Hi All:

Mark Vickers just completed a reproduction of a Boar Sword for the Historic Royal Palaces.

The original was one of 8 hunting swords given to Henry VIII by the Emporer Maximillian as a gift on his acsession to the throne 1508.

Here are Photos of the Original:

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And here are photos of Mark's Stellar work from progress through completion:

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Here's the listing on his Web Site: http://www.stgeorgearmouryshop.co.uk/5143.html

Excellent work as always from Mark. This is a rarely reproduced for of sword and it looks like Mark did an amazing job on this one. It comes in just under 4lbs.

Ironic as it is, I was just looking at this very original and thinking I wanted to have it reproduced. Very nice to see one made!!