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Nathan Robinson
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Chad Arnow
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Kudos to Sean for a great update.  I don't know as much about later period weaponry; this group taught me a lot.
Nice work, Sean!
ChadA
http://chadarnow.com/
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Bill Grandy
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| Chad Arnow wrote: | | Kudos to Sean for a great update. I don't know as much about later period weaponry; this group taught me a lot. |
I have to echo this, particularly when talking about Sean's article on the Virginia Muster. I'm a native Virginian who's always taken for granted this state's rich history as a kid in school, but as an adult now have a renewed interest in it. So fantastic work, Sean!
HistoricalHandcrafts.com
-Inspired by History, Crafted by Hand
"For practice is better than artfulness. Your exercise can do well without artfulness, but artfulness is not much good without the exercise.” -anonymous 15th century fencing master, MS 3227a
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Henrik Bjoern Boegh
Location: Agder, Norway Joined: 03 Mar 2004
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Now this was both an entertaining and educational update! Very nice to see some repros from this time-period and of this weapon-type. Thanks!
And as allways, the pictures are excellent!
Cheers,
Henrik
Constant and true.
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Roger Hooper
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I love those hangers. Eljay always makes great stuff and I've always been intrigued by the swords over at Old Dominion Forge. Is it true that ODF has a very long waiting list for swords on the order of about 2 years?
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Steve Grisetti
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| Roger Hooper wrote: | | ...Is it true that ODF has a very long waiting list for swords on the order of about 2 years? |
I recently corresponded with Kyle Willyard at Old Dominion Forge, and that is what he told me. He also said that he is not taking any new sword orders because of that backlog.
"...dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skilful, and deadly."
- Sir Toby Belch
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Steve Grisetti
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Kudos to Sean Flynt on an excellent set of reviews. We don't see much of dussacks, hangers and such on this site compared to other sword forms, so I think that they have been seriously under represented. After corresponding with Sean, and picking up some of his recommended books, I have come to really appreciate these swords.
(By the way, Sean, if you ever get tired of the E.B. Erickson hanger, please let me know. I'll be happy to help out!)
I now own the DT 5174 that Sean reviewed. I concur with all of Sean's comments (of course, he knows a great deal more than I on the the subject!). For all of its faults, I am very fond of the sword. Ever since I received it, of the dozen or so swords in my collection, this is the one that I am most likely to be found "inspecting" at any given time. Not only do I love the form of the sword, but also, it is such a beast that it is very forgiving of my klutzy ways - there is nothing that could inadvertently damage it.
"...dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skilful, and deadly."
- Sir Toby Belch
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Sean Flynt
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Shae Bishop
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I love the new reviews! Swords of this type are beautiful and drastically underrepresented and it is refreshing and inspiring to see some quality reproductions. Great updates!
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Bill Grandy
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Yeah, I'd shot ODF an e-mail asking for a quote, and Kyle said he wasn't taking any orders for the moment.
HistoricalHandcrafts.com
-Inspired by History, Crafted by Hand
"For practice is better than artfulness. Your exercise can do well without artfulness, but artfulness is not much good without the exercise.” -anonymous 15th century fencing master, MS 3227a
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William Goodwin
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Great stuff all around Sean! Bloody Brilliant lad.
Cheers,
Bill
Roanoke Sword Guilde
roanokeswordguilde@live.com
"I was born for this" - Joan of Arc
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Nathan Robinson
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Sean Flynt
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Gordon Frye
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Sean;
Absolutely top-notch stuff there! I really enjoy the info on the early Virginia Colony. I've been totally intreagued by it's history ever since the National Geographic issue came out on Wolstenholme town back in the early '80's, and this, along with the reviews, is a great appetizer! Thanks for linking to the Virtual Jamestown site, too. Tons of cool info to ferret out of that site!
And glad you liked my new hanger! 
Keep up the good work!
Allons!
Gordon
"After God, we owe our victory to our Horses"
Gonsalo Jimenez de Quesada
http://www.renaissancesoldier.com/
http://historypundit.blogspot.com/
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Sean Flynt
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Tom Carr
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Beautiful hangers and an excellent update Sean. You stirred my interest in hangers when I bought that MRL German Hanger from you. This update only makes it worse! 
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