The Swords You Wish Were Yours Thread -- myArmoury.com

Karl Knisley

Hello
Have you ever been browsing the net and came on a sword that you had to say" WOW..I wish that was mine!" but know
for some reason it never will be,too expensive or to rare or to exclusive. Well I invite you to share your pain:-)
I`ll start with a messer by Peter Johnsson. I could cry.....

Nathan Robinson · myArmoury Admin

I'd have to say I agree with you on your pick there. I love that messer.

I made this topic that is basically the same:

Coveting thy neighbor's toys

Sam Barris · Posted: Tue 05 Apr, 2016 5:50 pm Post subject:

Oh, wow. That might be my favorite messer ever. Coincidentally, mine would also be Peter's work. His Vorpal Sword: http://www.peterjohnsson.com/vorpal-sword/

J.D. Crawford · Posted: Tue 05 Apr, 2016 6:31 pm Post subject:

Peter Again.

What really hurts is that I had an opportunity to purchase this sword. But with two kids entering daycare at the time I was too uncertain about my finances. Probably should have sold off half my collection for this one.

Gordon Alexander · Posted: Tue 05 Apr, 2016 7:54 pm Post subject:

This exercise is the sort of thing Frankie and Willie would think up.

Roger Hooper · Posted: Tue 05 Apr, 2016 8:00 pm Post subject:

The first unreachable sword that came to mind was Jake Powning's Du-Sith.

Sam Barris · Posted: Tue 05 Apr, 2016 11:44 pm Post subject:

Du Sith would be a very close second for me. I thought very hard about buying that one myself and never did. That was around the same time I picked up my Svante, so I think I figured I'd thrown enough money at swords for a while. I was a fool! A fool, I say!

Dan D'Silva · Posted: Wed 06 Apr, 2016 6:34 am Post subject:

One of these.

Similar daggers were made of iron in later centuries, and I'm planning to try to grind one from mild steel for Achaemenid reenactment, but nothing has the romance of bronze -- a sword from the same period as the Trojan War, the Sea Peoples, the Exodus, perhaps even the time of Zarathustra.

Gabriele A. Pini · Posted: Wed 06 Apr, 2016 11:21 am Post subject:

Probably everything from TEMPL. An example is the Sword n° 223.

http://www.templ.net/pics-weapons/223-sword/223-corpus-v.jpg

At that price I could buy a couple of fun sword, but it is so beautiful!

Len Parker · Posted: Thu 07 Apr, 2016 10:43 am Post subject:

The third sword down caught my attention: http://www.tforum.info/forum//index.php?showt...amp;page=3
Check out the other pages here. All good stuff.

Richard Miller · Posted: Fri 08 Apr, 2016 2:14 pm Post subject:

This particular piece was already sold when I saw it ... Broke my heart!

Glen A Cleeton · Posted: Fri 08 Apr, 2016 3:27 pm Post subject:

As long as we are wishing, my list would encompass many. Both reproductions and period swords call me at a wide range of budgets. I suppose something I'd really want is a sword from Michael Bell. A katana I should have ordered twenty years ago.

At the top of my watch lists right now is an early 19th century eagle pommel. Something I don't really need but to have just because. I suppose if I rotated some of what I already have, I could scratch that itch. Low four figures, why not, right?

Cheers

GC

Elric Rabenfels · Posted: Fri 08 Apr, 2016 8:46 pm Post subject:

Oh yes... wishes, dreams.

One of these iterations of Stormbringer:

Yes, I may have a slightly unhealthy fascination when it comes to that particular albino.

Niels Just Rasmussen · Posted: Sat 09 Apr, 2016 12:49 pm Post subject:

I know this is not exactly from browsing the net, yet for me it's clearly the sword Robert Môc made on a commission from Tim Lison based on the monster long 1-handed Danish Esrum Lake sword.
Why this one? Because I helped research it going through old Danish books Laughing Out Loud

Some day I'll have to get my copy as well Wink

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