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Mark Mattimore
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Drat! My second Honorable Mention. 
It's like being the brides maid and never the bride. Well, maybe next time. Congratulations to all the winners.
In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro.
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Kenton Spaulding
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Ahhh, two honorable mentions here, so I can understand where you guys are coming from. Still, it is a pretty cool feeling to know that I named an Albion (or two), even though I was a bit slow on the draw. That Chevalier concept drawing is really nice, hopefully I will be able to pick one up when they become available. Can't wait to see further developments on these babies!
Also, thanks go out to the people at Albion for the generous contest! Very fun...Thanks guys.
Kenton
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Chad Arnow
myArmoury Team
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| Nathan Robinson wrote: | | Yes. I am also bothered by the choice of "The Oakeshott" as a name. I question the choice, as it seems to confuse things in the market given that Arms & Armor has had a sword named "The Oakeshott" for several years now in their standard line-up. |
MRL used to have a sword named the Oakeshott also. It's been discontinued for a while.
A&A's version was named for a sword in Oakeshott's collection. The MRL version may also have been named for something that passed through his collection.
ChadA
http://chadarnow.com/
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David Etienne
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Congratulations to the winners !
I appreciate every names, but I have a little problem with the "Tyrolean": when I hear that name, I see people with strange hats and leather shorts yodling, a huge glass of beer in their hand, but not a two-hands sword  .
Cheers,
David
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Edward Hitchens
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So for those of you who entered the contest, what names for what swords did you submit? My 'Honorable Mention' was The Wallace for sword #3 (kinda looks like the sword that Mel Gibson used in a certain movie ). My pick for sword #4 was The Erbach because the hilt of that sword reminds me of the one in Oakeshott's Records (Type XVIIIa.10).
"The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest." Thomas Jefferson
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Lloyd Clark
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| Posted: Tue 29 Nov, 2005 10:43 am Post subject: |
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| David Etienne wrote: | Congratulations to the winners !
I appreciate every names, but I have a little problem with the "Tyrolean": when I hear that name, I see people with strange hats and leather shorts yodling, a huge glass of beer in their hand, but not a two-hands sword .
Cheers,
David |
Obviously, you have never been to New Glarus
Cheers,
Lloyd Clark
2000 World Jousting Champion
2004 World Jousting Bronze Medalist
Swordmaster
Super Proud Husband and Father!
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Martin Wallgren
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I was trying the Dürer for one of the swords. In tribute to his fechtbuch and his artwork who has fashinaded people for centurys.
Martin
Swordsman, Archer and Dad
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C.L. Miller
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| Posted: Tue 29 Nov, 2005 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Martin Wallgren wrote: | | I was trying the Dürer for one of the swords. |
A fine moniker indeed. Hopefully Albion will provide you with another opportunity to submit this.
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Jonathan Blair
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I submitted The Plantagenet for sword #1 with my inspiration coming from the English Anarchy (1135 - 1154) between the usurper Stephen of Blois on one side and Empress Matilda and Henry Plantagenet (the future Henry II) on the other. I just imagined that just such a sword might have been wielded by one side or the other during that long nineteen year civil war.
"Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword." - The Lord Jesus Christ, from The Gospel According to Saint Matthew, chapter x, verse 34, Authorized Version of 1611
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Steve Grisetti
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| C.L. Miller wrote: | | Martin Wallgren wrote: | | I was trying the Dürer for one of the swords. |
A fine moniker indeed. Hopefully Albion will provide you with another opportunity to submit this. |
But this is another example of a name used by another maker (Arms & Armor, with their "Dürer Bastard Sword"), so probably not a good choice for Albion.
"...dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skilful, and deadly."
- Sir Toby Belch
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Felix Wang
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An honorable mention! I may be getting the hang of this. Now, if I could only think a little faster.... 
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Edward Hitchens
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| Steve Grisetti wrote: | | C.L. Miller wrote: | | Martin Wallgren wrote: | | I was trying the Dürer for one of the swords. |
A fine moniker indeed. Hopefully Albion will provide you with another opportunity to submit this. |
But this is another example of a name used by another maker (Arms & Armor, with their "Dürer Bastard Sword"), so probably not a good choice for Albion. |
I agree. Something I wouldn't want to see is conflict between two companies over something like this, not to mention that these 'Name That Sword' contests are rather fun and I'd hate for Albion to have to do away with them. 
"The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest." Thomas Jefferson
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C.L. Miller
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| Steve Grisetti wrote: | | But this is another example of a name used by another maker (Arms & Armor, with their "Dürer Bastard Sword"), so probably not a good choice for Albion. |
Opps. I agree with you. I'm not as up on the Arms & Armor swords as I suppose I should be, and I didn't realize that the name was already taken... good for A&A!
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Patrik Erik Lars Lindblom
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 #3 The Wachtmeister
Don't ask ! 
Frid o Fröjd!
Patrik
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Edward Hitchens
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| Patrik Erik Lars Lindblom wrote: | #3 The Wachtmeister
Don't ask ! |
 That's at least an Honorable Mention in my book!
"The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest." Thomas Jefferson
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Carl Goff
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I offered up Doppelsoldner for #4.[/i]
Oh, East of sands and sunlit gulf, your blood is thin, your gods are few;
You could not break the Northern wolf and now the wolf has turned on you.
The fires that light the coasts of Spain fling shadows on the Eastern strand.
Master, your slave has come again with torch and axe in his right hand!
-Robert E. Howard
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Alexander Hinman
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Egads! I too asked for #4 to be the Maximilian! I'm glad my name idea won out, I just wish I had gotten it in faster. The name seems to have been chosen by popular vote, though. *grin*
Good for Daniel, though I wonder why I didn't get an honourable mention.. *Scratches head*
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Craig Peters
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Has anyone considered that it might be an idea to keep your suggestions secret, in case there's a future contest where they might be appropriate?
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