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Eric G.
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I am very excited to see the stats. Thanks for sharing, Sean.
Eric Gregersen
www.EricGregersen.com
Knowledge applied is power.
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Jean Thibodeau
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Always interesting seeing your project progress and at times " regress " when you change your mind and re-do something you weren't satisfied about. ( Not necessarily this project but a general comment.  ).
You do take rather so so blades and sword furniture and turn them into real art and make them look like high end and accurate reproductions.   ( or at the very least plausible interpretations of period swords ).
Well, making $300 swords look like $3000 custom work.
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Andreas Auer
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WOW...very well done...Sean..thanks for your inspiration.
The secret is,
to keep that pointy end thingy away from you...
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Eric G.
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Sean,
Great looking sword you have there. If you ever decide to sell it please send me a pm or an email ;-)
So you said this is a XVIII. I have read the spotlight article on XVIII swords many times, but I always prefer asking the pros to relying on my novice level of understanding. Is this an XVIIIc sword? I know that the spotlight article mentions that they usually have an s-curved cross and a wheel pommel (which this one doesn't but as I understand it those aspects are not critical to its classification) but it also says that it is usually of hand and a half proportions. You mentioned that it is a bastard sword. Bastard and hand and a half are the same thing, right?
So is this a type XVIIIc?
Also, does anyone know of any manufacturers that sell XVIIIc swords? I've not really been able to find many that seem to fit the bill and I'm interested.
Eric Gregersen
www.EricGregersen.com
Knowledge applied is power.
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Sean Flynt
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| Eric Gregersen wrote: | Sean,
Great looking sword you have there. If you ever decide to sell it please send me a pm or an email ;-)
So you said this is a XVIII. I have read the spotlight article on XVIII swords many times, but I always prefer asking the pros to relying on my novice level of understanding. Is this an XVIIIc sword? I know that the spotlight article mentions that they usually have an s-curved cross and a wheel pommel (which this one doesn't but as I understand it those aspects are not critical to its classification) but it also says that it is usually of hand and a half proportions. You mentioned that it is a bastard sword. Bastard and hand and a half are the same thing, right?
So is this a type XVIIIc?
Also, does anyone know of any manufacturers that sell XVIIIc swords? I've not really been able to find many that seem to fit the bill and I'm interested. |
It's definitely Type XVIII. I always hesitate to go beyond that level of the typology, especially in this later period. However, I would say that this is not XVIIIc. I think the hilt furniture matters less than the proportions of the blade. It's probably somewhere between XVIIIb and XVIIIc.
The large Alexandria sword(s) are often cited as the classic examples of XVIIIc. This one, while large, is not as large as those or as large as the varieties Peter Johnsson has created. I know of at least four PJ XVIIIc swords--the Masters of Fire sword, a sword for an exhibit in Solingen and the Albion Principe and Alexandria swords.
The Peter Johnsson XVIIIb sword shown here: http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t...ght=xviiic is the closest to the one I made (though we're still talking about the distance between Alabama and Sweden in terms of overall quality).
As far as I know there is no off-the-shelf option for a true Type XVIIIc apart from Albion.
-Sean
Author of the Little Hammer novel
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Hammer-Sean-Flynt/dp/B08XN7HZ82/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=little+hammer+book&qid=1627482034&sr=8-1
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