Tores Tuesday – The model 1914 navy Luger.
The Luger pistol can hardly be called rare with millions having been produced during its service life, however there are some pretty rare variations, and here is one.The German navy…
Tores Tuesday – the C96 pistol, commercial version.
Right, I realize that I am going backwards as for chronology here, having already presented the P-16 pistol, but I hope to be forgiven for that, - eventually...In my previous…
Tores Tuesday, the P-16 pistol.
Now, this iconic pistol is best known as the C96 and nicknamed the “red nine”, sometimes just inaccurately referred to as the Mauser Pistol, but rarely mentioned by its designation:…
Tores Tuesday – a cavalry rifle holster
As I mainly post obscure objects in my blog, here is another one, a leather rifle holster intended for attaching the rifle to the saddle. It was made by G&S…
Tores Tuesday. – The property of the king -German royal cyphers on bayonets.
As I am sure you know from Imperial German Historys great blogs, Germany was unified under one Kaiser, but not as such a unified country, there were four kingdoms and…
Gus’ Gear — two lances,
The long and the short of it. Today on Gus' Gear I present two lances, one is German manufacture, exported to Argentina, the other is French manufacture and was exported…
Tores Tuesday. – The leaning bayonet of Albert.
Pardon my pun, I guess people know the story of the leaning lady of Albert? If not, you ought to read about it. However, this “leaning” thing is not a…
Gus’ Gear – fighting, utility and personal knives.
Chip was not ready for his second post on telephones, so today on Gus' Gear I present a few knives used by soldiers of the Great war. There are fighting,…
Tore’s Tuesday – A Kar98A with an unusual history.
Tore’s Tuesday - A Kar98A with an unusual history.I have promised Joe to feature obscure objects, and though the Kar98A is far from unusual and obscure, this specimen is....The Kar98A…
Tore’s Tuesday. The evolution of the S84/98 bayonet.
Tore’s Tuesday. The evolution of the S84/98 bayonet. From a little used bayonet type, to becoming one of the most famous bayonets in the world.Today’s blog will mostly be about…