Alright the thread up top where Aaron and I were talking about this or that we had on order or wanted to order had me got me to thinking... what's REALLY next on my list? I've got a Sword of St. Maurice paid for but it hasn't shown up yet and I've got a Brecia mostly paid for so I'm not counting those. So my next five will be:

Arms and Armor Henry V
Albion Regent
Albion Knecht
Arms and Armor Horseman's axe
Jacob Powning Viking (I hope)

In that order I think unless some wildly good deal shows up somewhere. So how about you? Let's see your next 5 in order...

My list is constantly changing.

However, I do have a little list of production swords.

Albion Gaddhjalt
Albion Regent
A&A Viking spear
A&A Townguard sword
Albion Squire.

Well....I just orderd a Mercenary and the Knecht....which means the Doge will be my 7th "free" sword from Albion (My 2nd).

I will probably order the Munich and the Prince after I pay off the above!!!.

Cheers
Dave Lannon

Yesterday, I called Albion and changed my Poitiers order to a Fiore. So the next 4 after that may be:

Albion Knight, a rapier from Darkwood, Arms & Armor Eng. Longsword, and Arms & Armor Edward III.

Ted

An Eljay English baskethilt with an ATrim backsword blade should be showing up sometime next week. That one should really be something else.

Future swords? I have a list, but it changes. Models may hang around on it awhile and then fall off, sadly unbought. Some things on it right now -

A hanger or cuttoe from Old Dominion Forge

English Longsword from A&A

ATrim DN1532

A Cervenka Schiavona

From Albion - Condottiere, Gallowglass, Markgraf, Reeve - none of them exist yet. I'll probably only get two of these four.

Stage combat swords: - rapier from Darkwood - one of ATrims sparring longswords - some of Albions Maestro line, when they exist.

As I said, there is no way that I will buy all of these swords. They are just the ones swirling around in my head right now.

Alright, alright... but I have to put a disclaimer in there as well... there are a couple of custom makers out there that may slide in between something. Also, Russ... 5 pieces constitutes a significant full collection in it's own right. I see we're also including non-swords. In fairness, I'll include something non-weapon, since it will be a significant part of my collection and will be coming very soon...

I'll count the Hersir, even though it is already pretty much a done deal... will be in hand in about 2 weeks.

SO... here goes...

1: Albion Next Gen Hersir
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2: A 16th Century full harness by Scott Martin of Illusion Armoring
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3: Albion Museum Line Svante
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4: Arms & Armor Knightly Pole Axe
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5: Albion Next Gen Munich
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If you don't count the Hersir, since it's an all-but-done deal:

6: Albion Museum Line Solingen
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1 & 2. Albion Fiore, a sharp and a not-so-sharp (for 'safe' practice)

3. possibly a Munich, though I'm beginning to have serious doubts about that one
4. Albion Baron
5. Albion Knight, with a Baron pommel if I can talk Albion into it

Somewhere in between/before/after I'll probably buy some knives, daggers, an axe, some plate and mail etc etc the list goes on and on and on.....
Money is a bit of a problem right now but I expect to be able to order the Fiores in August.

Next five likely transactions/projects (2005-2006)

• 17th c. sword by a well-known custom maker (stay tuned for details)
• 16th c. spear (MRL+Me)
• 16th c. Irish target (Me)
• 16th c. Irish dart(s) (Me)
• Late Roman spatha (Me, a project for my wife based on a surprisingly spatha-like Chinese blade I have lying around)

An MRL German Halberd/Voulge may intervene somewhere in here because I just can't get it out of my head. La la la, la la la la la....

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My next several swords:
--Albion Sword of St. Maurice. This will be my 6th Albion sword.
--Albion Bayeaux. This will be my "free 7th."

After that it gets tough. I'm thinking:
--Berserker
--Jarl
--Vassal
--Agincourt
--Crecy
--Munich
--Gallowglass (free 7th)

That sounds good. Now to go rob a bank...Just kidding!

Brian M

This arrived on my doorstep just yesterday evening fresh from Arms & Armor.......................

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Nasty, very nasty. :D

Sweet axe! I keep meaning to branch out my arms collection, but Albion keeps bringing out things I have to have. :(
I'd particularly like a Danish Axe like that one, an early Mace (Iberian mace?), and an 11th-12th Century spear/lance. That would round out a pretty representative early collection.

Brian M

Is A&A still having that 10 or 20% off sale?

Brian M

I forgot all about the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum Sword sword... That one's definitely on the list as well, but I figure I've got some time on that one so I'll have some of the others cleared before it starts being produced.

Bummer. On the other hand, I really need to focus on paying off my Albion Sword of St. Maurice. I literally can't wait to get ahold of that one!
I believe the scabbard is an integral part of the history of the SoSM, so I'm ordering that as well. Really I don't think this sword should be ordered without the scabbard.

Brian M