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Well, it's expensive because it's a very labor intensive, hand crafted piece. |
...and since in smallswords the whole thing is to be within a pound the craftsmanship does not have much leeway.
On a knightly sowrd the thing may be a bit longer, a bit widers, be quite a bit heavier, with even a variation in pob being acceptabe as it all is sort of corrrect anyway.
No way this is accepable on a smallsword. You either have one that works or you do not. Dimensions, weight and pob simply ffer no room for anyhing but good work = labour = expensive.
There are quite afew very nice authentic ones for sale in France/Belgium/Netherlands. The thing is wether it is acceptable to use an authentic antique.
Same thing like racing true historic bikes or cars. I mean rácing, not parading. On the one hand they were designed to do just that, were méant as tools so use them. On the other hand one might destroy a piece of history ánd the safety may be questionable.
A truely good retro piece will be safe and if damaged it is no loss. The real thing is, well.... the real thing :p
I am contemplating a nice but battered original. A no frills functional tool with a blade showing it. The thing is as perfect as they got but not at all a fashion item. Still a lot of money for a rusty thing though :lol:
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I am putting myself the question whý I want it anyway over and over agian as thát is the answer to wether I buy this original, the Goodwin prop or the A&A beauty.
With the strong euro the dollar priced ones are very attactively priced, have become quite a bit cheáper!
peter