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Howard Waddell
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Bryan Heff
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I think this one is fantastic and is my personal favorite of the 3 models using that blade. I would love to see pictures of the Arch Duke next to your other Great swords (Baron, Duke...heck put the Count and Steward in there too!)
This is a great looking sword.
The church is near but the roads are icy. The tavern is far but I will walk carefully. - Russian Proverb
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Craig Peters
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Is the Arch Duke based upon a specific sword or swords?
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Ben Coomer
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Love it.
Out of curiosity, is there a specific historical model this is based off of?
Now to start pinching some pennies...
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Tim Lison
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My goodness! That is one BIG sword! Great work again from the fine folks at Albion!!!!
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Peter Johnsson
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Thank you guys!
The Arch Duke is like many other companions in the Next Generation Line not based on one single individual sword.
Over the past few years I have made special effort to document great swords of type XIIa and XIIIa during my "pilgrimages".
These impressions and the collected body of data has been the basis for this design. While the Arch Duke can be described as a generic example of its type, its handling characteristics, its heft and dynamic properties are like that of authentic well preserved examples of the family.
It is big and massive, but has a smooth and appealing heft.
The hexagonal cross section of the blade is pretty common for the really big type XIIa and XIIIa swords of the late 13th and 14th century. Double fullers are less common but not unheard of.
Since we had a large type XIIIa blade developed for the 16th century two handers, it seemed such a waste not to offer a good high medieval Grete Twa-hand Swerd using that same blade.
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Mark Moore
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Sweet, Howy! Now, what we need are some zweihanders! Also, a REAL Scottish lowlander would not get kicked out of bed by me. You can do it....you da man!  ...........McM
''Life is like a box of chocolates...'' --- F. Gump
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Ben Coomer
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Wonder how it would function with some of the Renaissance two-hander manuals that are floating around...
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Adam Rose
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Archduke is actually one word, though (unless you mean an arch duke?)
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Matthew P. Adams
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| Mark Moore wrote: | | Sweet, Howy! Now, what we need are some zweihanders! Also, a REAL Scottish lowlander would not get kicked out of bed by me. You can do it....you da man! ...........McM |
THIS 
8 more inches on the blade and 2 in the grip and I'd be in!
"We do not rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training" Archilochus, Greek Soldier, Poet, c. 650 BC
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Howard Waddell
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| Adam Rose wrote: | | Archduke is actually one word, though (unless you mean an arch duke?) |
He's feeling a little playful right now (being the new guy), but he will calm down and become just the ArchDuke in time for his announcement on the Albion page - I promise.
Thanks for pointing it out!
Best,
Howy
Albion Swords Ltd
http://albion-swords.com
http://filmswords.com
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Bartek Strojek
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It seems like it may be almost the biggest Albion sword....
So Sword Growth Hormone, save steroids. 
Were ~ 14th century great XIIIa getting that big indeed?
I keep finding ~ 130 cm ones, but not quite 140, 2.5 kg beasts.
Then again, I've mostly seen polish literature on this.
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Eric W. Norenberg
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Were ~ 14th century great XIIIa getting that big indeed?.... |
The Oakeshott typology articles here on mA show a couple of type XIIA and XIIIA great swords in the 39 - 42" range, and there are a couple more examples of similarly sized swords in the type XX article.
If the Archduke's section was lenticular I wouldn't even bring this up, but with the hexagonal section and the multiple fullers I'd argue that it could fall into either the XIIIA or the XX category. Put different furniture on the blade - scent stopper pommel and a wider, slightly down swept cross - and, with its size, it would be a passable type XX model.
I think. Maybe.
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Tim Seaton
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Howard when is the markgraf. Type XIX. Going to be released
thats truly a work of Art
Much respect
Tim
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Mike Ruhala
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I absolutely love the Baron, I only wished it was a bit larger and now such a thing exists! It'll be tough to choose between the Archduke and the Tyrolean when the time comes. I'm eagerly awaiting the Markgraf myself, I hope it becomes a reality soon.
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This is a standard topic