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Ok, Russ, so I am a little slow... But, seriously, I view the Svante as a good representative of the sword company we have built -- and it took some time to get here -- with the talents not only of the incredible Peter Johnsson, but everyone here, from Leif who has learned how to make molds on his own, to Eric running the R&D, to Steve on the programming, to Jason and the complex hollowgrinding, and the amazing talents of John Gage, John Margeson and (soon again I hope) Tristan Waddington in the cutler shop. The Albion side of the operation now really has a "showpiece" (that stands out even among the other incredible NextGen and Museum swords) to rival the Atlantean on the Film Swords side and the custom swords by Jody. The Svante has been our "Holy Grail" if you will, and to finally be at a place where we can faithfully make these is the realization of a dream. We will never make or sell a lot of Svante swords, but it will always be there as a symbol of what we can do. Amy and I are very proud to work with people that can reproduce such an amazing piece, in the midst of everything else they do every day. Best, Howy |
Sorry Howy somehow I missed your post earlier. It's very much okay there's a saying about good things and those that wait... :) I can say that this one is definitely worth it. I'm in the midst of writing the review now. Of course Peter said some fascinating things in his post and I'm looking into them now...
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