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Howard Waddell
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Russ Ellis
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Steve Fabert
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This sword is about a century later than my era of greatest interest. But it tempts me strongly to expand my interest. It's a beautiful piece of work.
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Patrik Erik Lars Lindblom
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 That must be a very fast and strong sword, is it two sides on the pommel, Howy? 
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Chad Arnow
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| Russ Ellis wrote: | | Muhahahahaha <evil laugh> So when do they start shipping? |
Somehow I knew this post get you attention, Russ. 
Howy, Peter, and company,
This is pretty outstanding. It's cool to see how well the production version matches Peter's version.
ChadA
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Howard Waddell
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| Patrik Erik Lars Lindblom wrote: | | That must be a very fast and strong sword, is it two sides on the pommel, Howy? |
Yes, Indeed (didn't want people to think there were niches on both sides...)
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Howy
Albion Swords Ltd
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Howard Waddell
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| Russ Ellis wrote: | | Muhahahahaha <evil laugh> So when do they start shipping? |
They will be shipping slowly -- one every few weeks, because they are difficult and time consuming to put together (and it is more important to get it right than just get it done.)
Best,
Howy
Albion Swords Ltd
http://albion-swords.com
http://filmswords.com
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Markus Haider
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Beautiful! I envy the future owners. How does it handle? And when will we see test-cutting with it? 
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Howard Waddell
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| Markus Haider wrote: | | Beautiful! I envy the future owners. How does it handle? And when will we see test-cutting with it? |
Like a dream, actually... amazingly light for such a heavy sword, and it just screams to cut something...
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howy
Albion Swords Ltd
http://albion-swords.com
http://filmswords.com
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Russ Ellis
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| Howard Waddell wrote: | | Russ Ellis wrote: | | Muhahahahaha <evil laugh> So when do they start shipping? |
They will be shipping slowly -- one every few weeks, because they are difficult and time consuming to put together (and it is more important to get it right than just get it done.)
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Excellent. I think I was third (or was it sixth?) in the lineup. Can't wait to see this one in person. (Heck as much stuff as I sold to finance the purchase of this thing you can hardly blame me.)
I do agree I'd MUCH rather you get it right then just get it done.
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Russ Ellis
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| Chad Arnow wrote: | | Russ Ellis wrote: | | Muhahahahaha <evil laugh> So when do they start shipping? |
Somehow I knew this post get you attention, Russ.
Howy, Peter, and company,
This is pretty outstanding. It's cool to see how well the production version matches Peter's version. |
Yeah I think I'm getting predictable.
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Thomas Jason
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What are the niches in the pommel for?
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Russ Ellis
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I don't think anyone really knows for sure. It's been theorized that they held little icons of saints, or relics of some sort. However I don't think any of those things were found when they exhumed the original.
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B. Stark
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Well, being the new guy here at Albion I've got to handle this beasty. What a nice beasty it is. A more robust blade I've not seen on the market (concerning historical representations and the reproductions of such). At 4lbs this swords feels as light by comparison as the Baron (3lbs 11oz) but with more authority. Without a doubt a penultimate sword of war. Static heft is remarkable as well. Cutting should be an absolute joy as well as well as being easy. But this is no bottle cutter. I suspect that light cutting medium would just get blasted out of the way. The rienforced tip is in keeping with the armours of the day. Not a weapon to be on the receiving end of. Great to see the final product in person.
Russ I have no doubt this will be the center piece of your collection, it's a show stopper.
"Wyrd bi∂ ful aræd"
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Russ Ellis
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Hey B, I think that you are probably correct. The XVIIIe that Jake Powning made may give it a run for its money though we will see...
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Patrik Erik Lars Lindblom
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| Russ Ellis wrote: | | I don't think anyone really knows for sure. It's been theorized that they held little icons of saints, or relics of some sort. However I don't think any of those things were found when they exhumed the original. |
When you name that "It's been theorized that they held little icons of saints"
i starts to think on "The three holly men" a story i heard about long time ago,
when someone asked about where those three crowns comes from we have here in sweden,
i wonder if they can have been in there.
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Gary Grzybek
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That's absolutely the jewel of the Albion line up 
Too bad it's so far out of my budget 
Gary Grzybek
ARMA Northern N.J.
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Björn Hellqvist
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| Russ Ellis wrote: | | I don't think anyone really knows for sure. It's been theorized that they held little icons of saints, or relics of some sort. However I don't think any of those things were found when they exhumed the original. |
There were no figures or anything alse in the niches when the sword was found. Peter's theory is that if there were any (perhaps the saints George, Olaf and Erik), they were kept by the family or distributed to his most loyal friends. IIRC, a very similar pommel on a sword in ROTMS sports the same number of niches.
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Joe Fults
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Looking very nice.
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
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Russ Ellis
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| Björn Hellqvist wrote: | | Russ Ellis wrote: | | I don't think anyone really knows for sure. It's been theorized that they held little icons of saints, or relics of some sort. However I don't think any of those things were found when they exhumed the original. |
There were no figures or anything alse in the niches when the sword was found. Peter's theory is that if there were any (perhaps the saints George, Olaf and Erik), they were kept by the family or distributed to his most loyal friends. IIRC, a very similar pommel on a sword in ROTMS sports the same number of niches. |
Hmm have to see if I can find that one. Seems like I do remember reading someplace that the sword is not completely unique that there are german swords that are roughly the same although with differences.
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