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Michael Sigman
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 Posted: Wed 14 Jan, 2004 11:40 am Post subject: Jody Samson |
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Hey Guys~
I just wanted to let you all know that Jody has finished 6 new pieces and they are up on the news section of his site. Here is one of them for you to take a look at. You can take a look at all of them at www.jodysamson.com
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Mike Sigman
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Scott Byler
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yessir.... I posted a bit about this over on SFI's fantasy sword forum the other day. Some really nice stuff from Jody. The only thing wrong with any of it is that I don't have the money to buy anything, and probably never will. Otherwise several of the pieces available would already be mine...
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Joe Fults
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The Senatorial Spatha is very nifty.
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
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Nathan Robinson
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Jonathon Janusz
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| Posted: Wed 14 Jan, 2004 5:01 pm Post subject: Senatorial Spatha |
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I'm liking the spatha, too. Could somebody translate the runes [if they mean anything real at all] or would that be giving up something from the film production company?
Jon
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Patrick Kelly
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I'm with Nathan on this one. That's a beautiful sword, one of my favorites from Jody thus far.
If I weren't already stretched pretty thin it would be mine.
"In valor there is hope.".................. Tacitus
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Robert Zamoida
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I've been holding out for one of the new Seaward Swords, but I don't know, that Elven Leafblade is really making it difficult  !
Rob Zamoida
"When your life is on the line, you want to make use of all your tools. No warrior should be willing to die with his swords at his sides, without having made use of his tools."
-Miyamoto Mushashi, Gorin no Sho
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David Lannon
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I love that elven leafie, and the senatorial spatha.....btw whats the latin inscription mean?
Good, Bad, I'm the guy with the gun!!!!
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Howard Waddell
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"Nothing is high and awful save the sword..."
A quote from the beginning of Richard Francis Burton's Book of the Sword and attributed to Lod. della Vernaccia, A.D. 1200.
Best,
Howy
Albion
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Patrick Kelly
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That's a great looking Gladius Howy. I really like it.
"In valor there is hope.".................. Tacitus
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Jim Lindsey
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It would be an understatement to say that I'm drooling over both these pieces, the leaf blade at the start of the thread and the gladius shown in Howy's post ... oh, winning lottery ticket, hurry up and get into my hands! Absolutely fabulous work in these photos. 
"And so it shall be that in the days of peace, one sword shall keep another in its scabbard."
Have a great day ! Best Regards,
Jim
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Fredrik Hörnell
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Patrick Kelly
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Spatha or Gladius?
Fredrik,
Given the a-historical nature of the blade I don't think we can really clasify it as either one, really. At best I think we can say that it's an awfully neat sword inspired by the roman era.
"In valor there is hope.".................. Tacitus
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Fredrik Hörnell
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| Patrick Kelly wrote: | Spatha or Gladius?
Fredrik,
Given the a-historical nature of the blade I don't think we can really clasify it as either one, really. At best I think we can say that it's an awfully neat sword inspired by the roman era. |
Yes is shure is.
I´m sorry if it sounded like i tried to correct more knowable swordlovers than i..
I really did´nt mean it that way - trust me.
Of course the piece in question is not strictly a historical piece, but more "inspired by.."
I just called it what the folks at Albion called it.
Let´s just write it of to my manhandling of the English language and agree that the sword in question has lines pleasing to the aye and great proportions?
Regards Fredrik.
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Jason Dingledine
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We're mostly calling it a spatha due to the blade length being well over 24" long. I don't recall the exact blade length, but think it might be somewhere around 27-28", but don't quote me on that.
Jason Dingledine
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Patrick Kelly
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No offense taken Fredrik. Just throwing out another bit of conversation.
Albion can call it whatever they want. Regardless of the name, it's a nice piece of work.
"In valor there is hope.".................. Tacitus
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Michael Sigman
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| Posted: Fri 13 Feb, 2004 10:42 am Post subject: |
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Another 7 added to the news section of the site
http://jodysamson.com/news.htm
Here is one example. 
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Mike Sigman
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Lee O'Hagan
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With geting married this year checking out the stuff on Jody's site and Albion in general,
Tangible pain, 
But next year,
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Timothy Gulics
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*drool*... I love the leafblades. Heck, I love all of them! Truly a master at work...
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Carl Croushore
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I'm personally drooling over the Broadsword further down that list. Alas, I lack the cash as well.
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This is a standard topic
