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/

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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.
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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:

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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 :lol:
Some day I'll have to get my copy as well ;)
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