Nathan!

Thank you so much for posting this!
I am waiting for phtots directly from the museum, but this is the best I´ve seen so far.

Not really what I expected, actually.
I may have to rethink some aspects.
Hmm.

Thanks again!

For some reason the link to the article doesn't work on my Mac ? (URL not found on this server error message !) And when I go to the Albion site I can't find the new article.

Maybe I am not looking at the right place, but it doesn't seem to be in the list of articles. Since I check out the Albion site almost daily I should have no difficulty finding it.

From the comments, so far, it sounds interesting.

This thread was started on October 26th 2003, so the url is probably outdated.

The articles are available from the Albion site.
Here are links:

http://albion-swords.com/swords-recreated.htm

http://albion-swords.com/swords-components.htm

http://albion-swords.com/swords-functional.htm

To reach them on the site, click the notes in the head picture topmost on the page.
If you have not read these before, do so when you have time, as they cover many aspects that are often discussed on this forum.

Peter, thanks for taking the time to direct me to the right place on the Albion site.

OOOOPS ! I see were I got confused: I didn"t notice the date of the first post at the top was in 2003 ! So I have read these before and I was trying to find a "NEW" article that doesn't exist ......... LOL.

Just to show that these articles are so good I got all excited looking forward to a new one!

I do notice that there are another 4 or 5 articles "grayed out" on the Albion site that have been promised for quite a while and I was hoping it was one of them. "Hint Hint to Albion ......... should be good read when they become available.

Glossary of Sword Terms isn't working.

As for the article, very good, nice pics. But, I would swear I read almost all of it before. Even though the article just came out. :?:

The Glossary of Sword terms link does not work on the main page, but it does work on the other pages. If, for example, you go to the First Gen page (it might be on other pages as well, but I know it is there), there is a link for the glossary at the bottom. That one works just fine. If I remember correctly, the one on the main page is missing a "/swords" from the middle of the URL, or something along those lines.

As to your other comment, if you are refering to the steel article, I suppose most of that information is available elsewhere, and there is another page at Albion (it might actually be the glossary) that has a definition of high-alloy steel, at least. So, yes, you might have seen some of it elsewhere, but personally, I like having it there with the other articles. If you mean the article "Recreations not Originals," that is because you probably have read it before. This is an old post form 2003 that got dredge back up. Sorry if I/we inspired confusion.

-Grey

Thanks Greyson. I was able to check out sword terms. Read that before too ;) And to quote Homer Simpson, "D'oh!!" Posted: October 26th 2003, 2:42 am No wonder I have read it before. I will now send myself to my room. It's not punishment, that's where all the swords are :D

Here are that link for sword terms. :)
http://albion-swords.com/swords/sword-terms.htm