I just thought some might be interrested to see this Czech variation of the Dussack. This repro ' Thussack ' is made by " Templ Weapons " and they seem to have produced several museum replicas like the Austrian Riding Sword. http://www.templ.net/weapons/middleage_and_modern_age.php#B18

Has anyone made a purchase from this company ? Does anyone have any written or pictorial reference for this sword?

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Merv,
We have two Templ reviews on our reviews page. We also have two Templ swords in our collection galleries. :)

His work has also been discussed here on these forums. Here are some of the threads I found using the forum Search function (there are a lot):

http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=907

http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=498

http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=5666

http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=4079

Thanks Chad......Good stuff there at those posts. I still have never seen reference to this type of dussack before, but I guess there are always lots of variations with all sword & dagger types. There would be lots of references in Czechoslovakia ! Its a bit like looking for "Landsknecht" stuff......if you search on Google you get so many, but if have you tried it on "Yahoo-Germany " you usually get a lot more ! Unfortunately I dont speak Czech.
Cheers ! Merv

I did some quick checking using Czech search engines and didn't turn up anything but Templ and this thread actually. ;)

I'd be interested to learn more about these as well.

I may be completely off base here, but I would recommend searching (on Google, as well as here, or SFI) for Baumwehr. It looks to my (very) untrained eye to have characteristics of that type.
Hope this helps.