We took another look at the Squire Line Great Sword and decided to give it an upgrade - more like its NextGen cousin, The Baron, but simpler in design and finish.


http://www.albion-swords.com/swords/albion/sq...rd-MII.htm
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We are also looking at other potential offerings in the Squire Line in the near future - perhaps a XVa...

Best,

Howy

Oh, that's neat. It looks really, really good.

Looks good!

May I suggest a Hospitaller-esque type XI for the Squire Line?

Umm doesn't the squireline already have a XVa? Not that I would be opposed to one of the agincourt/talhoffer/fiore/ringeck based design mind you (because I like them hehe), but it seems odd to have two XVa before a lot of other sword designs even make a show in the line. Course I assume you guys make your more popular next gen sword designs into squires and if that is the next most popular choice, it does make sense. As for some suggestions...maybe a squire line gladius? It is a general era that isn't there...but not sure how popular your gladius are compared to other swords tho. A X or XI also makes sense. One of the XIV would also be nice. A XVI(a) or XVIII(a) and you have most of the basic eras of interests covered I think unless somebody has any other ideas :) .

Howie, it's nice to see a post from you here.

As for the new XVa, I guess you want a complement to the Talhoffer/Agincourt type. Still, I'd rather see a Squire line XVIII or XVIIIb first.

Let me add my suggestion that requests for additional items and whatnot are perhaps better left for topics not related to the announcement of a new product.

Celebrate the victories, guys. This is about the only way to encourage makers to keep innovating.

Howy (or Peter if you are listening ;) ), can you please give us a bit more info on the changes you did to the mk1?

Thanks. :)

this is a very nice and clean looking sword. very attractive. congrats on the excellent work from the Albion team. I like the looks of it.

Nathan was correct and I am remiss in not saying that is a great looking piece Howie. THough I though the same as P. Cha in thinking that suggestions were welcome as well in this thread. I am also curious as to what changes have been made in the upgrade from the mk1 version.

That looks great - I like it much better than the first version and the price point is quite attractive. It's nice to hear from you here - I feel like the discussions generated by your posts are quite interesting and I enjoy hearing the opinions of a more specific audience.

Looks almost as good as my Duke.