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Check this site out...

http://www.platnerz.com/

And tell me what you think...
for me it's pretty expensive but I do like the Germanic iron age sword/knife/sax...

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Pretty nice.

I really liked the long gripped late medieval sword. I am not sure of what the prices are from the way they are presented. There appears to be either a range of price or two prices. The prices are out of my range.

It seems very overprized considering the quality they offer. I'm not even sure if any of the pieces can be considered historically accurate. There's more eastern European smiths that offer similar work at much lower prices:
http://www.celtic-smith.cz/english/smithy.htm
http://drakkaria.com/drakkaria/index.php?id_druhu=7
Usually they are very rough approximations of the originals, and sometimes with a rough finish. While the latter is quite attractive, as you can see all the traces of hand crafting, it's not very authentic. But if you do like the look of it, at least don't pay too much for it :)

Hm, Jeroen;

If you consider this image

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I think it's pretty close to the originals, And nothing I have seen on before, neither on the site's you mentioned...

Folkert

I've been watching this site for few years....there is something strange in the finish of these items....rust on the blades' pictures-see saber....the price is high,finish is not high.

I see what you mean Michal...

... I think this is a real same, isn't it?
If I where to order something, I would try to ask them to give it all a more satin like finnish...

Folkert

I 'f got your point Jeroen,

I quess I get to easely anthousiastic over some things...
Especialy over reproductions as rare as these Vamose things.
Besides, blade geometry is something hart to determine on internet pics.

Anyone ever handled something from these Platnerz folks?

For the most part I have to agree with Jeroen's comments.

If I was to guess, I would say the hilt construction is based on an example from Aby Gammelgard that may be in the National Museum of Sweden. Hard to tell from the picture how he made it, but this example does have metal banding that kind of clads the guard and pommel sections. If it is based on this example the shaping is off a fair bit. It is hard to say if the blade on this example is of the same type that he attempted to replicate. The original is fragmented and in rather poor condition, but you can still make out enough from sections to tell that that it is heavily fullered. These are fairly deep when compared to the other blade style, so I'm not even sure if I would consider this the same blade type. So it might be more of a matter of not have the right hilt style with the correct blade type.

Shane

It apears to me;

That they took the top most left "sax" on the drawing as starting point. Somehowe invented an extra hilt part on the end of the grip, maybe inspired by the Aby Gammelgard "sax" you (Shane) mentioned. And finnaly then for decoration aded the "fullers/engravings from the second top "sax" on the drawing....

Or is this all to simple a thought..?