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Chad Arnow
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PostPosted: Sat 24 Jun, 2023 11:14 am    Post subject: Tod's Workshop Wallace Rondel         Reply with quote

I took delivery of this beautiful beast earlier this week. It's one of Tod's custom Wallace Collection Rondel Daggers (as opposed to the Tod Cutler version). I have always loved this dagger, but hadn't fully appreciated how complex it is until Tod did his 3-video series on it (go watch them if you haven't!).

Here are some quick pics. I'll post more thoughts later and will do a full review at some point. First impressions: what a great piece that captures all the details of a very unique original. Happy



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PostPosted: Sun 25 Jun, 2023 12:07 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

That's nice!
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PostPosted: Sun 25 Jun, 2023 1:25 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

VERY lovely

its also kinda insane how LONG it is.
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PostPosted: Sun 25 Jun, 2023 1:00 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

What’s crazy to me is that the blade is over 1/2 an inch thick at the base. That’s nuts. Happy.
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PostPosted: Sun 25 Jun, 2023 3:52 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Over .5”? Mine is only 3/8. Now I’m sad.😢

Seriously though of my 4 rondels from Tod’s Workshop or Tod’s Stuff the Wallace is the one I’d pick for a serious fight.

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PostPosted: Sun 25 Jun, 2023 4:21 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Lloyd Winter wrote:
Over .5”? Mine is only 3/8. Now I’m sad.😢


Yep, about .52 inches or just over 13mm. Is yours a Tod Cutler version or the Tod's Workshop version?

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Seriously though of my 4 rondels from Tod’s Workshop or Tod’s Stuff the Wallace is the one I’d pick for a serious fight.


This thing is definitely not a genteel indoor costume accessory weapon. Happy

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PostPosted: Mon 26 Jun, 2023 9:55 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Mine is from Tod’s Workshop.
I think that mine was the model for the pics on the web site.

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PostPosted: Mon 26 Jun, 2023 3:23 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Thanks Chad and glad you love it and Lloyd glad you love your skinny one too.

The correct thickness is just over 13mm which is a crazy thick blade and not sure why yours should be that much thinner Lloyd. My guess would be that I made it for stock and had a piece of 10mm that was a suitable size and used that and if it is a stock item then I don't mind changing some dimensions. So I will make the assumption it was not a custom order and if it was I have no idea what happened, whoever at 10mm I am still pretty sure it will be robust.

I have always loved this dagger for a few reasons and its sheer unapologetic size in length and thickness has to be a large part of that.

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PostPosted: Mon 26 Jun, 2023 8:10 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

It was custom but no worries, it was more than 5 years ago as I recall. It’s not like I ever held it in my hand and said this isn’t beefy enough.
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PostPosted: Tue 27 Jun, 2023 12:32 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Nice pick up Chad! I like that a lot.
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PostPosted: Wed 28 Jun, 2023 1:23 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Just for fun, here are some comparison pics. The first shows the 2 rondel daggers currently in my collection. Both are historically sized, but from different ends of the size spectrum (and a good 50+ years apart in time).

The second shows the Wallace Rondel with another piece by Tod, the Spiderweb Quillon Dagger. Before the Wallace rondel, this was the thickest single-edged blade I'd owned at ~.3 inches/~7.55mm. The thickness of the Wallace rondel dagger is staggering by comparison.



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PostPosted: Thu 29 Jun, 2023 2:47 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Chad Arnow wrote:
Just for fun, here are some comparison pics. The first shows the 2 rondel daggers currently in my collection. Both are historically sized, but from different ends of the size spectrum (and a good 50+ years apart in time).

The second shows the Wallace Rondel with another piece by Tod, the Spiderweb Quillon Dagger. Before the Wallace rondel, this was the thickest single-edged blade I'd owned at ~.3 inches/~7.55mm. The thickness of the Wallace rondel dagger is staggering by comparison.

Having pictures with context makes an enormous difference.

Something showing the Wallace in-hand or with a relatively known quantity (one of the Albion XVa swords, for example) would also be helpful.

I never realized just how large that piece was, and while I'm not very familiar with the smaller rondel you have for comparison, I do believe I have a lower end piece of similar size and blade profile that allows me to visualize this better.
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