Posts: 11,553 Location: San Francisco
Thu 02 Sep, 2004 6:24 pm
Steve Fabert wrote: |
I doubt the Towton would qualify as a true Type XVII, since it is not overly stiff near the point. |
Isn't the Towton an Oakeshott Type XVI?
Posts: 209 Location: New Mexico
Thu 02 Sep, 2004 9:55 pm
I find the waviness thing varies greatly from my limited experience. I've had a couple that were very clean and hardly any problem and I had a couple that had more hammer/grind ripples than you'd find waves in the ocean. I wonder if it isn't a matter of some swords being done by more experienced smiths and some not, being in a factory production type manufacture....
The Towton sure enough looks like a nice sword. I find it tempting, certainly...
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