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Here are a few "slab" blades. No Fuller. Quite common on many. Outside two are early 18th century, inner two 19th century. German hunting sword is called a Hirschfänger. Anyone else interested in die Hirschfänger? William

Beautiful Area! Thanks for sharing.

Use a nail set that had a dished tip. Concave tip is another name for it. A pointed tip may (will) slide off the head and create another hole next to the pin... Hope this helps. William

And What the catalog offered in 2009 William

Most androids do not come with a pdf viewer installed by default. You will have to find a "pdf viewer" on the "play" store to install and then try the link again. Hope this helps!

All - This last outage occurred when their hosting provider determined spam e-mail was originating from the website and identified a trojan within the file structure. The hosting provider shut the whole site down until it could be removed. Dr. Jones (the owner) is looking into different...

For smooth bore,, If the bore size is accurate (you never know...) It is just simple math. [bore size] - 2 x [patch thickness] = [ball size]. So... .750 - 2(0.020) = 0.71 ball size. This is all approximate as barrel wear & differences in patch material occur. Most likely, find some balls between...

Received this for Christmas.... works great! This is what the cartoons think a blunderbuss looks like! Now if I can just get the load right to stop blowing up toilets.... William Just having some fun!

This has the info you are looking for: https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/review-veteran-arms-handgonne.154245/ William

Well... thanks for the thanks... however... I did not do anything that caused this to work again. I will keep trying to help get the software for the site updates and archived.

Get one of these... https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/“the-killer-of-wolves”-folding-stock-flintlock-blunderbuss.145666/ More images: https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=75923.msg753865#msg753865 That oval barrel is intimidating! And... it conceals well under your...

They are running on a very outdated version of software. I have email and tried to assist in updating and archiving... alas... hope not permanently down. This has occurred before. I also submitted the site to the "wayback" machine for permanently archiving. Not sure if it was ever included.

I know you are correct. The cock is also missing the top jaw. I retract my previous statement. Teach me to not just glance.... :rolleyes:

Looks more like a tinder or fungus matchlock with a manual pan cover. Neat. Thanks for sharing!

Willkommen! Von welchen Rätseln sprichst du? William

Beautiful! Enjoy it and keep smiling. I would also agree with a possible restock. Love that barrel. You are really looking at the "biz nez" end! Have you determined a caliber? William

Here is a great writeup... https://americansocietyofarmscollectors.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Flintlock-cannon-ignitors-SALZER-AND-SEARS-vol-123.pdf Have fun! William

Just get a cannon to mount them on.

Greeting from near Salem Oregon! Albany also has a range to play at. William

If you harden & temper it, it will be more responsive and not lose its shape over time. Annealed steel is soft. Sounds like you got this figured out! William