is Napoleon, not Nelson! The tomb is very similar to Napoleon's in Paris, and the N...
Thankyou, I'll keep my eyes and ears open! :happy: Amazon Prime?.................er, is that animal , vegetable or mineral ? I have only just...
Personally, and this is simply just my persona preference, I'd wash it and get rid of the polish residue as AJ has already suggested, then I'd...
You'll put ina good word for me then?? :D:D
Definitely looks like him to me! The shape of the mouth and the chin, yep, for my money that is him. Great find @David Askett , and well done on...
I was dealing in edged weapons many years back, and after packing up to go home, I picked up a bag and hadn't noticed that a socket bayonet was...
They were never outlawed, they just fell out of favour. Yataghan bayonets emerge in about the late 1830's and early 1840's, and then everybody...
And a hot screwdriver! :D It doesn't always work, but often it does........ The penetrating oil, and left to work for a good while, is always a...
I can understand that, and that you are happy is important. But had you stripped it and given it to a gunsmith, he would have put it in an...
The old saying, if it looks too good to be true.......... Without having it in hand I wouldn't really like to venture an opinion, but that handle...
In the case of the trowel bayonet, the bottom left edge was sharpened on these, which would be the bottom edge when fitted to the...
Obviously, you're not a gardener..................neither am I!:joyful:
I know what you mean by already compromised, but I am afraid that I lost interest when I read the bit, '.... I decided to go with first 400 girt...
For those like Komokwa and myself who like sharp, pointy things, here is an oddity from my hoard................... A US 1873 Springfield trowel...
Definitley a shoe stretcher. [ATTACH] Komokwa, keep taking the pills and keeping the appointmenst! :D:D:D Actually, and all joking apart, I...
Here in Norway, we find these all over the place, and a friend of mine has over ninety hanging from his kitchen ceiling, ranging from the very...
I certainly don't think it has any military connection. It is far too poorly made to be anything like that. My guess would be possibly some school...
I would have definitely gone for it being a planter, not a spittoon. I can just imagine an aspidestra in that on a stand!
Fighting cock, probably one of a pair originally. Is it magnetic, as the feet look to me like they were made from nails? Just a hunch.
Great and very informative thread! In my own area of arms and armour, and especially edged weapons, my favourite basic book for edged weapons is...
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