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I enlarged your photo. It looks like possibly the tip of the tail of the upper arm, where the cock meets the mainspring, may have...

Rudyard: Thanks for the photo. The lock in your photo above does not look like it has a broken mainspring (?) Also, note in the...

Hi Rudyard OK. That's one of the most common miquelet locks in the Region. Generally referred to as a Balkan lock. They were used on...

OK. Let me see what I can find.

Rudyard: Is your broken mainspring similar to this ?

Dear Rick Yes its for a Greek/Albanian sort 3&1/4"long the sort that had faint engraving but I do'nt need the engravings . They seem...

Verdigris, or copper acetate is used for the colouring agent, this chemical is made by exposing copper to acid fumes, the green is then...

Cześć i witaj Vova! I believe this a pretty early Ottoman Miquelet, due to the trigger/triggerguard and how the lock is not of the later...

Rudyard: Are you needing a mainspring for one of your locks ?

Hello Vova. Welcome to the Forum. A very nice - and earlier (IMHO) -Ottoman/Turkish musket. From the photo of the muzzle it appears...

Well that makes sense. green gardens being esteemed in a dry land , Quite how they got the green to soak in puzzles' me .Do you know...

Green dyed bone, wood, & antler was common on weapons. In Islam, the color green is often associated with weapons and is considered a...

Dear TobJohn. I don't think its jade might be but hard to work stuff nice in a garish way all the same .Him & me both need a...

Hello masters of Ottoman craft. Would you be so kind and help me out with a closer description of a rifle at pictures bellow please? I...

Ide say its Turkish in influence missing its main spring quite distinctive' bold' you might say but they all varied and nothing...