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Scott Kowalski
Location: Oak Lawn, IL USA Joined: 24 Nov 2006
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| Mike Capanelli wrote: | | An Albion Squire.................................... |
Mike,
How do you like your Squire? I am looking to pick one up and you are one of the few people who I have seen who has one.
Scott
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Justin King
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I just recieved this on Mon., thanks to some good fortune and a patient forumite-my apologies for the poor photo quality.
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D. Austin
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Location: Melbourne, Australia Joined: 20 Sep 2007
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Pavel Moc's new "Embleton". Much like his old one but a more direct copy of an original rather than an interpretation of a style. I love it. I didn't order it with a scabbard as making one's half the fun. 
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Jeff A. Arbogast
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An Albion Norman-here it is in it's 12th century Christian Fletcher scabbard. The belt looks red in the picture but is actually a much darker oxblood. Silver belt fittings by URWEG.
A man's nose is his castle-and his finger is a mighty sword that he may wield UNHINDERED!
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Mike Capanelli
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| Posted: Fri 24 Oct, 2008 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Scott Kowalski wrote: | | Mike Capanelli wrote: | | An Albion Squire.................................... |
Mike,
How do you like your Squire? I am looking to pick one up and you are one of the few people who I have seen who has one.
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Well after cutting just about everything from pool noodles to plastic milk jugs to my last mats I'd have to say get one. She's a great handling, GREAT cutting sword. And you know it's the swords with simple,lines that always speak to me the most so to me she's quite the looker too.
Winter is coming
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Scott Kowalski
Location: Oak Lawn, IL USA Joined: 24 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Sun 26 Oct, 2008 8:02 am Post subject: |
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| Mike Capanelli wrote: | | Well after cutting just about everything from pool noodles to plastic milk jugs to my last mats I'd have to say get one. She's a great handling, GREAT cutting sword. And you know it's the swords with simple,lines that always speak to me the most so to me she's quite the looker too. |
Thank you for the reply Mike. I agree about swords with simple lines which the Squire definitely is. There is something about it that is just brutally simplistic that calls to me.
Scott
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Jeremy V. Krause
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Yes the squire is a very handsome XIV,
Especially with a red grip, but that's just my opinion,
Jeremy
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Scott Kowalski
Location: Oak Lawn, IL USA Joined: 24 Nov 2006
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| Jeremy V. Krause wrote: | Yes the squire is a very handsome XIV,
Especially with a red grip, but that's just my opinion,
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Actually the Squire is a XVI I believe. And I was thinking oxblood myself.
Scott
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Curt Cummins
Location: Portland, OR Joined: 03 May 2007
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I finally received my Albion Valkyria - number 100 of the series and it is a beautiful piece.
Curt
Ye braggarts and awe be a'skeered and awa, frae Brandoch Daha
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Jeremy V. Krause
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| Scott Kowalski wrote: | | Jeremy V. Krause wrote: | Yes the squire is a very handsome XIV,
Especially with a red grip, but that's just my opinion,
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Actually the Squire is a XVI I believe. And I was thinking oxblood myself.
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Ah, you are correct! I must brush up on my typology!
Jeremy
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Nathan Grant
Location: Maine Joined: 24 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon 27 Oct, 2008 9:05 am Post subject: Last sword..... |
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I would have to say my last sword purchased was a long time ago, when I was much younger and spent money less responsibly. It was a British light cavalry sabre with a stirrup hilt from the mid-19th century. It is not in great condition, but it is an antique and I like having it around.
Many of you must earn significantly more than I in order to afford such lovely weapons. The price of swords has increased significantly since I first started collecting. No doubt it is due to the increased costs of materials, increased demand since the 90's, and artisans wanting rightly to get compensated well for their labor.
I would donate body parts to science for some of the blades pictured in this thread.
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Scott Kowalski
Location: Oak Lawn, IL USA Joined: 24 Nov 2006
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| Jeremy V. Krause wrote: | | Scott Kowalski wrote: | | Jeremy V. Krause wrote: | Yes the squire is a very handsome XIV,
Especially with a red grip, but that's just my opinion,
Jeremy |
Actually the Squire is a XVI I believe. And I was thinking oxblood myself.
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Ah, you are correct! I must brush up on my typology!
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Not so much correct as drooling over the Squire on Albion's site. A great looking blade no matter what type it is!
Scott
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Darrin Hughes
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[quote="Tony Peterson"]
My last sword was a good old Binns... My next will be an ARMA sword and then following that another Binns.
Pics to follow...
Gotta love the Binns!
Any pictures of your last Binns yet?
Not a sword but a couple of pics of the spear that I got from Paul a couple of days ago (before and after delivery). 9th/10th century Saxon style based on a find in Cambridgeshire.
Cheers,
Darrin.
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Tony Peterson
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Any pictures of your last Binns yet?
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Not yet Darrin, Will get one up when I have some time 
Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas!
The time of heroes is dead: the christ god has killed it, leaving nothing but weeping martyrs and fear and shame.
If we die... it will be for GLORY, not gold.
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Mike Harris
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My new Reeve from the Albion 10th Aniversary Sale.
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S. Christiansen
Location: South Jutland, Denmark Joined: 25 Aug 2007
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| Darrin Hughes wrote: | Not a sword but a couple of pics of the spear that I got from Paul a couple of days ago (before and after delivery). 9th/10th century Saxon style based on a find in Cambridgeshire.
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I got a winged spear from Paul a while ago, and when I saw the pattern welded ones on the site, I actually regret not getting one of those instead. But still, I love mine, and who knows? I might as well just get another one in the future. 
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Chris Artman
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| S. Christiansen wrote: | | Darrin Hughes wrote: | Not a sword but a couple of pics of the spear that I got from Paul a couple of days ago (before and after delivery). 9th/10th century Saxon style based on a find in Cambridgeshire.
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I got a winged spear from Paul a while ago, and when I saw the pattern welded ones on the site, I actually regret not getting one of those instead. But still, I love mine, and who knows? I might as well just get another one in the future. |
Paul Binns? What website are you mentioning? Love the spear and the pattern welding... Would like to check out the website you mention....
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S. Christiansen
Location: South Jutland, Denmark Joined: 25 Aug 2007
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| Chris Artman wrote: | | [Paul Binns? What website are you mentioning? Love the spear and the pattern welding... Would like to check out the website you mention.... |
http://paul-binns-swords.co.uk/
Here you go. Lots of nice pictures there.
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Sonni
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Paul Watson
Location: Upper Hutt, New Zealand Joined: 08 Feb 2006
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| Mike Harris wrote: | My new Reeve from the Albion 10th Aniversary Sale.
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Mike, what is the grip colour? The Reeve is one of those swords that is so simple yet so good looking. What stands out on it is how much of the blade is fullered.
I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, but that which it protects. (Faramir, The Two Towers)
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Felix R.
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Have a Reeve too, with light brown grip. This sword is fantastic. Compared to my Yeoman, that is only slightly shorter, the Reeve feels much more solid and brutish. It is really nice to wield. Have fun with it!
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