[Thomas Hoogendam]

[Aaron Schnatterly]

No, really... see? It stands out!

[Chad Arnow]

Guys,
I'm glad the pics have generated discussion and lust. The Regent was a sword I couldn't pass up, even though it's a little outside of my primary time period of interest. It's is the most aestethically interesting sword I have. It's angular, yet not unattractive. Its decoration consists of simple straight lines: the midrib; the peak of the guard and grip, which splits at the pommel into two; the lines on the ecusson on ends of the guard. Simple, yet visually pretty stunning.

It cuts like a beast, too. Not in the same way the beastly Baron cuts, though. A different beast. Quicker, stealthier, seemingly more deadly. The Baron cleaves; the Regent slices.

The Sovereign is still my favorite. It's a toss-up between the Baron and Regent for 2nd place, though.

[Aaron Schnatterly]

[Russ Ellis]

[Aaron Schnatterly]

[Patrick Kelly]

You'll have to put me in the Regent fan club too. Even though it's far outside of my usual periods of interest it still attracts me. It's such a sleek and deadly looking sword. From a distance it appears to be a rather slim and dainty piece, especially in photos. However, once you have it in hand you realize what a beast it really is.

IMHO it's one of the neatest swords Albion makes. Not as neat as the Jarl, but close.

[Russ Ellis]

[Steve Grisetti]

[Aaron Schnatterly]

[Jean Thibodeau]

Aaron;

Oh, I feel your pain ............ well not really

Good no crippling damage was done. You might get an interesting scar from it. ( Try changing the story to a bar fight when asked. )

Did something similar to myself in 1995: Was spinning a dagger while watching T.V. : Spinning blade forward to blade reverse grip and not paying enough attention to what I was doing, instead of doing it vertically as I have done it a million time without incident I tried doing it horizontally ! Worked a few times, but like I said I wasn't paying enough attention to what I was doing. Well the dagger got away from me and went flying up and I was trying to get my body parts out of the way as it came back down in what seems like " BULLET TIME " ( Extreme slow motion ).

The blade tip slashed the top of my left hand and like you I got lucky that nothing vital got cut: Just a one inch wide cut close to the bone but missing all major blood vessels and tendons. In my case not much pain, little bleeding and mostly " white rage " mad at myself for being stupid. I was very lucky ! This dagger was and is scary sharp, I now have a nice one inch long scar there. Oh, no stitches just a butterfly bandaid and it took weeks to close up completely. ( No infection. )

Well a very minor wound that could have easily been a dagger 8" into my thigh or worse.

[Aaron Schnatterly]

[Jean Thibodeau]

Hopefully, others will learn to be careful from these type of stories.

I' m generally careful, but you only have to be stupid once.

Must be doing something right since that was the worse cut I ever did to myself.

Oh, if I go way back decades I did get a nasty cut when a katana slid out of a loose scabbard and I caught it by reflex: As they say don't try to catch a falling knife ( Was lucky that time also as it cut the inside of a finger near a joint but didn't cut any tendons ! But I did pass out on the bathroom floor that time as I was trying to bandage it. )

So at 55 I think the number of, what I call, bad cuts is below half a dozen.

Aaron, your injury stories sound much more serious. We sound like that scene in the first Jaws movie were the guys are trying to one-up each other showing their scars. ( You win! or loose depending on your point of view. )

Oh, interesting about the Nasal helm protecting you from a worse injury: I find that the Nasal doesn't obstruct my vision much and for such a narrow and limited face protection, it is so well placed that it adds protection way out of proportion to it's size.

[Michael F.]

[Aaron Schnatterly]

[Patrick Kelly]

Only three Aaron? Jeez, what a lightweight.

[Aaron Schnatterly]

[Chad Arnow]

Here's the latest addition, Albion's Sempach with magenta grip.

This is quite a sword. It seems to be a little under-rated, as Type XVII's do in general. It cut soft targets (pool noodles) with great ease, something I didn't really expect, given the blade's cross-section. It's agile in the thrust without lacking authority in the cut. Nice.

[Bob Burns]

Though I am an "Arms & Armor" collector, I do greatly admire Albion and their "Mercenary" is among my favorites, however I think the Regent is very classy. I also like the color selection you chose, personally I think you chose the most appropriate color for each one. You have two absolutely gorgeous swords added to your collection that anyone would envy. But actually, I am very happy for you, I know the feeling, I get that feeling bone deep everytime I get a new piece from Arms & Armor.

Aaron, the rack of Albions is a beautiful sight to behold, I look forward to filling a rack of Arms & Armor, with 4 of their swords and 1 rapier I have a good start.

Something else I very much enjoy, the different kind of collections, like Patrick, you gear towards a particular kind of sword and a time period, and have umpteen versions, I think that is very interesting indeed.
For me, my interest is in the diversity of sword types, which is why somewhere down the road I will probably acquire the Albion Mainz Gladius. My collection as it grows will look like "Time Travel". LOL

Once again Chad, I think your swords are absolutely stunning in every respect!


Happy Collecting

Bob

[Mark Morris]

The blue grip on the Regent is really nice.
I just ordered a Knight with a Royal blue grip. The lady I spoke to at Albion told me that they just made a Regent with a beautiful blue grip! They were quite proud of it!
So, you are the culprit!!

Thanks for the "preview" of the color. Enjoy!