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Bill Tsafa
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Posted: Mon 20 Oct, 2008 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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Thank You
No athlete/youth can fight tenaciously who has never received any blows: he must see his blood flow and hear his teeth crack... then he will be ready for battle.
Roger of Hoveden, 1174-1201
www.poconoshooting.com
www.poconogym.com
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Tim Scott
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Posted: Thu 23 Oct, 2008 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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Hey, last day of the sale
Better get your order in.
I just ordered my very first Albion, a Crecy ( with a purple grip )
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Travis C.
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Posted: Thu 23 Oct, 2008 7:04 pm Post subject: Albions sale |
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I finally ordered a Steward ! It took the whole week to decide... (I flipped and flopped from one model to the next, then went with something totally different in the end - hah.)
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Joe Fults
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Posted: Thu 23 Oct, 2008 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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Temptation resisted.
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
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Douglas G.
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Posted: Thu 23 Oct, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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Money flux is maddening. I found some demonstration Euros left over from a trip just before the transition and as I
recall I payed $.80 per. That same trip delightful Black Forest bier Tannezaepfle cost the equivalent of $ .50 a half
liter in Deutschmarks. Cut to a trip in '07 and that same Tannenzaepfle cost the equivalent of $2.00 in Euros. It would
be swell if we could get price protection from pointless currency mood swings. So, are my .80 Euros worth more than
the ones I paid $1.30 for?
Doug
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Bill Grandy
myArmoury Team
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Posted: Thu 23 Oct, 2008 7:37 pm Post subject: Re: Albions sale |
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Travis C. wrote: | I finally ordered a Steward ! It took the whole week to decide... (I flipped and flopped from one model to the next, then went with something totally different in the end - hah.) |
Heh... I flip flopped between two different models... and in the end bought both. I'm so weak.
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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Bryson Cadle
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Posted: Thu 23 Oct, 2008 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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I would have jumped on it but our Canadian dollar dived to just under 80 cents so I said forget it.
Its too bad I've been wanting one of their swords since I stumbled on their website back when I was in highschool in 1999. Was saying 'once I'm done university I'll buy one" but now that the prices have increased so much I just can't bring myself to do it.
Just have to keep looking at pictures on myArmoury.com I guess.
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Jonathan Atkin
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Posted: Thu 23 Oct, 2008 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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Bryson Cadle that's what I kept telling myself looking at the agincourt that I'd never get a chance to hold it but my friend we only go around this world but once and I had a payment plan with them and now the agincourt is one of my most prized possessions. gotta splurg once in awhile!
"If I must choose between righteousness and peace, I choose righteousness''. - Theodore Roosevelt
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Bryson Cadle
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Posted: Thu 23 Oct, 2008 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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That's crazy the Agincourt was the one I was leaning so close to getting. That's what I try and tell myself that "ah you only live once". I'll just have to wait and see, maybe next year, maybe our dollar will come back to par again...
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Nathan Keysor
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Posted: Thu 23 Oct, 2008 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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Bryson Cadle wrote: | That's crazy the Agincourt was the one I was leaning so close to getting. That's what I try and tell myself that "ah you only live once". I'll just have to wait and see, maybe next year, maybe our dollar will come back to par again... |
If you didn't get one on the sale I wouldn't worry too much. You can find them second hand every once and a while. For instance the very Agincourt from the review section now hangs on my wall. heh heh heh
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner.
Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!"
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Chris Artman
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Posted: Thu 23 Oct, 2008 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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I'm in Vancouver this week, so I did the opposite, I bought a suit here to take advantage of the weak canadian dollar and got 20% off a suit (80 cents on the dollar).
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Jason G. Smith
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Posted: Thu 23 Oct, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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Bryson Cadle wrote: | I would have jumped on it but our Canadian dollar dived to just under 80 cents so I said forget it.
Its too bad I've been wanting one of their swords since I stumbled on their website back when I was in highschool in 1999. Was saying 'once I'm done university I'll buy one" but now that the prices have increased so much I just can't bring myself to do it.
Just have to keep looking at pictures on myArmoury.com I guess. |
Well, you see, I went the other route. I ordered the Agincourt and the Poitiers, and to hell with the Canadian dollar. I lost 20% on the dollar, but saved 25% on the sale, so I'm still ahead 5%! If the dollar's gonna take a nosedive until who knows when, better I get in now rather than pay full pop + exchange.
I share in Bill's weakness...
Best,
Les Maîtres d'Armes
Member of the
Chivalric Fighting Arts Association
... above all, you should feel in your conscience that your quarrel is good and just. - Le Jeu de la Hache
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Jeremiah Swanger
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Posted: Fri 24 Oct, 2008 1:31 am Post subject: |
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Jason G. Smith wrote: |
Well, you see, I went the other route. I ordered the Agincourt and the Poitiers, and to hell with the Canadian dollar. I lost 20% on the dollar, but saved 25% on the sale, so I'm still ahead 5%! If the dollar's gonna take a nosedive until who knows when, better I get in now rather than pay full pop + exchange.
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I haven't handled the Agincourt, but I have handled the Poitiers-- I believe it is, without a doubt, the fastest and most agile of Albion's entire NG lineup.
You'll love it!
"Rhaegar fought nobly.
Rhaegar fought valiantly.
Rhaegar fought honorably.
And Rhaegar died."
- G.R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire
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Jason G. Smith
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Posted: Fri 24 Oct, 2008 5:58 am Post subject: |
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Jeremiah Swanger wrote: |
I haven't handled the Agincourt, but I have handled the Poitiers-- I believe it is, without a doubt, the fastest and most agile of Albion's entire NG lineup.
You'll love it! |
Sweet! Thanks for the info, but you just made the wait interminably longer...
Best,
Les Maîtres d'Armes
Member of the
Chivalric Fighting Arts Association
... above all, you should feel in your conscience that your quarrel is good and just. - Le Jeu de la Hache
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Roger Hooper
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Posted: Fri 24 Oct, 2008 7:18 am Post subject: Re: Albions sale |
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Travis C. wrote: | I finally ordered a Steward ! It took the whole week to decide... (I flipped and flopped from one model to the next, then went with something totally different in the end - hah.) |
I was juggling various models in my mind for about a week- Oakeshott, Knight, Burgundian, Machiavelli, Steward, Talhoffer, Crecy, and Markgraf. I ended up ordering the Oakeshott.
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Addison C. de Lisle
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Posted: Fri 24 Oct, 2008 7:20 am Post subject: |
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It was a tough call for me between the Sovereign, Prince, Knight, and Oakshott; but I ended up going with the Sovereign.
www.addisondelisle.com
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Chris Lampe
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Posted: Fri 24 Oct, 2008 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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I resisted the temptation. I struggled with the decision about whether to order a Reeve and I actually had my two e-mails typed out and ready to send but after a couple hours deliberation I deleted them. The next day I called Albion near closing time but got an answering machine. I'm still not sure if I was relieved or disappointed.
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Marcos Cantu
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Posted: Fri 24 Oct, 2008 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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well i caved and went with the Allectus. hopefully it wont take the whole 12 weeks...
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Stephan Johansson
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Posted: Sun 26 Oct, 2008 9:04 am Post subject: |
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I ordered a Tritonia (to my brother in law who lives in USA, I will get it when we visit him next year).
Hope this works out!
Stephan
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Mike Harris
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Posted: Fri 31 Oct, 2008 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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I haven't heard anyone else mention these, so I thought I'd be the first.
My new Reeve arrived via UPS today. It's a beauty, as expected. What's not expected is the 16 days from placing the order until it arrived on my doorstep. All I can say is WOOHOO! *giggling like a school girl* Thanks Howard and Mike.
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