I read this on Albion's Svante page: The plan is to perfect Solingen, Brescia and Tritonia, and then move on to Svante, San Mauritzio and the Swedish Army Sword as soon as those changes are complete.

How's the case with these. I mean San Mauritzio and the Swedish Army Sword.

There are two "Saint Maurice" Swords by Del Tin. Which one it is? And how's the SAS?

I believe that they are talking about doing the St. Maurice-Turin sword.

Hi Esa,

In short, we are trying to get caught up. When the original PJ museum line was conceived, the Next Generation swords were just pub talk. So, we were setting our production schedule around those swords (PJ museum). Add to this the fact that we had some technical difficulties in the form of too much shrinkage in the castings. This put the Solingen, Brescia and Tritonia behind schedule as well as Svante. So we have corrected the castings issues. The Tritonia is in production, and Brescia is at the foundry. In addition, Solingen is also off to the foundry. Then, we have the issue of the Next Generation. We only have four Vikings complete in this line and the response has been unbelievable! We have a ton of pre-orders. The Baron is at the foundry being cast and Leif just finished the Prince molds. Those will be going to the foundry soon too. So, we are just trying to catch up before we take another big step forward. Peter is working on the new Svante waxes, so those will be molded then cast in the near future.

I visited the Royal Army Museum in Stockholm with Peter and viewed the Swedish Army sword. This project is very much a high priority, but we have to do some more ground work first. San Mauritzio is likewise a priority but it got caught by the Next Gen rush. We are hoping to have most of the swords we have up on the sight done by summer, but with everything there are always roadblocks. We will keep you updated as new info comes to light.

Hope this helps.

What does the swedish army sword look like? Do you know what the next sword in the hallmark series will be?

Howy,

Thanks for the pictures. I can't wait to see how it turns out.

Stephen

That piece is a real eyecatcher. I like that flashy hilt combined with the broad hollow ground blade.

All I can say is wow.

Original swords are much sought after (fetching prices around $10.000 or more at auctions), and quality reproductions unheard of, so this will be a welcome addition.

I saw the drawings, and spoke with Peter about this sword while in New Glarus. While it's outside of my intrests it should be a very impressive sword.

For those who are interested, it is a Swedish Army P1701, carried by king Charles XII's Life Guards regiment. This was the sword that was used against the Russian army under Peter the Great.

This is perhaps a dumb question about the proposed St. Maurice sword. Is there detailed data available on the original? Or is it remotely possible that, say, Peter will be allowed to document it? I guess the question is, will it be a "Museum Line" type (i.e. a nearly exact recreation based on a documented original) or a "NG" type (i.e. a similar but not exact "brother-sword")?

Glad to hear the Baron is coming along, looking forward to it in a few months.

Brian M

Documenting historic swords is cool, but getting to examine a sword like that is beyond cool. I've seen profile-view photos only, but I suppose you would need many photos from different angles to begin to understand the actual 3-D shapes, without seeing the sword in person.

Brian M

Hey Bjorn, was Charles XII Life Guards Regiment a heavy cavalry regiment?