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PostPosted: Mon 30 Jan, 2012 12:38 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

That was really a fantastic spot. I'm thrilled to see you guys featured like that. The production value of the show was very nice, too, and spotlighted you perfectly for what I understand to be their audience. Well done all around.
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PostPosted: Mon 30 Jan, 2012 1:27 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I really enjoyed that piece. I bet it will make a lot of young people want to become armorers and swordsmiths. I was very happy to see the custom sword that you made for me - or if it wasn't mine, then one you recreated for another customer.


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PostPosted: Mon 30 Jan, 2012 1:30 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Roger Hooper wrote:
I really enjoyed that piece. I bet it will make a lot of young people want to become armorers and swordsmiths. I was very happy to see the custom sword that you made for me - or if it wasn't mine, then one you recreated for another customer.


It had to be yours... and an awesome sword it is.

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PostPosted: Mon 30 Jan, 2012 9:30 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Thank you, Craig. I really enjoyed watching that video and have shown it to several people. =)
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PostPosted: Mon 30 Jan, 2012 11:12 pm    Post subject: A&A onTV         Reply with quote

Beautifully done piece; watched it twice and will go for another pass shortly.

We were in your neck of the woods last August and I convinced my wife that we should pay A&A a visit. She was raised in Minneapolis, so we found your building very quickly. We arrived at the bottom of the stairs and was confronted by two closed doors, one with a sign stating Christopher Poor - Proprietor. That was as far as we got as it was on a Saturday...nobody at home. Looking around my wife said, "Bubb this is your kind of place!" It surely is... Now, thanks to the video I caught a glimpse of a really nifty place. Thanks guys.

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PostPosted: Tue 31 Jan, 2012 3:18 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

For understandable reasons, I had to watch the online version. Other than the horrendous song that preceded the A&A bit, it was a great piece of documentary. It was great to see the living, breathing people who made my Gustav Vasa rapier. Happy
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PostPosted: Tue 31 Jan, 2012 3:48 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Hi Graig,

Watched this a couple of time and greatly enjoyed it. Lovely sword on the workbench too!

Over the years I've seen only a handfull of your swords being made available through rare retaillers in Europe (in fact I should use singular here, as the only one I know of where the Uk based "the grange" (for training/sparring swords) and they went out of business recently) . Do you guys have an official retailler in Europe?

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PostPosted: Tue 31 Jan, 2012 5:21 am    Post subject: European Sales         Reply with quote

Hi Julien

We have worked with Schwertshop24 in the past to send items to folks in Germany and near by. We do ship directly to many customers as well. Also there are options with some of the WMA groups as they will often order groups of things or have some items for sale though again these are usually for training. I have worked with a knife seller in Italy as well but the name escapes me at the moment as this one a supply line for a single customer as Italian import issues with swords and such can be tricky.

Thanks guys for all the kind comments. We had worked with this producer several years ago on a Medieval Educational video series and she was excellent then and has only gotten better. I agree they did a great job and made us look better than we could have asked for. In a shot like this you do not know how you will appear and it is always nice when it works this well.

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PostPosted: Thu 02 Feb, 2012 1:45 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I saw the clip and enjoyed the hell out of it... it was great to put faces and voices to some of the people there at A&A. Wink Also... featured often and prominently in the was the main object of my lust, the item i want most from A&A... the Writhen Rapier. I saw it several times... Eek! Gah, want it so badly... its been ages since it was on the 'In Stock' list, so I'm guessing that one was a customer order.
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PostPosted: Thu 02 Feb, 2012 5:12 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Congrats! I very much enjoy seeing inside other peoples shops. There are only a handful of us that do this craft for a living and it's always nice to see the tools and the craftsmen in their own element.

I also felt the production value was fantastic and you guys did great on camera.

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PostPosted: Fri 03 Feb, 2012 1:28 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Matthew Stagmer wrote:
Congrats! I very much enjoy seeing inside other peoples shops. There are only a handful of us that do this craft for a living and it's always nice to see the tools and the craftsmen in their own element.

I also felt the production value was fantastic and you guys did great on camera.


Next time i drop by you guys for a visit... I'll have to take some video as opposed to just pics. Wink
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PostPosted: Fri 03 Feb, 2012 4:45 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

That was an excellent segment. My wife walked by as I was watching it, and asked me to send her a link. She teaches high school and thinks it would be useful in her "Adventures in World History" class.

I'm already a big fan of your products, but the segment also gave me a more direct and personal insight into your company and the people there. Well done.

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PostPosted: Fri 03 Feb, 2012 6:50 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Sean O Stevens wrote:
Matthew Stagmer wrote:
Congrats! I very much enjoy seeing inside other peoples shops. There are only a handful of us that do this craft for a living and it's always nice to see the tools and the craftsmen in their own element.

I also felt the production value was fantastic and you guys did great on camera.


Next time i drop by you guys for a visit... I'll have to take some video as opposed to just pics. Wink


There will be plenty of video of our shop available in the near future Wink

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PostPosted: Fri 03 Feb, 2012 7:37 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Great video segment! It was good to see the A&A folks getting some good airtime. Happy
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