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    Here's a Beauty! Need help identifying...

    Hello and thanks for your replies. The only problem I have with the "Damascus Fine" suggestion, why would someone not just stamp it in, instead of going to the trouble of inlaying it with gold? Like writing "Red Car" on a red Porche, it seems a little obvious. I've had another appraiser suggest...
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    Here's a Beauty! Need help identifying...

    Thank you Rackwitz G and Colonial Boy! I am grateful for your input. Curiouser and curiouser. I've had one fellow checking out the crest, he's found one very similar that is of Hungarian origin, but it's much older, 15th century. Hope to unravel this origin mystery. Regards, Marc
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    Here's a Beauty! Need help identifying...

    Hello colmoultrie, Thank you for your help. I'm not skeptical about it being original, the seller is reputable! He took pity on my ignorance, luckily. However, if it were to prove otherwise, I know where he lives, and I'll let you know how accurate it was. I was able to get 2 more decent...
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    Here's a Beauty! Need help identifying...

    Hello Tac, Here's a close up of the lock, my camera ain't the best. The inlay is about as good as I can get with this camera. I appreciate the additional comments from Colonial boy and John Nichols. If I may display my ignorance, what characteristics lead you to believe it was made after 1800...
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    Here's a Beauty! Need help identifying...

    Well, thanks for all the replies! To answer your questions, yes, the price was excellent, the owner bought it at an auction, but sold it through a broker, who contacted me, but had little information, other than a rough translation of the attribution, which implies "A Lady, Unencumbered". He...
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    Here's a Beauty! Need help identifying...

    Hi All, I've recently acquired this flintlock from a private collector, and request some help in identifying it. There is an attribution written on it, otherwise there are no identifying marks. I'm interested in knowing who made, where it is from, when it was made. It looks like something that...
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    3 barrel Japanese matchlocks

    A very reputable dealer, also. I've made several purchases from him, no complaints. Marc
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    Japanese Matchlock

    Hello, I'm Marc, and am new to this forum. I have acquired a matchlock, signed by the smith INOUE KANZAEMON SAKU TOSHITSUGU. I would appreciate any help you could provide about this gunsmith, as I have nothing to go on. I am interested in where he was from, and what time period he worked in. The...
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