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hey Guys...

I NEED HEEELLP.......

i would like to find a well made saber, any kind, as long as it has a curve (to use for cutting)........and id like to explore some options can anyone recomend a disent saber maker???

Landon

I edited your title because it was annoying with all the uppercase letters and excessive puncuation. I also moved this to the Historical Arms Talk forum because it fits with that forum's description: "Discussions of reproduction and authentic historical arms and armour from various cultures and time periods"

Hey, Landon! Although I have no personal experience with these folks...:

http://www.militaryheritage.com/swords.htm

...they seem to be favored by some of our myArmoury colleagues. I've always admired the 1796 models, but just about everything they offer is very attractive.

Hi Landon,

Welcome aboard.

If you can narrow down the search a bit, we can better direct you. What type of sabers are you looking for? How much money are you prepared to spend?

I'll list a couple of sites here that may or may not be useful to you. There are several companies that are still in business from the past centuries.

http://www.chevalierdauvergne.com/
There's a little Brit ish flag there that will take you to the page in English.

Good looking stuff and the price seems right. The site is searchable (ie; plug in the model year). The site map can prove useful as well.

The Ames Sword folk have not updated their site in some time but there are layers of pages there. Don't be fooled by sidebar titles, look around.
http://www.amessword.com

Other traditional military makers are Wilkinson in England and WKC in Germany. If you can tell us what you are looking for and your budget, we can better direct you.

Cheers
GC

You might want to try Old Dominion Forge. I've heard good things about their sabers from other formites. I have never handled any of their wares, but they look wonderful. http://www.olddominionforge.com/

OR, you could purchase an original from a place like Michael D. Long in the UK. http://www.michaeldlong.com/ The prices and quality vary significantly, but I think that you can find a nice piece for about the same price as a modern reproduction. I don't know what your intentions are, but there are many many original sabres and like I said they are relatively close in price to the repos, so I think it makes sense to buy an original. Then you don't have to worry about historical accuracy. It is a dream of mine to get a period original and use it to learn with Alfred Hutton's treatise on the sabre "Cold Steel". The treatise is available at http://www.thehaca.com/pdf/ColdSteel.pdf

Ben
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