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Zach Luna
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| Johan Elder wrote: | I only have 3 sharps in my collection so far; as I have been focusing on getting HEMA gear for the last year; but I do have a great sword among them.
It's an Angus Trim XIIa.1
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Johan, I really love what you've done with that sword, it's a beautiful set up.
Here's a very close relative as my contribution to this thread: my Angus Trim XIIa.4 done up as an "Austrian Great Sword" by Christian Fletcher. The pommel was ornamented by Sean Stevens.
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Sa'ar Nudel
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My DT 5143. Bought it 2nd-hand from a club in the UK and it is a part of my educational collection, so people tough it all the time. It is aged and not shiny, looks like a working sword. This is why the scabbard is basic and rustic, the rivets give it somewhat 'gothic' look.
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Curator of Beit Ussishkin, regional nature & history museum, Upper Galilee.
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Josh S
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OK, so here is the reason I don't intend to buy any more great swords. At all. Michael Pikula's XIIIa:
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Can you find the blade?
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The sword is ridiculously large. Large enough that it's tricky getting full shots...
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Size comparison against an Albion Sovereign...
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And providing some sense of scale (although to be fair, I am quite short)
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Blade tip on the floor, pommel comes up nearly to my shoulder
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Michael Pikula
Industry Professional
Location: Madison, WI Joined: 07 Jun 2008
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Hi Josh, I love the pics! Thinking of that sword made me giggle a little bit  Ahhh, I was sad to see it go, but happy it found a good home.
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Scott Kowalski
Location: Oak Lawn, IL USA Joined: 24 Nov 2006
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Josh,
That thing looks to be truly a beast and makes the XIIIb Michael made for me look small!  Have you done any cutting with it?
Good to see you on the boards Michael. I've been away for sometime and wasn't sure if you were still making blades.
Chris Landwehr 10/10/49-1/1/09 My Mom
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Josh S
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Michael: I can imagine that letting it go was a bit painful. I certainly wouldn't want to do so. It's in a niche of its own. I was just lucky to already have had some funds ready to go when you put it up as one of the items in your auction! Thanks again...
Scott: Oh, I have. Absolutely. Could you own a sword like that and *not* cut with it? That would be... a level of "wrong" that verges on immorality, I think! I haven't done it a lot, though - and when I have it hasn't been vigorous. I'm not trained or anything. But it does glide through bottles very smoothly even in my amateur hands. It does require very precise edge alignment, though; it's pretty easy to end up with a wobbling baseball bat if it's even slightly off.
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Adam Rose
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Mildly customized Valiant Armoury Savoy
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Michael Parker
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Josh, I am really envious. Mr. Pikula, your work is amazing.  In spite of all the other beautiful swords in this thread I am fixated on the uniqueness of this giant sword's proportions. I am curious, where did the design come from?
"This is a sharp medicine, but it is a physician for all diseases and miseries."
-Sir Walter Raleigh, upon being allowed to see the ax that would behead him, 29 October 1618
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This is a