[Julien M]

The timeseller, the biggest Spanish reenactment retailer has been briefly discussed in another topic that led me to browse their website. They are renown to be quiet cheap, but they offer a wide range of product, ranging from entry level to high quality.

They work with a smith named Julio Armenteros, and I'm quiet impressed with some of his work (I think that's the best repro of the sword of Santa Casilda I've seen so far).

http://www.thetimeseller.com/list/213/0/2/1/2/Armenteros.htm

A few picts below:











edited as I messed up my initial pic upload.
That longsword does look like an ugraded tinker Hanwei. Very slender and elegant too.

[Mark Griffin]

I've worked with TimeSeler on a festival project and he's a nice knowledgeable guy. Its nice to see swords coming out of Spain that are not just for the tourist market, thanks for posting the pics.

[Julien M]

this is quiet nice too! Not by Armenteros but made by FLAGELLUM DEI.

Anyone handled one of these? Never heard of them.

[Lee O'Hagan]

Hi Julien ,Mark,
I agree it's really good to see real Spanish swords again,
but looking at a few example's of Julio's work I think they look a little expensive for the standard, not to be unkind but as a comparison, this one,
http://www.thetimeseller.com/product/4202/0/0...a-1460.htm
looks good initially,
but on the close ups not so tidy,
it translates to over £600 before post,
a couple of years ago,Mark Vickers had one of these on his stall at Coventry, the grip was black horn, flawless lines and finish, the same guard and pommel in steel but coated gold, (same coating used on those posh drill bits from memory)
hollow ground blade, stunning piece of kit, and £250-300,
I still regret not buying that sword to this day,
add in that Rob at Castlekeep can make a fantastic sword for the mentioned £600 figure,
I cant speak for Todd or Owen for sword pricing but have seen a lot of Todds stuff at the show's and again it's well ahead,
i'm sorry to be a little harsh, but I think something is missed at those price figure's,

[Julien M]

[Lee O'Hagan]

Hi J,
Yep gotta agree always good to see new makers, more so with the many years of the Spanish market being the top end to the lower end display swords we all got used too,
Julio is definitely on the road to putting them back on the map,
some of the piece's on the site look good value,
the first one you posted
I may be wrong,but i'm wondering if Julio has been doing the initial Windlass piece to go into production, the same sword at KOA was a windlass that looked nigh on the same, could be wrong of course,
apart from that,
I probly linked to the worst one of the bunch as a lot of the others look pretty nice,
that's probly more the annoyance of not buying Marks kicking in again, I remember following your thread on yours from Mark too, nice sword,
best,
lee,

[Shahril Dzulkifli]

The Sword of Santa Casilda looks nice, especially the red leather handle and wave-like patterns on the pommel.

[Patrick De Block]

May I also draw your attention to this thread? Not everything from TimeSellers is made by Julio Armenteros. But maybe that is the thread you are referencing?

http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t...armenteros

[J.D. Crawford]

Thanks for posting the info.