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Nathan Robinson
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PostPosted: Thu 02 Sep, 2004 6:24 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Steve Fabert wrote:
I doubt the Towton would qualify as a true Type XVII, since it is not overly stiff near the point.

Isn't the Towton an Oakeshott Type XVI?

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PostPosted: Thu 02 Sep, 2004 9:55 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I find the waviness thing varies greatly from my limited experience. I've had a couple that were very clean and hardly any problem and I had a couple that had more hammer/grind ripples than you'd find waves in the ocean. I wonder if it isn't a matter of some swords being done by more experienced smiths and some not, being in a factory production type manufacture....

The Towton sure enough looks like a nice sword. I find it tempting, certainly...
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PostPosted: Fri 03 Sep, 2004 5:53 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Nathan Robinson wrote:

Isn't the Towton an Oakeshott Type XVI?


It's as close to a type XVI as it is to a XII or a XVII. More pointed than a XII, more flexible than a XVII, but longer than the description of a XVI, so probably XVIA would be the best slot to file it in.
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