damn you all at albion. just when i have the next sword all picked out you go and introduce these new ones. i said it before and ill say it again, your all evil!!!!.................. anyway whats the blade lenght on the mercenary :lol: for $550 i might just have to do it. god help me!!!!...................................evil............................i'll be speaking to you mike.

I'm assuming that the Mercenary is the same length as the (Squire Line) 15th C Bastard, which is 42.25" (108 cm) long.

Kiddie sword actually. Don't buy it. People will make fun of you. ;)

With the next order that I receive for one it will be about 24 hours and your sword will be the one pictured on our site. :D Otherwise probably about 3 weeks or so.

Any updates to be had on the SoSM?

Brian M

I just want to second the motions for a rounder cross-section on the GBS guards and for a longer claymore, though I would be happy with a blade around thirty-nine or forty inches but pointed and with a ricasso. essentially, I want to see a longer gripped claymore but still within war-sword range on the blade.

You know, I can't help thinking that if you folks at Albion were to take one example of each of the pieces current and upcoming in the nextgen line, and the other lines as well, turn that front room into a display area, and get em all in there...damn, you'd embarrass just about any museum display in existance...
you beat me to naming a pair of longswords "talhoffer" and "fiore"...
snooze ya lose...
:cry: hehehe

Cool lineup. The Roman stuff is intriguing, it'll be nice to see some high-end Roman repro finally, the stuff is highly under-appreciated I think, from the decades of being bombarded with the mediocre over-seas cheap crap. The spatha especially I think will be awesome additions. There's a connection between the spatha in it's various forms and Migration era stuff, as well as what came later, that i think is mostly un-noticed and undervalued.

Peter; did you still have and extra copy of the catalogue we discussed some time ago? If so I'd be interested in re-imbusing you for it and getting it shipped over here.

Nice stuff.

A sneak peek at the still unfinished next NextGen lineup -- most of the individual pages are not finished (text wise) but you will get an idea of prices, etc...

http://albion-swords.com/swords/albion/swords...tgen-b.htm


Best,

Howy

Howy,

You evil, evil man... ;)

I have to buy three new horses (and finish paying for one I already bought), some 14th century clothing, and more armour for my group - you just can't keep doing this to us poor, addicted people... (must have Squire, must have Talhoffer....)

Oh man. Is that an S-guard on the Earl? If it is then I have to have one. I just can't resist this sword. Especially since it seems to be using the Regent Blade. Oh my god! Sign me up! Now I just have to put the money together.