I have acquired this very neat double barrel pin fired shotgun and I am looking to learn more about it. The only markings are E.Blancke in Naumburg a/s. it is damasscus blued and has beautiful scrolling on it.
I want to post a few pics but don't know how.
E. Blancke is listed in Her Der Neue Stockel pg 111
Blancke E., Naumburg, Sachsen/D, ca 1850. QO
Let see some picture's!
m-4
M-4 thanks for the rely. I don't know what Her Der Neue Stockel is but I am assuming its a book of German gun makers.
I want to post some pictures but can't figure out how. I am new to this site.
M-4 . I looked and it sounds pretty complicated to add pictures. I don't have any pictures on a site to go to. I really want to learn about his gun. Would you be willing to email me and I can send you some pics?
E. Blancke, Naumburg an der Saale (on Saale river),state Sachsen-Anhalt (formerly GDR),gunsmith and retailer, died in 1887. The same year his children advertized the shop for sale.
Are his guns worth anything. This is an incredible beautiful gun, but I don't have any personal use for it . I would rather sell it to someone that will appreciate it more than I can and buy something my young boys can shoot.
do you know of any antique dealers that might want it?
m-4 thanks for getting these few pics up . I hope we can learn something about this gun. Regards
Parallel thread on Shogunworld; thought I'd add here:
Yeah, I have the same issue but with ammo, young jägers really don't care as long as it goes boom. Saying that the pinfire sporting weapons platform was short lived & was somewhat of a stop-gap measure would be a fair statement. Stronger powders & ignition systems made the pinfire platform obsolete in short order. With all that said, yes it is worth something but considering the very narrow time frame when the pinfire was accepted and that there are just a few pinfire collectors, the market is very, very narrow.
A tid bit more of info on E. Blancke of Naumburg an der Saale(Saxony) was that he must have been quite the artisan. Sources give that he was compared to Johann Mahr, a Hungarian immigrant to Naumburg on the River Saale. Johann Mahr arrived on the scene in circa 1820 with a hammer & file along with a desire to be the best. His occupation was that of a Kammfabrikant exporting his wares to the U.S. of A.(Amerika). He began with a small workshop and by the 1860s he had 2 steam engines and 200 mechanics. I don't think E. Blancke had the same support staff, but he is noted as beginning with meager means and then being sought out by Princes for his wares and winning awards at expos in München, Paris & London. The German adage of " Wo Tauben sind, da fliegen Tauben zu" is given to connect the two as well as other intellectuals that were drawn to Numburg an der Saale. Johann Mahr set the bar high and others followed.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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