The new Hermann Historica catalogue is out! :cool:
They have some awesome stuff for sale, but in most cases too expensive for average people.
Among the new blades there's an incredible sword from the Castillion battlefield, Talhoffer would be envious :eek:
The blade spots the running wolf mark, so it's mostlikely from Passau, the hilt is english though.

http://www.hermann-historica.de/auktion/hhm50...b=A-50.txt

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Love them big toothpics :D

Yea, it's looks like fine antiques are forever out of my budget.


That sure is a beauty :cool:

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15/16 c. maille with bullet or crossbow hole? That's the stuff I like!

They also have some nice, simple axes, one I like in particular from South-Eastern Europe.

One of their really cool items is this double-halberd.

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Very nice all around, and generally out of my price range, of course.

I just love that hilt!
No more finger-chopping :p
I'm developing a strong interest in complex-hilts of all kinds and this is one style I've never seen before. Looks like an XVIII blade, a bit like the one in Munich.
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They have some beautiful Shiavonas as well, which are pretty cheap in comparison to that particular sword :!:

I don't read German but some of the stuff that they have at the end of the categories must be modern reproductions and seems to be marked as such. Some of it especially some of the daggers seem very nice, I wonder who is making them.

Funny thing is, these auctions have lots of stuff "in the style of" for great prices. Some of it looks pretty convincing.

I've sometimes had the feeling that some of the most modern "in the style of" pieces are deliberately faked composites of various makers. Has anybody coined the term "Frankenswords" yet?

I've been tempted to buy many pieces that are "in the style of" antiques from these auction houses. My concern, however, is that after all the fees (auction fees, bid price, insurance, and shipping) that I'd be unhappy with the product. Specifically, many of these items have no heat-treat on the blades, have ill-proportioned components, or are loose and badly assembled. This certainly isn't true for all of them, but I've been unable to get myself to take the risk. I sure do wish somebody else would, though :)