Picked up these three beauties recently.




Albion Laird with light brown grip
Albion Munich with ox blood grip
Albion Mercenary with dark brown grip

Just took delivery of an Albion Agincourt. Can't quite express my thoughts about the piece and Albion's quality except to say 'tis a thing of beauty!

Made the selection after much research, the review by Alexi Goranov (11/27/06) helped me a good deal. And some of you might remember a PM asking for an opinion of swords I was considering. Thank you all....

Although I have wacked a few milk jugs and some carpet rolls, really don't do much of it any more. Am a little hesitant to do such things with the new sword. However, the Agincourt give me a hint of it's true purpose as I was unpacking it. My enthusiasm overcame my normal caution about weapons and it drew first blood; just little nick on one of my pinkies. At this point my wife suggested that I name the sword "Beware".......

Regards,
Dan

My Albion Norman in a Christian Fletcher scabbard with silver fittings.

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My last one-been a while, but i needed a new car, so i had to stop from buying.

French M1776 sabre a l´hussarde-ooficers version
Wunderful blue/gild blade with ~95+% of the blueing/gold remaining. Great scabbard--just a dream of a saber..

ps: has anybody seen the makers mark before?

pps: why arent the pics 2-4 not shown directly but only for dl?

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I just received a Windlass Confederate Cavalry Saber from Kult of Athena. It's a really light sword, just under two pounds. It's also pretty flexible, but is still able to be a great cutter.

Here are some pics of the new sword and the other sabres in my collection.

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Nathan,

I notice you've got a russian sabre at the top of your collection. Does it have the iranian numbers on the ricasso?
Also you have the Windlass Colonial/American sabre. I always wondered about that. Whats the weight and balance on it like?

The Russian saber actually has english numbers stamped into the guard, so I have my doubts about how authentic it is, but I love it nonetheless.
The Windlass American saber is about 40" long with a 34" blade. The weight is just under two pounds, around 1 lb 15 oz. And the point of balance is 6 5/8" from the hilt.

Honestly, I really like the saber. Its really simplistic design appeals to me and I like the blade shape. I first saw the original in Neumann's "Swords and Blades of the American Revolution", and I was delighted when Windlass came out with a replica.
The sword has a good feel in the hand, weighty but not overly so. It cuts well and I can recover from a swing pretty easily. It does take an arm to use, but with practice it becomes easy. It has its faults, like the grip is a little small around, and it's not entirely like the original, but it's a great buy.

The sword is not an exact replica, so the replica looks a little different from the original. Unfortunately, I don't own the book, I got it from the library. I can try and find it on the internet if you wish. I swear I saw it in there, and people on other forums have confirmed that it is from Neumann's book. I'll see if I can find an image.

I believe I found the original. Here are some photos. Windlass didn't get their replica exactly correct, but at least the two look similar.

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Got this in last week. A lovely A&A smallsword

I have one of those A&A smallswords. I think it is the best production smallsword that is on the market - light but very tough and durable, well designed and good looking without the ornate curlicues that one often sees on this sword type.

I picked up a Base Model VA ATrim Actium and spent Thanksgiving Day customizing it to give it an even more basic appearance by reworking the wood's finish with tung oil, bluing the fullers, refinishing the blade, and reworking the peen block to make the tang threads nice and flush:

Well it has been a while since I've posted anything. Here are a few pics of my last couple of items. The messer pics are actually from Tod and were posted in another thread. Stay tuned. I should have some A&A Halberd pics coming soon!

Tod's Stuff Messer
Albion Burgundian
A&A Wallace Ballock Knife Set

Jason, all those pieces are great and ones that, and you probably know this already, are totally in line with my own tastes. I've wanted a Wallace Ballock dagger set from A&A for quite some time! I'm also glad to know that the messer went to a great home.

Jason, congrats on the Messer it's a beautiful piece and one I'd love to have myself.