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ID this Flint Lock?

nhp1127nhp1127 Member Posts: 16 ✭✭
edited April 2011 in Ask the Experts
This flintlock was also purchased in Denmark in 1955...

Inlaid with bone or Ivory....

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  • nhp1127nhp1127 Member Posts: 16 ✭✭
    edited November -1
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  • nhp1127nhp1127 Member Posts: 16 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    last pic... any info would be appeciated...

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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You have some interesting finds . This one looks Indonesian . No front sight . maybe again Navy pirate pistol[?]
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  • nhp1127nhp1127 Member Posts: 16 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    My mother bought all three of these back in 1955 while visiting her family in Denmark. Antiques were cheap back then. She almost bought a complete suit of armour for $1,500.00... too bad she didn't but that was alot of money back in 1955.

    As far as this pistol, she was also told it was probably a pirate's pistol. It actually has three notches on the barrel. Makes you wonder...
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  • rhmc24rhmc24 Member Posts: 1,984 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A 'hobby piece' cobbled up in modern times. The lock is the remains of an early 1700s, probably English, flinter. Note the perfect circles on the decor, probably done on a drill press. Not an attempt to defraud, just someone's fanciful project.
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,892 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Pirate gun? Not likely.

    "Craftsmen" in the Hindu Kush have been decorating guns assembled from parts for sale to tourists for hundreds of years. Strictly a wall hanger.

    Neal
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