I'm wondering if I am missing something between Albions Peter Johnsson Museum Line Swords and the Next Gen Swords. As I understand it both lines are designed by Peter, and then made in exacting detail by the Albion team. What is it that separates the different lines of swords? They seam to go through the same level of detailed designs and are made in the same way. Is it the original inspiration; museum line are exact replicas and Next Gen are compositions of several originals?

Thanks,

The Museum collection pieces are based upon actual originals, and are more expensive; probably for that reason since they are exacting reproductions.

Please, somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

I asked this question before, and as J. Padgett says, the difference is that the Museum line swords are exact recreations of a particular original sword. The NG's are more general, and may be based or inspired by a number of originals. For example, the Sovereign is mainly based on Oakeshott's Records XIV.8, but it differs from it in a number of ways: the double fuller, the blade length, the grip.

Albion says that there is no difference in the quality between the swords in the Museum and NG lines. The former is more expensive (though not much more than some of the NG's) because of the additional effort to make an exact copy.

(Mike gets in with his answer one minute before me...grrr)