All of us at Albion wish all of you -- our friends and customers -- the best of all Holiday Seasons and a happy and fruitful new year!

By way of a holiday card, here is something I posted on our website. I wasn't going to post a link to it here (since it isn't product related), but I got several emails urging me to, so here it is:

http://www.albion-swords.com/christmas-story.htm

Again, best wishes to all and thank you for your support and encouragement. It means a lot to us and helps us keep going.

Warmest regards,

Howy (and Amy and all of the staff)

Thank you, Howy .... that was truly a touching tale !

Your Dad was quite the man, a hero in every respect !

Merry Christmas to all of you folks at Albion, Mac

P.S. Tell Harlan I need his mailing address !

Howy...

Thanks for sharing your life and your enduring interest in the mesmerizing beauty and history of swords.

Also thanks for the nostalgia...

I remember that feeling very well. However for me it was a daisy BB gun.

The Spencer's had the same TV and paneling.

Oh and I had a lot of those long sleeve horizontal striped shirts too.

Take care.

ks

Best wishes to you and your whole family, Howy. You too, Mac. That story truly brought back memories. Thank you. My otherwise dull holiday demeanor just got a little brighter. Bless you all, and Merry Christmas.........MCM.

Thanks for sharing that Howy!

Quote:

I wish that I could tell him that he is the real hero of my childhood...

In certain way, I think you just did.

Cheers to your father; a hero many times over and cheers to you for sharing a story that defines what Christmas is all about!

Thanks for sharing your story Howy! Things like this bring out the Christmas season even more. I can tell that 2005 was a very prosperous year for you and your company. Here's to hoping that '06 will bring you equal fortune! :)

Merry Christmas all of you guys! Thanks for making this hobby/obsession so much fun!

Darn! Howy you are making me cry.

Thanks for that.

Gordon

Thanks Howy,

And a Happy Holidays for everyone in New Glarus...
... it was a fun year and there will be more...

What a great story :D

Darn, pass the tissues please ;)

Wow, that really was a great Christmas story. :) Thank you for sharing that with us.

Thank you Howy for sharing that extremely touching and inspirational story with all of us.

All the best and Happy Holidays
to you and yours. :)

Jim Holczer

That was a very touching story, Howy. That Wilkinson represents a lot more than just a sword.

Dear Howy, Amy and all the Staff,


Thank you so much for being who and what you are, making available to us the finest swords that money can buy. Though I as yet to purchase an Albion, I do have a few of your masterpieces in mind, I think I might be in love with the Thegn, handled it again last weekend! I have the utmost respect and regard for all of you at Albion, your 1st class from start to finish!

Happy Holidays to ALL of You!

Bob


Thank you so much for sharing such a heartwarming and personal story, your dad must have been quite a man, God Bless Him.

Howard;

Very nice story and I have to admit that the beginning mentioning all those books and T.V. series or movies we seem to have been exposed ( Contaminated ) to the same virus as I have read and seen most of the same.

T.V. of the 1950 t0 1965 period in my area would show those Errol Flynn films and others later ones like the Charlton Heston films like El Cid or my favourite the War Lord.

Some French historical films on Bertrand Du Guesclin ( So long ago that I barely remember it ) Italian films dubbed in French featuring Cesare Borgia and Catherina Szorsa ( Spelling certainly wrong here ).

Also Mussolini period films about the Roman Punic war against Hannibal and the Roman general Scipio the African.

T,V, programs like Sir Lancelot, Ivanhoe ( A very young Roger Moore ), Robin Hood with Richard Green ( Available now in DVD ), William Tell, The Vikings in French: Thibaud et les Croissades, Thiery La Fronde ( A French Robin hood
" clone " during the 100 years war using a sling as his main weapon. )

Anyway, you got me started on the path of nostalgia: Hope you find this as enjoyable than I found your reminding me of all this good stuff. Gee, you could actually get an education watching T.V. back then or at least enough to get you curious and reading the real history behind some of these shows.

Well, thanks again, and good wishes for the holidays.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!!!!!!!! :D