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Jared Smith
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 Posted: Sat 04 Mar, 2006 7:34 am Post subject: Nostro swords? |
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I was searching for hilt wrapping details and came across a site for Nostro swords. They have a great introductory photo illustration of the traditional making of a sword. It may take a minute or two to load since it is one large page.
http://nostro-swords.co.za/construc.htm
I did not recall seeing this brand in the reviews. Does anyone on the forum have any experience with them?
Absence of evidence is not necessarily evidence of absence!
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Bill Grandy
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I believe the smith in question is named Nostro Titus, and he used to post a long time ago on SFI sharing some of his work. I recall it looking really good, though I haven't seen him post in a long time.
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Russ Ellis
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| Bill Grandy wrote: | | I believe the smith in question is named Nostro Titus, and he used to post a long time ago on SFI sharing some of his work. I recall it looking really good, though I haven't seen him post in a long time. |
Ditto that. He did in fact used to post over there years ago. He was in South Africa if I remember correctly. His stuff did look very nice. As Bill notes there hasn't been even a whisper of those guys in some time now. Maybe you can change that. 
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Scott Byler
Location: New Mexico Joined: 20 Aug 2003
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Nostro Titus still posts on SFI now and then. Last one was a month or so back, sharing some tsuba work. I know nothing personally about his work but it does look nice...
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W. Schütz
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Im probably ordering a sword from Nostro in a bit so i hope ill be the first to write a good review of his work.
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quod claret Suecia
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