It has come to my attention that Windlass and MRL are stretching just a bit the past couple of years.

http://www.museumreplicas.com/p-1135-sword-hilted-umbrella.aspx

In other MRL sidebars, one of the parts bin (limited editions, lol) offerings look a bit familiar, as it is the old Windlass espada ropera fittings put to use on another blade. I still like and play with my less spendy espada, while still thinking about the Del Tin.

http://www.museumreplicas.com/p-1143-italian-war-sword.aspx

Funny about that, I had used a silver ring for a spacer on mine for awhile and at other times had overwound it in nylon braid. Here also with some tang comparisons (ye olde Oscar for Patrick).



Cheers

GC