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Roger Norling
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Chad Arnow
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The company's name is Arms & Armor (no "U").  It's currently spelled "Arms & Armour" throughout your review.
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Roger Norling
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Joined: 27 May 2009
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Chad Arnow
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| Roger Norling wrote: | Damn! And they proofread it themselves even!
Probably got it from the fact that their URL uses the British spelling www.armour.com |
I've always used www.arms-n-armor.com for them and it's always worked.
ChadA
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Roger Norling
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Joined: 27 May 2009
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Craig Johnson
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| Posted: Tue 19 Jun, 2012 9:39 am Post subject: You say Armor I say Armour... |
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Hi Guys
We have always been nondenominational about the armor, armour usage. It really comes down to what you like. Its all wrapped up in the use of Latin and the "or" is actually older than the "our". It just got picked up as a way to be more French when the Anglo-French usage was seen as more cool. Today it swings around a great deal and ones reasons for one or the other are pretty much what you like.
Craig
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Roger Norling
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Joined: 27 May 2009
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Interestingly enough, if my language history teachers at University were correct, the American English is actually more similar to what Shakespeare sounded like since the changes have been less severe in the States than in Britain. I always found it a bit funny thinking of him speaking his stanzas in a distinct American accent.
A bit off-topic, perhaps.
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Bill Grandy
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Nice review, Roger! The one I wrote on this site is pretty old now (maybe 7 or 8 years? Wow, that makes me feel old...). The one in my review is the very first Fechterspiel, before the Albion Maestro line even existed as line drawings. I still use it quite a bit (I alternate between it and my Albion Meyer, depending on my mood), and it's still going quite strong (though it's clearly much more beat up now, with a slight bend in the blade).
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Sam Gordon Campbell
Location: Australia. Joined: 16 Nov 2008
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Gentlemen, I think there is only one correct spelling in this case: amor 
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Host of Crash Course HEMA.
Founder of The Van Dieman's Land Stage Gladiators.
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Craig Shackleton
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I love my fechterspiel.
And my practice grossemesser.
And my scholar sword.
And my new practice rappier.
All by Arms and Armour.
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Greg Mele
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Location: Chicago, IL USA Joined: 20 Mar 2006
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Great review, Roger! I have one of the very first fechterspiels (number 3, I think), and other than replacing the leather wrap with a wire wrap after it wore out, the sword is still in fantastic shape. I love it and strongly prefer it to the Meyer, but I also like blades generally with more blade presence (the Albion Maestro longsword I own is a Liechtenauer, for example).
Greg Mele
Chicago Swordplay Guild
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This is a standard topic