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M. Adair Orr
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 Posted: Fri 06 Nov, 2009 7:03 am Post subject: Aluminum cross on Windlass German Bastard Sword |
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I've been picking up some project swords lately. I've liked the blade on the Windlass German Bastard sword so recently I purchased one inexpensively. I thought the photos I had seen here of the hilt were quite nice for the price range and was curious how Windlass managed to turn out such a form. Well, it didn't take long to realize when I held it that the Crossguard was cast in Aluminum. I have to ask folks here if they were all made this way? Has Windlass used aluminum in the past?
I'm glad I bought it for a project blade, otherwise this would be a terrific dissapointment.
Cheers, Adair
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William Goodwin
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| Posted: Fri 06 Nov, 2009 7:41 am Post subject: |
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Are you sure it is an actual Windlass piece? Did / does it have the "Windlass" ink stamp on the ricasso?
There are quite a few of these on Ebay that are cheap knock - off's of Windlass models (GBS, Crecy, 15th c. longsword, etc).
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M. Adair Orr
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| Posted: Sun 08 Nov, 2009 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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William,
Thank you for the pointer. The sword is not in fact a Windlass. The pommel will be useful for other projects. The hilt will go in the recycling and I will find something to do with the blade. I'll have to cut the blade down quite a bit since the tang is ridiculous.
-Adair
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Nathan Robinson
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The WINDLASS German Bastard Sword has absolutely no aluminum components. I'm not personally aware of any Windlass-created "historical" offering that uses aluminum as a material. (Stainless and chromed steel: yes... unfortunately, but not aluminum)
As Bill mentions, there are many people knocking off this design (and others) and claiming that they are Windlass-created items. Some are going so far as to even put a Windlass sticker on the blade.
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M. Eversberg II
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It's pretty low when you're knocking off WINDLASS, of all things.
M.
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Gary B. Ledford
Location: Southern California Joined: 14 Feb 2009
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I actually bought one fo these from the seller you guys are mentioning. the blade is identical to one made a few years back by windlass. I bought it to use as a beater/training rapier, and it serves that function well (plus the price was right-about 50 bucks).
The hilt is not aluminum. The blade, while carbon steel, is barely heat treated, and will take a set if bent more than about 15 degrees. However, it still functions adequately for its intended purpose, despite also having a ridiculously thin tang.
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Pierre T.
Location: Ottawa, Canada Joined: 14 Dec 2007
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| M. Eversberg II wrote: | It's pretty low when you're knocking off WINDLASS, of all things.
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I have seen cheap Chinese knockoff of very very "niche" market items so... it's pretty astonishing what they will do.
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This is a standard topic