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Lancelot Chan
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PostPosted: Wed 05 Apr, 2006 12:28 pm    Post subject: Sword review: AT1561         Reply with quote


Just wrote this up after performed some tests.
http://www.rsw.com.hk/at1561.htm

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PostPosted: Wed 05 Apr, 2006 12:57 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Nice to see you are up and cutting stuff again..go easy on the pork-legs this time...;D
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PostPosted: Wed 05 Apr, 2006 12:58 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Thanks for the review as I have been looking into Atrims for a bit now.
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PostPosted: Wed 05 Apr, 2006 5:56 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

That was a nice review. Thanks for posting it.
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PostPosted: Thu 06 Apr, 2006 10:32 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Nice cutting Happy After watching those videos I want to slice something ...
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PostPosted: Thu 06 Apr, 2006 4:55 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Thanks for the review, Lance. I find your perspective to be very helpful.
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PostPosted: Thu 06 Apr, 2006 9:22 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Thanks everybody. Just if someone has missed, I also put up an apology letter I sent to Albion at the beginning of my brescia review that contains some changes in my opinion. Here's the copy:

Hello. This email is not asking for your forgiveness but I think I owe all of you a true apology. A year has passed since I purchased the spadona and during the period, I've got to handle more swords from various manufacturers, both eastern and western styles. The truth is that I've now seen a lot more swords with thicker edges than the spadona getting dulled more on the same targets (be it pork, water bottles or whatever). It showed that while the spadona was not among the extreme resilient swords that I handled like the tinker and martial art swords, it was certainly not among the average either. While it is historical accurate, it is also a lot better than the average in its heat treatment, given the very fine edge profile. Plus the non-uniform distal taper, a detail that often missed by other makers, gave it a stiffness and point accuracy not commonly found on sword with this length and light weight. These are all the good things I missed in the year ago until now, when I've seen more swords to compare it with. I know I can't repair the reputation damage I've done to your company and I do not expect a forgiveness from you guys either. I just wanted to let you know that you have now an unsatisfied customer turned very satisfied and feeling owing you guys a lot in the educational course. Please send my words to every crew in your company that was involved in working on my sword, and feel free to post my testimonial. I deserve every backlash for my ignorance. Hope you guys have good business in the future.

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PostPosted: Thu 06 Apr, 2006 10:42 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Hey Lance,
First of all, very nice review. I hadn't gotten a chance to watch the videos yet (my computer is quirky), but you described the sword quite nicely.

As for your apology letter to Albion: You were, after all, just doing a review as a customer, it's not like you got paid to do your review. In fact, if you had only posted an update, that would have probably good enough... But the fact that you did feel the need to do a full apology says a lot about your character. That's a very honorable thing to do.

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