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Bill Grandy
Bill Grandy is an instructor of Historical European Swordsmanship and sport fencing at the Virginia Academy of Fencing. He has held a strong passion (obsession?) for swords and swordsmanship for as long as he can remember. He admits that this passion comes from a youth spent playing Dungeons and Dragons, but he'll only admit that if there are no girls around.

Castellan Sword Albion Armorers Clontarf Viking Sword Albion Armorers Doge Sword Albion Armorers Landgraf and Sempach Swords Albion Armorers Meyer Sword Albion Armorers Munich Sword Albion Armorers Sovereign Sword Albion Armorers Squire Line 15th Century Bastard Sword Albion Armorers Talhoffer Sword Albion Armorers AT1433 Type XVIa Warsword Angus Trim Swords AT1563 Lady Restita Angus Trim Swords AT1592 Danish Two-Hander Angus Trim Swords Christian Fletcher AT1593 Angus Trim Swords Christian Fletcher Side Sword Angus Trim Swords Bavarian Rapier Arms & Armor Custom Danish Two-Hander Arms & Armor Custom Stibbert Museum Rapier Arms & Armor Dürer Bastard Sword Arms & Armor English Buckler Arms & Armor Fechtbuch Sword Arms & Armor Fechterspiel Sword Arms & Armor German Bastard Sword: Another look Arms & Armor Henry V Sword Arms & Armor Italian Three Ring Rapier Arms & Armor Javelin Arms & Armor Milanese Rapier Arms & Armor Scholar Sword Arms & Armor Two-Ring Rapier Arms & Armor Warhammer Arms & Armor Antiqued Gustav Rapier and Dagger CAS Iberia/Hanwei Combination Rapier CAS Iberia/Hanwei Federschwert Training Sword CAS Iberia/Hanwei

Practical Side Sword CAS Iberia/Hanwei Trident Main Gauche CAS Iberia/Hanwei Smallsword Cold Steel Teardrop Pappenheimer Sword Darkwood Armory Transitional Flambard Rapier Darkwood Armory DT2155 Rondel Dagger Del Tin Armi Antiche DT2156 Rondel Dagger Del Tin Armi Antiche DT2161 Late 16th Century Sword Del Tin Armi Antiche DT2173 German Left-Hand Dagger Del Tin Armi Antiche DT5173 Schiavona Del Tin Armi Antiche DT5181 Smallsword Del Tin Armi Antiche Bearded Axe Eric McHugh Seax Eric McHugh Boarding Cutlass Jody Samson Fantasy Carolingian Broadsword Jody Samson Regency Broadsword Jody Samson Two-Handed Saber Lutel Antoine Marçal Rondel Dagger Miscellaneous Makers Armour and Castings Gothic Finger Gauntlets Miscellaneous Makers Last Legend Gen 2 12th Century Sword Miscellaneous Makers Last Legend Gen 2 Lucerne Sword Miscellaneous Makers Lewis Moore 14th Century Hourglass Gauntlets Miscellaneous Makers Swordcrafts Aluminum Longsword Wasters Miscellaneous Makers Viking Shield Model II Shield Miscellaneous Makers Bastard Sword Phoenix Metal Creations Pappenheimer Sword Phoenix Metal Creations Flambard Rapier Vladimir Cervenka Type 1 Schiavona Vladimir Cervenka Classic Cinquedea Windlass Steelcrafts Sword of St. Michael Windlass Steelcrafts Type 2 Schiavona Windlass Steelcrafts