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Topic: Gunblades Posted: 17-Jun-2012 at 23:56 |
18th Century English Flintlock Pistol Dagger
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Posted: 18-Jun-2012 at 19:03 |
Wheel-lock sword pistol from Malta
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Posted: 18-Jun-2012 at 19:40 |
Indian Combination Katar/Flintlock Pistol
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Posted: 19-Jun-2012 at 19:20 |
Elgin cutlass pistol issued to the USN before the Civil War
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Posted: 19-Jun-2012 at 23:53 |
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Elgin cutlass pistol issued to the USN before the Civil War
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Those babies look like they've seen some action, don't they? Yes, the Elgin cutlass was commissioned in 1838, and is said to have been the only combination weapon of its sort to have been so commissioned officially by the military, anywhere in the world. Only a hundred and fifty of them were made.
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Posted: 20-Jun-2012 at 00:12 |
This beauty is from the weapons national museum in Delhi. If you look closely you will notice it has two barrels.
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Posted: 20-Jun-2012 at 19:46 |
Snaphance rapier pistol
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Posted: 20-Jun-2012 at 22:55 |
German Ivory and Pearl-Inlaid Combination Flintlock/Dagger/Gun /Axe, c. 1750
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Posted: 21-Jun-2012 at 19:07 |
Do you know anything about this axe-pistol Alani? The extravagent decoration reminds me of the gunstocks of German wood-carver Konrad Tournier
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Posted: 22-Jun-2012 at 00:41 |
Originally posted by Nick1986
The extravagent decoration reminds me of the gunstocks of German wood-carver Konrad Tournier
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I agree, although I think his work to be a little more intricate.
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Posted: 22-Jun-2012 at 17:03 |
Russian combination hunting sword and flintlock pistol. Circa 1735
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Posted: 22-Jun-2012 at 19:33 |
Originally posted by TheAlaniDragonRising
Originally posted by Nick1986
The extravagent decoration reminds me of the gunstocks of German wood-carver Konrad Tournier
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Perhaps the maker of this gun was an apprentice of Tornier, or a rival gunsmith trying to copy his work?
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Posted: 22-Jun-2012 at 20:20 |
Originally posted by Nick1986
Perhaps the maker of this gun was an apprentice of Tornier, or a rival gunsmith trying to copy his work?
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I think I saw one piece by Tornier about one hundred and thirty years previous. Now unless I'm wrong on the date then potentially it could be an apprentice somewhere down the line, or even maybe a rival of theirs at that time. Still it would be interesting to find out who it was made by.
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Posted: 23-Jun-2012 at 19:23 |
Sounds about right. Tornier was active in the 1600s, so unless the gunstock was a reworked earlier piece, it was probably made by a gunsmith imitating the masterpieces of the older generation (possibly for the eastern market where the plain French gunstocks had not yet come into fashion) http://www.scribd.com/doc/74612179/On-Rubens-Drawings
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Posted: 24-Jun-2012 at 19:51 |
Modern knife pistol
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Posted: 25-Jun-2012 at 09:51 |
Mallorean Arms BladeGunThe BladeGun is a semi-automatic heavy pistol with a large crescent shaped knife-blade attached in front of the trigger guard and grip. Also called the Samurai handgun, it incorporates styling found on the grips of katanas and Japanese kanji down the side of the slide and blade.
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Posted: 25-Jun-2012 at 19:26 |
Victorian whip pistol
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Posted: 25-Jun-2012 at 20:51 |
Does that really qualify as a blade, Nick?
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Posted: 26-Jun-2012 at 19:11 |
Not too sure as we've got photos of mace and warhammer pistols in this thread. What do you think Alani?
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Posted: 26-Jun-2012 at 20:52 |
Originally posted by Nick1986
Not too sure as we've got photos of mace and warhammer pistols in this thread. What do you think Alani?
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In that case, Nick, it would be a little bit churlish of us to not allow other combination weaponry.
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