Ed,
You must feel pretty blue when you look at these two swords. :D Sorry, I couldn't resist. They both look really good to me. I have been unsure about getting blue as a grip color, but after seeing these two I think that it will end up gracing a sword of mine sometime in the future.

Congratulations on the Crecy as well. When Albion was having there sale last winter I was torn between the Squire and Crecy and ended up going with the Squire since I already had a hand and a half and wanted a single hander. I wish I could have taken advantage of Albion's last sale but have a couple of customs in the work I need to have money around for.

Do you plan on getting scabbards and belts made for either of these?

Scott

Hanwei / Tinker Early Medieval single hand sword - blunt and a GDFB 12" fluted steel buckler for I.33 studies.

I have a new Albion I:33 from the Maestroline now! Very nice tool indeed!

Hi fellow swordians!

I am now a Proud owner of an Albion Sword too...:-) thanks to a forumite Mr. Andreas M. i got my first Albion Sword a Crecy with Oxblood Grip. My second Sharp Sword is a self sharpend DelTin Maurice from Turin.

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just wanted to tell you guys this.

Andreas

Well, I got my infantry saber today. Not sure when I can have pictures up, though.

Got my Albion Earl today. Pictures to come after the weekend. Boy is she a sharp fast sword! The hollow grind makes for a wickedly fast Type XVIII that feels light in the hand and swift in the cut. Can't decide yet whether to do cutting with it or not...it's too pretty. ;-)

I received my new poniard dagger today. Blade is hollowground and quadrangular and the entire dagger was forged and ground and chiseled out of one piece of steel by Aaron Schwartz. This is a beast of a dagger, 12 inches total, 6 inches of blade, and weighs 12 ounces. The four edges are sharp enough for some basic utility knife work too. The poniard is an under-represented dagger type in the reproduction market. This one definitely feels like it would go through mail and steel 18 gauge or thinner. It's hard to capture the blade shape in a photo but you can see the hollowground quadrangular shape in the holes it punches. very wicked heavy hitting hole puncher and gives a whole new meaning to the term "spike". tr

Well, I guess i finally joined the club. With the patient assistance of Dan Dickenson I am now the owner of an Albion Knud with an Oxblood grip.

I haven't cut anything with it yet although I have images of ruthlessly dispatching a whole horde of belligerent zucchini on the next nice day. I really did enjoy putting it in a the hand of a female friend and watching her eyes get huge and hear her say, "This thing is REAL!!!" Oh yes, as soon as I put the sword in her hand I immediately backed well out of reach!

Ken

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My Model 1813 Bavarian Mounted "Artillery" Sword just arrived yesterday! It is definately a fighting trooper sword. It has a short 29 inch blade but it is the most robust antique blade I own. The tip goes into an amost triangular double-edged point! This particular sword was issued to about 4 different infantry munition columns. I'm sure that if a column was ever raided by enemy cavalry this blade could fight them off! It could also hack open munition crates easily as well :lol: The spine of the blade is very wide and the scabbard is a monster!. It reminds me of 16th centry cossack blades I have seen.
Unfortunately, while it has two different inspection marks on it, it has no royal cypher whatsoever so I can't put a date on it. Its definately W.W.I or earlier. There are a scattering of interesting, small dents near the mouth of the scabbard that look like shrapnel impacts.
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I just commissioned a short sword from John Lundemo of Odinblades. It's going be a 22" blade with a flattened-diamond cross-section and hilt components inspired by a well known type XVI sword:

http://www.myArmoury.com/view.html?features/pic_spotxvi09.jpg

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1. late 19th/early 20th century Italian foil
2. Negrini Italian epee (point d'arret on the way) for classical dueling sword

My latest acquisition is a British Pattern 1892/95 infantry officer's sword by Wilkinson. It was sold in 1892, and would originally have had a brass Gothic hilt. It was re-hilted in 1896 as a result of the new regulations calling for the new steel hilt approved in 1895. The blade bears the owner's initials "HGB", and will be the subject of a future write-up.

Jonathan

Traditional sword, typical of Aceh (in northern Sumatra), also used elsewhere in Sumatra. "Peudeung panjang" (= "sword, long") in Acehnese, or Podang panjang, pedang panjang, of Sikin, Sikkim, Sikkin, Pedang sikkim panjang etc. The forked pommel and shape of blade are characteristic of the type.

Age unknown, seller estimates late 19th century. Scabbard is new, wood with horn chape and mouth. The blade is single-edged, with a shallow fuller 5-6mm wide along 3/4 of the blade. Hilt is steel, brass, wood. Where the blade joins the hilt, it's all one piece of steel. I can't tell if this has been welded or forged from one piece. Blade is laminated, with many defects in the lamination. Lamination planes run straight along the blade, running at a large angle to the blade near the hilt, and twisting into the plane of the blade towards the tip.

The stats:

Length, overall: 75 cm / 29.5"
Length, blade: 60 cm / 23.5"
Width: 32-28 mm
Thickness: 9 mm right at hilt, down to 7.5 mm very quickly, 5 mm at POB, then even taper to 2 mm to curve of point.
Weight: 500 g / 17.5 oz
POB: 12.5 cm / 5"

It's a light and handy blade (wife and son were surprised by how light and easy it is), and IMO attractive. I was thinking about buying a modern one, but then found this one cheaper. It's distinctive amongst the vast array of parangs, pedangs, goloks etc of the general area, so I thought it would be nice to have. I don't know much about them; Stone doesn't seem to list it, Tirri gives some examples, as does, IIRC, Egerton.

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Hello all,

My latest aquisition is a Valiant Armoury AT304S. Sonny's customizing it for me to have an Oxblood grip and gold heat-blued fittings... It's in the works, so I'll post pics when it arrives.

I'm so excited. :D

-Brogdon

I picked up a Sal D'Aquila Shadow Katana from Ebay over the summer and forgot to include it here. It is shown next to my regular Musashi. The Shadow has since become the platform for an Iaito project-

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I've talked extensively about this sword elsewhere - http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=17652 - but I wanted to put it in the company of the other great swords on this thread.

Continental Military sword from sometime in the second half ot the 17th century - a custom job from Arms and Armor - about as good as a sword can be :D

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Hello
WOW! I`am jealous as hell:-) Seeing how yours turned out,I`am thinking serious about trying again.How long did it take?