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Michal Plezia
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PostPosted: Mon 12 Mar, 2007 1:23 pm    Post subject: My new XV century bastard sword :)         Reply with quote

After 5 months of waiting mr.Szanek finally finished my sword.I am very excited!It fells so light and quick both in one and two hands...The quality is in my opinion very good...I can't wait some test cuts Big Grin

And now some pictures.

First the orginal(thank you myArmoury for lots of info-it helped me choose this beautifull style)



And here you can see my presssssiousss Cool











those black plates on the last pic are parts of a brigandine which I am working on Wink

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PostPosted: Mon 12 Mar, 2007 1:29 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Looks really nice man Cool
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PostPosted: Mon 12 Mar, 2007 1:45 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Great looking sword and it looks very much like the original. Cool

It's really great when you have a custom sword made and it actually looks like what you wanted. ( And I mean that the subtleties seem to match the original as far as I can tell from the pics: It could have been copied but without a good eye for proportions ).

You could write an official review of it for the site ? ( Just a suggestion. Wink Big Grin )

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PostPosted: Mon 12 Mar, 2007 1:46 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Ann Lievens wrote:
Looks really nice man Cool


Thanks Ann -it looks much better in real.I am not good in photography and in artificial light pictures aren't as good as in daylight..

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PostPosted: Mon 12 Mar, 2007 1:57 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Michal Plezia wrote:
Ann Lievens wrote:
Looks really nice man Cool


Thanks Ann -it looks much better in real.I am not good in photography and in artificial light pictures aren't as good as in daylight..


that's alright, the photo's look GREAT!! and after seeing the photo's i can see why you would like to do some test-cutting Razz and you're right, the quality looks much much better then most swords you see from this type.
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PostPosted: Mon 12 Mar, 2007 2:15 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Jean Thibodeau wrote:
Great looking sword and it looks very much like the original. Cool

It's really great when you have a custom sword made and it actually looks like what you wanted. ( And I mean that the subtleties seem to match the original as far as I can tell from the pics: It could have been copied but without a good eye for proportions ).

You could write an official review of it for the site ? ( Just a suggestion. Wink Big Grin )


Thanks Jean.

Official review?Ok...I can try(even with my bad english and little experience Wink )

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PostPosted: Mon 12 Mar, 2007 2:16 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

that is a sick sword. i realy like the grip

i was under the impression the origianl was hollow ground, do you know if it was and is yours?
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PostPosted: Mon 12 Mar, 2007 2:27 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Michal Plezia wrote:
Jean Thibodeau wrote:
Great looking sword and it looks very much like the original. Cool

It's really great when you have a custom sword made and it actually looks like what you wanted. ( And I mean that the subtleties seem to match the original as far as I can tell from the pics: It could have been copied but without a good eye for proportions ).

You could write an official review of it for the site ? ( Just a suggestion. Wink Big Grin )


Thanks Jean.

Official review?Ok...I can try(even with my bad english and little experience Wink )


Just get in touch with Nathan or Chad an they will guide you through the process: Don't worry about the English, they can do a little editing / polishing of your text. When you write a review you are not on your own and they will help you with any of the details you are not familiar with. ( I've been told by some who have written reviews or feature articles that it didn't hurt a bit and was actually fun to do. Wink Also nice to have it in the features section where the review will remain easy to find as opposed to an old topic post fading into the mass of old posts. )

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PostPosted: Mon 12 Mar, 2007 3:30 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Sean Belair wrote:
that is a sick sword. i realy like the grip

i was under the impression the origianl was hollow ground, do you know if it was and is yours?


I don't know if the original is hollow ground.My is diamond type.

By the way-I just realized that on one of the pictures you can see total mes in my room (which lately is more like workshop ) and an empty can of 1liter beer Eek! What a shame Laughing Out Loud Laughing Out Loud

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PostPosted: Mon 12 Mar, 2007 4:40 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Looks pretty good, and new toys are always fun.

Enjoy yourself.

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PostPosted: Mon 12 Mar, 2007 7:33 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Sean Belair wrote:
that is a sick sword. i realy like the grip

i was under the impression the origianl was hollow ground, do you know if it was and is yours?


Oakeshott doesn't mention hollow-grinding on that sword in his article in Blankwaffen. He describes a sister sword in detail in one of his articles, but notes the blade faces are "flat and not hollowed." He called the rest, including that original "similar" to that sister sword. That doesn't mean it's not, but I think he would have mentioned that.

Happy

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PostPosted: Mon 12 Mar, 2007 8:13 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

What a work of art!
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PostPosted: Tue 13 Mar, 2007 2:06 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Thank all of you Happy It is certainly the best sword in my collection Happy
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