Source: @royalarmouriesmuseum on that ByteDance-owned site

Edit 2: OK it’s not this guy but I’ll leave it as it was; original edit below:

credit to Jonathan:

Jonathan Steven Ferguson is a British firearm historian and author who is currently the Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, England.

Thanks @ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone :)

  • ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    16·
    8 days ago

    This is Jonathan Ferguson the keeper of firearms and artilleries at the Royal Armouries museum

    edit: This isn’t him on the video btw

    • LordAmplifier@pawb.socialEnglish
      1·
      8 days ago

      That sounds like such a cool job. When I was younger, I used to binge-watch so many videos on Forgotten Weapons, even the really obscure ones like the lecture about firearm markings from 1880 to 1945. Then I lost my interest in the subject because I had other things to do, but if I had had the time and opportunities to keep following it, this would’ve been my dream job. Getting paid to nerd out about your favourite niche hobby. There’s probably also a lot of boring stuff he needs to do, paperwork and such, but that’d be worth it.