Some lovely swords here!

Last ones I aquired are these from Vladimir Cervenka, ....And I like them!!..............Lovely steel and a joy in hand.

Viking age type 'S'

Anglo-saxon, (sort of a loose 'copy' of sword found at Gilling -West. Pommel is plain, as I wanted to dress it up a bit myself. It's a bit of a one-off)

And his rather elegant "Italian" sword, which looks like a castillon find to some degree.

Sorry pics are in wrong order....

All best,

Richard.

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For grins I'll let folks guess what these are from these rather poor photos for now and perhaps in a few days I'll get some cooperation from the weather for better photos.

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Items A.

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Items B.

Let me try.... Item A seems like "EMBLETON" Hand-and-a-Half from Pavel Moc ... Nice blade! Congrats ;)

I know what they are, but will keep quiet to let others play the game. :)

Seems like Arma Bohemia had a longsword like that on their site for awhile...

My new baby:
"Épée de société or de cérémonie des officiers supérieurs et généraux de toutes armes" timeframe : consulat/empire.

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I can finally join this thread! But I fully expect that the topic means last as in most recent, not final, as I fully intend to make a habit of acquiring swords!

That said, I'm now (actually, I have been for about a week now) the proud owner of a Gaddhjalt, courtesy of those good folks over at Albion. Tell ya what, too: I wanna live in Mike's world, because I'd win a lot more eBay auctions if I did. I called on 18 March to order and he quoted me 16 weeks in the queue, which was running "a little ahead of schedule". It was waiting for me when I got home from work on 17 April. The only problem? Now I want to buy something else!

Here's a picture. It's not very good, but sadly it's the best of the lot that I have so far. I lack photo-snapping panache to begin with, to say nothing of that fancy flash-diffusing equipment the pros have! But hey, it's the thought that counts, right? I'll try to get some nice outdoor-lighting pics tomorrow if it doesn't rain on me.

Short sword from the Trabzon region on the Black Sea, 16 inch blade 21 1/2 inches overall, C1910.

My last sword purchase was a few months ago; an AT1313 longsword I bought off the Marketplace. I love Arma Bohemia's items; been drooling over some of their pieces lately.

My newest toy:

Customized Albion Baron,

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The grip and scabbard are a very dark blue color (with the grip darker than the scabbard). I commissioned it through Christian Fletcher, whose time estimate was spot-on. In fact, the amusing thing was that I ordered it 6 months in advance of an event that I was hoping to have it for (though no big deal if it didn't arrive in time; it was just a hope), and it managed to arrive the day before. Not only that, but I had it shipped to my office, and because it was the Friday right before the holiday weekend, they were closing the offices at 3:30... and the sword arrived at 3:28.

I was doing one of these sorts of things: http://www.xkcd.com/281/ :)

Here are my latest swords, a British loop hilt spadroon and a (probably) Austrian short sabre. Both 18th cen.

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Currently waiting for my Darksword Armory Squire to arrive in the mail. :)

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For grins I'll let folks guess what these are from these rather poor photos for now and perhaps in a few days I'll get some cooperation from the weather for better photos.

My guess is that the rapier and dagger set are from Lutel.

The Kingdom of Heaven Reynald sword was my last purchase.

It's a really attractive sword and I loved the scabbard and belt that came with it!

Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of it to put here. :(

That is a great looking sword Ed. I just love those late 13th century great swords and Christian does awesome work as well. The scabbard and suspension is his work as well? I would also be interested in seeing what you wore this sword with.

Scott