An MRL "Weekly Special" item ($160). It's not my bag, but is a nice-looking piece that can at least be compared in detail to the orginal, documented here ( http://www.myArmoury.com/feature_alexandria.html ) by Bjørn Hellqvist. The inappropriate diamond section of the lower blade could be tamed with some filing.

http://www.museumreplicas.com/webstore/eCat/S...0Ring.aspx

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I wonder why they left out the specs for this sword over at MRL?

They wimped out on the ricasso and the grooves on each side of it.

OK for $160.00 I guess, but they really should have made it a XIX blade.

Yes, the flattened diamond rules at Windlass, I'm afraid. But I reduced the diamond of a Windlass basket hilt blade to a lozenge shape without too much difficulty (hand file only). Reducing this one to something more like a Type XIX section would be a bit more challenging, but not too daunting. The result wouldn't be remotely comparable to a fine, well-researched reproduction, but it'd give the owner something better than a $160 sword. Some folks pay much more for much less historically plausible designs. Looks like a fun project :D

Just so there's no misunderstanding--I have no idea if this is a decent piece even by MRL standards. Might fall apart or be 20" too short or weigh15 lbs or be made of old beer cans or have a tang literally made from a rat's tail. Caveat Emptor, is what I'm saying. :lol:

Sorry about that, Grey. :D This site is sort of the opposite of AA--we support each other in our addiction!
Anyway, if I jump into the pool again any time soon it'll be for MRL's estoc. I have plans....

:evil: JUST SAY NO TO ARMS & ARMOUR :evil:

Evil, that's the word for it, Roger, evil! I still have to buy a car in the near future, too (the U.S. Army, at least in Europe, has the advantage that being a pedestrian isn't too bad). If you suggest things like that I'll be forced to go and take out a loan that I REALLY can't afford. :D

-Grey

Greyson;

Now the willpower to not buy a sword because one is saving for a much more expensive sword is just THE sensible way to overspend and a good excuse to not buy the cheaper, in both senses of the word, sword. ;) :lol:

Well the mortgage is important too because you need the place to keep the swords. :p

( Glad I gave you a laugh, hope this is another one. :D )

Is this is an older model sword of theirs? Something they found a half dozen or so of in the back room, perhaps? :?:

Actually, that blade looks just like the one on the 15th C Longsword. Not too bad. Pretty stiff, as far as MRL blades go.

Cheers,

Chris

I did wonder if this sudden clearance of a sword I don't recall seeing had something to do with the sudden clearence of old DT blades at Atlanta Cutlery (MRL's owner). Did I hear somewhere that after MRL and DT parted ways, Windlass took up some of the old DT designs? Maybe this piece is from that era. I wish I had time to look through my old catalogs....

MRL did indeed issue many Windlass versions of DT swords they had carried. In some cases the catalogue still showed pics of the DT version with DT's maker mark, though the copy said it was a Windlass sword.