The Militaria Thread: Collecting and Identification
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Needs a proper clean, it stinks of pledge, I assume it's been sat in a shop for years. But overall it's pretty good and not even been sharpened, it's still got a factory finish to the blade edge
Looks great fixed, Macca! Are you going to weather the current storm or sell your Bren on? There has been lots of panic buying and selling.
A new cutlass for me (bit of a mystery so far):
And a project piece (an 1853 Enfield rifled musket, this one from the Royal Nepalese Armoury):
LOTS of hard work later:
There's still lots to do but I'm going to leave it as-is for a while as it's all new ground for me, such as re-seating the barrel in the stock, fixing splits in the wood, rebuilding lost sections of stock, and so on.
A new cutlass for me (bit of a mystery so far):
And a project piece (an 1853 Enfield rifled musket, this one from the Royal Nepalese Armoury):
LOTS of hard work later:
There's still lots to do but I'm going to leave it as-is for a while as it's all new ground for me, such as re-seating the barrel in the stock, fixing splits in the wood, rebuilding lost sections of stock, and so on.
Awesome work. I have no real patience for that sort of thing. I just make sure they aren't getting any worse and store them.
Me I'm not panicking.
I might get a free FAC if they want all antiques on FAC which is a bonus.
Did you see crimestoppers last night? Usual clap trap about gangsters running around with flint locks in the Midlands
Me I'm not panicking.
I might get a free FAC if they want all antiques on FAC which is a bonus.
Did you see crimestoppers last night? Usual clap trap about gangsters running around with flint locks in the Midlands
I wonder if anyone has actually been shot with an antique, I'm guessing not, they'll come back with intimidation during a robbery no doubt but surely a toy or a £30 ornamental gun would be a crims choice over a £1000 pin fire which would look comical to any hold up victim and be a danger to anyone who made bullets to fire from it.
A gas pipe with some fireworks and fishing weights shoved in it with a touch hole would be a better weapon than any antique imho.
A gas pipe with some fireworks and fishing weights shoved in it with a touch hole would be a better weapon than any antique imho.
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Don't underestimate any firearm. Just because they are old doesn't mean they fire a little unfolding BANG flag
Take this 7mm pinfire which can be owned as an antique
http://www.worldwidearms.com/g517-an-antique-belgian-7mm-pocket-pin-fire-revolver-circa-1880/p781#
Luckily the pinfire brass is next to impossible to find.
I wouldn't want to be standing on front of that.
Take this 7mm pinfire which can be owned as an antique
http://www.worldwidearms.com/g517-an-antique-belgian-7mm-pocket-pin-fire-revolver-circa-1880/p781#
Luckily the pinfire brass is next to impossible to find.
I wouldn't want to be standing on front of that.
I think it'll work out okay in the end and the value of your collection will go up, hopefully.
Mine is long past its shooting days, if it even saw any in the first place.
Nice.
I've got a couple of chronographs from Migs. A lovely Jaeger 8 day chronograph and a Molnija 2 day one I removed from the Mig29 myself which was cool as hell. Both need servicing once we've moved house, but one will become my desk clock.Mmmm... radium... Nicely radioactive .
Nice.
Mmmm... radium... Nicely radioactive .
ooh Mig29 clock, one of my favourite planes, very nice
close, my Dad was once the proud owner of many flintlock and percussion muskets and rifles, particularly a long land pattern Enfield musket which he would often demonstrate to the family or any guest by filling the pan with a dab of black powder and firing the flint.
One day he did this unaware there was a centuries old musketball , wadding and powder in the gun, there was an unusual bang (more of a THUMP) and we all ran into the living room to find it full of smoke , he blown a neat hole through an antique bedpan hanging on the wall and punched through the wall behind right through to the cavity.
Mum went berserk.
He had some amazing stuff, short and long landpattern Brown Bess, a Baker rifle, Whitworth rifle , a Brunswick, the Whitworth and Brunswick were fascinating as they had early rifiling designs,
All got sold on as he realised his "hobby" was getting too expensive and obsessive , he still has a Martini Henry and a Colt Dragoon but the collection is a fraction of what it used to be
He had some amazing stuff, short and long landpattern Brown Bess, a Baker rifle, Whitworth rifle , a Brunswick, the Whitworth and Brunswick were fascinating as they had early rifiling designs,
All got sold on as he realised his "hobby" was getting too expensive and obsessive , he still has a Martini Henry and a Colt Dragoon but the collection is a fraction of what it used to be
Ha, I'd have kept what your dad kept too though tbh I doubt I'd have sold the Bess or Baker either unless bank or bird made me lol.
A new arrival, this time it's a mysterious cutlass:
This seems to be an 1860 Italian heavy cavalry hilt married to a blade that I cannot identify. It's a short sword but it's a beast and I can quite imagine clambering over to the enemy's deck and knocking out some teeth.
This seems to be an 1860 Italian heavy cavalry hilt married to a blade that I cannot identify. It's a short sword but it's a beast and I can quite imagine clambering over to the enemy's deck and knocking out some teeth.
Today is the day folks if you want any current special deacs. Athe midnight all retailers are stopping selling till they firm up the regs.
World wide arms have stopped all online sales already
D&B militaria are still selling
Cold war collectibles are selling at cost (allegedly)
World wide arms have stopped all online sales already
D&B militaria are still selling
Cold war collectibles are selling at cost (allegedly)
I've bought something I can't tell the wife lol
Man of Honour
Eventually found a bayonet for my Swiss Rubin
There's a few that fit that fit and this is the later one with the modification as the original wouldn't stay in the scabbard
Not bad for 125 odd years old
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Are these very expensive?
