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B. Fulton
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 Posted: Tue 13 May, 2008 10:07 am Post subject: Daggers- ballock, rondel, eared, etc as requested |
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Starting to post pics from my trip. As requested, daggers of all shapes and sizes. Many are not "tagged" yet with the info but we took shots of the infocards whenever possible and will be updating as we can. If you need info on a particular one, just let me know and i'll see what i can find.
Cinquedeas from the Musee de l' Armee in Paris. Unless otherwise stated, these are all from there.
Got ballocks? 
Eared daggers, as requested. Odd design...makes you wonder what they were thinking.
Sorry those ones are a bit fuzzy, between the glass and autofocus it was a hard shot to get.
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B. Fulton
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| Posted: Tue 13 May, 2008 10:13 am Post subject: |
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Some more general overview shots.
Ballocks and Rondel daggers from RA Leeds. Lighting and glass in Leeds were incredibly bad for photography, my apologies for the shot quality.
Two more ballocks daggers from there.
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Russ Ellis
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Thanks! I especially appreciate the shot of the Cinqueda with the scabbard! The sheer variety of just the stuff we still have is amazing...
TRITONWORKS Custom Scabbards
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D. Austin
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Location: Melbourne, Australia Joined: 20 Sep 2007
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Great stuff!
It's good to see pics of daggers I haven't seen before. There are some very interesting pieces there. Thanks for the eared dagger photos. Much appreciated.
Darren.
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Hugh Fuller
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Love them cinquedeas! And, like Triton, I am especially taken by the one with its scabbard.! 
Hugh
Still trying to walk in the Light
Please see 1 John 1:5
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Hugo Voisine
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Thanks for the pictures mister Fulton. Those cinquedeas are gorgeous ! 
« Que dites-vous ?... C'est inutile ?... Je le sais !
Mais on ne se bat pas dans l'espoir du succès !
Oh ! non, c'est bien plus beau lorsque c'est inutile ! »
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B. Fulton
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I always thought the grip on the cinqs were too short for the size of the blade. Either they had an odd way of gripping them, or a tiny hand.
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Jean Thibodeau
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| B. Fulton wrote: | | I always thought the grip on the cinqs were too short for the size of the blade. Either they had an odd way of gripping them, or a tiny hand. |
Maybe the pommel siting in the palm of the hand ?
Also all those cinquedeas look very similar in the first pic: Same maker or was there some sort of standard aesthetics for these ?
The tang looks thin and weak but this may only be because the blade is so wide in contrast ?
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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B. Fulton
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| Posted: Wed 14 May, 2008 10:23 am Post subject: |
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Most cinqs I've seen appear very similar, not sure if these were all made by the same people.
Looking closer, I think if the wider part of the grip went between the index and middle fingers, the grip would "work". It just looks odd.
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Corey D. Sullivan
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Nice! That'll give some collectors here ideas for some custom knives.
Thanks again for going to all this trouble!
"He had scantly finyshed his saienge but the one armye espyed the other lord how hastely the souldioures buckled their healmes how quikly the archers bent ther bowes and frushed their feathers how redely the byllmen shoke their bylles and proved their staves redy to appioche and loyne when the terrible trotnpet should sound the blast to victorie or deathe."
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Christopher Gregg
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| Posted: Wed 14 May, 2008 11:19 am Post subject: Daggers: Cinquedea, ballock, eared, etc. |
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Oh, drool! What a display of fine cinquedeas, ballocks and ear daggers! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Christopher Gregg
'S Rioghal Mo Dhream!
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Jack W. Englund
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| Posted: Wed 14 May, 2008 4:48 pm Post subject: Re: Daggers: Cinquedea, ballock, eared, etc. |
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| Christopher Gregg wrote: | | Oh, drool! What a display of fine cinquedeas, ballocks and ear daggers! Thank you, thank you, thank you! |
DITTO !!!!!!!!!!!
Jack Englund
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B. Fulton
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Extra cinquedea shot I found hiding amongst a bunch of sword shots.
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Hugh Fuller
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Look at all of those gorgeous fullers! I am now on full-blown lust.
Damned typos! That's what happens when lust runs wild.
Hugh
Still trying to walk in the Light
Please see 1 John 1:5
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