[Matthew P. Adams]

I want albion or A&A to make this.

http://wallacelive.wallacecollection.org/eMus...ctId=60966

A nearly 70 inch Montante that weighs about 6 pounds. I looked into an Arms and Armour custom piece but financially I just can't do it yet. If I ever get enough disposable funds I will have Craig and his guys make one up. I am in love with this sword, it's details are elegant, slim, and almost stark. Someday I will have it made, it took me a few years but I have the ATrim 1592 and the Albion Fiore, this will complete my dream collection.

...ok, well that and a Munich.

[Zach H.]

I would like to see historical pieces for people on a budget. Like Iron Age Irish and British swords.

[David Lewis Smith]

[Tyler Keich]

Hm, I'll bite.

As for makers, I have no particular person in mind. Or actually, too many.

As for what I would like, there's a few things spanning different times.

A Germanic single edged sword, similar to the cherusker and the one made by Christian Böhling.

And some Gjermundbu maille such as the one made by Johan Gemvik.

Those are two things I've found very attractive and in a short supply of.

[Alan Schiff]

I'd like to see A&A make their Bohemian broadsword with a blade that closer resembles the original as seen in Oakeshott's Records. I had one of the A&A ones for a while but the blade is, IMO, not at all representative of the original and falls short for me aesthetically.

I would love for Albion to produce more squire line models, and for MRL to finally add the longer blades and other options they talked about to the create your own sword line.

[Tim Lison]

I haven't bought "off the rack" in a long time, but I would love to see Albion do some daggers and seaxes. I would also love to see them finish the Hauptman and Markgraf. The complex hilt stuff always still gives me an itch when I see it well done like it will be with those models...

[Glen A Cleeton]

Something I see American production kind of shying away from is sabres. Next to that would be spadroons. While limited appeal for a lot of the market, I think A&A might be capable of ding them as a standard model. A problem with both is going to be replicating the non-linear distal taper at feasible cost. I am talking at least 10mm thickness of blade at the hilt, reducing in a hand's span to half that for much of the blade and ending up wafer thick at the point.

An American made British light cavalry 1796 sword done right would be a simple profile to tackle, as would hussar type hilts. The hurdle would be tooling up for metal scabbards, if desired and quality leather with period fittings would be fantastic (made for very cheap in their day).

Attached are a couple of very awesome and simple counterguard examples from my racks. The ubiquitous urn pommel and stirrup guards which have been accumulated here, also something that could be fashioned pretty readily.

Cuttoe and a plethora of hangers might be welcome to the market as well. There begin to be some eagle pommels appearing third world as well but I have been pretty disappointed with what I see on the market so far. Complex forms in casting maybe now just a printing job away and waiting for any brave souls to venture there. I think there may be value in the long run for some like A&A or others to gear up on the casting or printing formulas for production. Too many eagles to choose from.

Simple quality spadroons should really be a no brainer but maybe a niche market. Some are making them, sharps and trainers.

Cheers

GC

[Patrick Kelly]

[Tom King]

[Matthew Bunker]

I'd like to see Albion get their finger out and produce the 'Alibris' spatha which has been "coming" for about 5 years now.

Or any other 'LRI' sword based on one of the amazing Illerup finds, with an octagonal cross section.

[Daniel Wallace]

[Matthew Amt]

Sure would be nice if ANYone came out with a decent Roman pugio! There are numerous Indian-made versions, and all of them have bad problems. There are certain features and details that they just refuse to get right, it seems...

Matthew

[David Lewis Smith]

so while looking for something else I found this in the Royal Ontario Museum

I want Albion to make this

the sword found on this page
http://www.rom.on.ca/en/blog/re-enactment-arc...-the-sword

and pictured here

[Benjamin Floyd II]

16th century dussack - of the metal variety

[Matt Corbin]

Would live to see Albion or A&A do a production Sinclair Saber like the one below. It's a sword type that is sadly passed over too often. This specimen is from the Frazier History Museum in Louisville, KY.

[Matt Corbin]

Looks like Benjamin and I are on the same track

[Aaron Henley]

I would like to see Albion produce some type XIIIb blades for their Next Generation line. Perhaps they could do one with a hexagonal cross-section, and another with the more common lenticular geometry. It's a type that is, in my opinion, horrendously underrepresented in the production market. As far as I know, only the Albion Tritonia, A&A Grunwald and Angus Trim XIIIb.1 are present (though I hesitate to include the Atrim, as only two examples currently exist and there's no indication that Gus will be producing any more of them).

Complex hilted swords have been mentioned a couple of times in this thread already, but I'd love to see a bit more market presence for left-handed complex hilts. As a southpaw, I've shied away from this period of sword history as it's bloody difficult to find an attractive rapier that's suitable for left-handed people.

[Roger Hooper]

[Benjamin Floyd II]

I was thinking more like this or similiar (maybe with a slightly earlier guard):






I'd still like to have a 'Sinclair saber' though!

[Benjamin Floyd II]

Or this:




I attached a part of Meyer's 1570 title page for reference. Without the sidebars, this would be close.