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Steve Grisetti
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Posts: 1,812 Location: Washington DC metro area, USA
Mon 04 Dec, 2006 11:27 am
Russ Ellis wrote:
... I wonder if there's some sort of liquid gold leaf or something you could put on it to over the bad spots...

I have a basket hilted broadsword with gold leafed etching in the blade (you might remember that piece, Russ :D ). A lot of the gold leafing flaked out of the etching. To repair it, I looked for "gold leafing" in crafts stores and on line, and what I found was typically a sort of a transfer film. As I recall, that stuff wasn't really gold, either. I ended up using a Krylon "18kt gold leafing pen" that I found - it worked really well to touch up the etching on that basket hilt blade. However, I doubt that either of those options (transfer film or pen) would match up in color, texture or depth with the gold plate application on the A&A Edward III.
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Sean Flynt
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Posts: 5,981 Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Mon 04 Dec, 2006 12:50 pm
Check it out, Chad:

http://www.goldingcraft.com/gilding.htm

Sounds like an interesting project for your "workbench"....
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Grayson C.
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Posts: 223 Location: NCF, Sarasota, FL
Mon 04 Dec, 2006 12:55 pm
Hm...Apprently I've missed a bit but...I absolutely love your Regent. The sword is just so suited to that color, it's amazing! Wish I could find something that matches that well!
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Bob Burns
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Posts: 1,019 Location: South Indianapolis IN
Mon 04 Dec, 2006 7:40 pm
OH! An occasional Polearm or Dagger, or something like another belt and scabbard, those things are OK!

It's just the "Swords" my wife wants to see me knock off on for a while! But, after a year of not buying swords, then I am back in again. And I gotta tell ya that Arms & Armor "Katzbalger" has been staring me in the face for some time now, matching dagger of course too!

Let's face it "Comrades"! I am hopelessly HOOKED :!: :lol: But I sure am HAPPY!

I wonder how thick the gold was in it's original condition on King Edward III's Sword?

Oh by the way, I did not mean to indicate in any way that there was a ceiling price of $1,200.00 on my forthcoming
Edward III Sword Ultra Custom Scabbard and Belt system from Russ Ellis. It will cost what ever it winds up costing :!:

Geeze this "Thread" has got me "FIRED UP" :!:

And ya know what? I think the Steel version of the Edward III Sword is Very Classy! VERY CLASSY INDEED :!:

You just cannot go wrong with "This" sword!

Bob
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Chad Arnow
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Posts: 9,545 Location: Dayton, OH
Mon 04 Dec, 2006 7:47 pm
Bob Burns wrote:
I wonder how thick the gold was in it's original condition on King Edward III's Sword?



The translated BAM report in the back of records says that "stout gold foil of about 0.10 to 0.20mm thick could be pulled round the core of the cross without risk, and could be soldered firmly together on the upper face of the arms of the cross, next to the grip."
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Chad Arnow
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Posts: 9,545 Location: Dayton, OH
Mon 04 Dec, 2006 7:47 pm
Grayson C. wrote:
Hm...Apprently I've missed a bit but...I absolutely love your Regent. The sword is just so suited to that color, it's amazing! Wish I could find something that matches that well!


Thanks! There are more pictures in my collection gallery of this sword and much more. :)
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Chad Arnow
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Posts: 9,545 Location: Dayton, OH
Mon 04 Dec, 2006 7:51 pm
Sean Flynt wrote:
Check it out, Chad:

http://www.goldingcraft.com/gilding.htm

Sounds like an interesting project for your "workbench"....


Interesting, Sean. I'd have to apply it to largish parts of both faces, which avoiding the coat of arms on one side. It's worth a thought.
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Chad Arnow
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Posts: 9,545 Location: Dayton, OH
Mon 16 Apr, 2007 12:29 pm
Here are two of the latest additions, fresh out of the box from A&A. The first is the Medieval Knife, a simple but nicely done utility/belt knife. The second is the Iberian Mace.

I apologize for the quality of the pics. I just laid the items on my scanner. :)

Full impressions, pictures, and stats will be available at a later date (stay tuned!).

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Bob Burns
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Posts: 1,019 Location: South Indianapolis IN
Tue 17 Apr, 2007 11:18 pm
Very Cool Chad! That Iberian Mace is a real "Stick of Thor" eh! I just got one too a few weeks ago with my custom blade "Black Prince" influenced by the Albion Talhoffer and Agincourt. A very nice Mace indeed and the medieval knife is something I do not have yet. But I gotta say, having the Medieval Knife in one's collection is the sign of a very serious collector when you really think about it. Being that it was a very important and often used tool of everyday life in the medieval era, to my knowledge.

Nice Basher :!:

Bob
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Virak Ung
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Posts: 17 Location: California
Wed 18 Apr, 2007 9:39 am
Love that Regent. Had a chance to handle it at the LV Blade show in 2005. The Blue handle is striking.
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Jean Thibodeau
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Posts: 8,310 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada
Wed 18 Apr, 2007 12:20 pm
Bob Burns wrote:
Very Cool Chad! That Iberian Mace is a real "Stick of Thor" eh! I just got one too a few weeks ago with my custom blade "Black Prince" influenced by the Albion Talhoffer and Agincourt. A very nice Mace indeed and the medieval knife is something I do not have yet. But I gotta say, having the Medieval Knife in one's collection is the sign of a very serious collector when you really think about it. Being that it was a very important and often used tool of everyday life in the medieval era, to my knowledge.

Nice Basher :!:

Bob


Oh, have a look at this one by François L' Achevêque: http://www.flarcheveque.com/#

Look at products/misceleaneous and there is a nice Medieval knife there.
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Chad Arnow
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Posts: 9,545 Location: Dayton, OH
Wed 18 Apr, 2007 12:37 pm
Bob Burns wrote:
Very Cool Chad! That Iberian Mace is a real "Stick of Thor" eh! I just got one too a few weeks ago with my custom blade "Black Prince" influenced by the Albion Talhoffer and Agincourt. A very nice Mace indeed and the medieval knife is something I do not have yet. But I gotta say, having the Medieval Knife in one's collection is the sign of a very serious collector when you really think about it. Being that it was a very important and often used tool of everyday life in the medieval era, to my knowledge.

Nice Basher :!:

Bob


Bob,
Thanks! The Iberian Mace is very fun. I'm looking forward to smashing more stuff with it. :) I know this is common knowledge, but man, do weapons like this handle differently than swords... It weighs a little over 2 pounds, but the majority of that weight sits 18 inches away from your hand. When you swing it, you know exactly what it's for. :)

As for the knife, I don't know if it makes me a serious collector or not. I do know it's a cool little piece that has a very historic feel to it. I think men of all ages like the security of a good utility knife. This one fits that bill. It would be a great around the camp/dinner table/town knife.
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Chad Arnow
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Posts: 9,545 Location: Dayton, OH
Wed 18 Apr, 2007 12:39 pm
Virak Ung wrote:
Love that Regent. Had a chance to handle it at the LV Blade show in 2005. The Blue handle is striking.


Thanks! I really like the blue. It's darker in real life than most of those pictures, though. I'd love it if it looked exactly like the first picture. I think the color really fits that sword.
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Chad Arnow
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Posts: 9,545 Location: Dayton, OH
Wed 18 Apr, 2007 12:41 pm
Jean Thibodeau wrote:
Oh, have a look at this one by François L' Achevêque: http://www.flarcheveque.com/#

Look at products/misceleaneous and there is a nice Medieval knife there.


That is nice. I like the A&A one, but simply because I'm not a fan of scale grip construction in general.
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Bob Burns
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Posts: 1,019 Location: South Indianapolis IN
Fri 20 Apr, 2007 1:18 am
Nice picture of you Jean! 2 lbs and the weight 18 inches from your hand you know what it's for. Yep Chad, it's a "Wrecker!"

In addressing my post in this thread of the Edward III Sword by Arms & Armor, I got the sword a couple of months ago and the love affair is stronger than ever!

To my custom bladed "Black Prince" from Arms & Armor, Craig Johnson achieved Absolute Perfection as to what I specifically wanted in this sword! I mean he got it so perfect to my hopes that he could not have possibly done any better :!: This sword handles with Authority, you can feel it as you wield it! It fits me like a pair of custom made gloves it feels so good!

The thickness of the distal 2/3rds of the blade being twice that of the normal Black Prince and the width being more narrow and tapering more acutely at the tip give this a more stout blade that has been so well crafted that it has not lost any of it's fine characteristics from the standard Black Prince.
This was a very hard long thought decision of tug of war with myself for several months, between the Albion Talhoffer and the Arms & Armor Black Prince. As I had handled both and I loved both to an extreme, but could only get one.
I am extremely grateful to Craig Johnson of Arms & Armor for achieving the seemingly impossible to me and doing the next best thing by producing this masterpiece of a sword for me :!:

:D So Very Happy!

Bob
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Vegard Stomsvik Pedersen
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Posts: 14 Location: Norway
Fri 20 Apr, 2007 3:37 am
You got two very nice swords there, Chad!
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Bob Burns
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Posts: 1,019 Location: South Indianapolis IN
Fri 20 Apr, 2007 4:18 am
Upon reading the recent post about Chad's Regent with the blue grip I checked out the swords in Chad's collection and it's one beautiful collection! My two favorites are the Regent and the Sovereign with the brass pommel and a dark red grip, WOW that Sovereign is just absolutely stunning in every detail :!:

I do mean WOW!

Bob
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Chad Arnow
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Posts: 9,545 Location: Dayton, OH
Fri 20 Apr, 2007 5:09 am
Vegard Stomsvik Pedersen wrote:
You got two very nice swords there, Chad!


Thanks! Feel free to check out my entire collection. There are more photos in there of everything I own or have owned in the last few years. The only things not in there yet are these most recent additions (Edward III, Iberian Mace, Medieval Knife) and a couple of things still on their way.
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Chad Arnow
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Posts: 9,545 Location: Dayton, OH
Fri 20 Apr, 2007 5:20 am
Bob Burns wrote:
Upon reading the recent post about Chad's Regent with the blue grip I checked out the swords in Chad's collection and it's one beautiful collection! My two favorites are the Regent and the Sovereign with the brass pommel and a dark red grip, WOW that Sovereign is just absolutely stunning in every detail :!:

I do mean WOW!

Bob


Thanks, Bob! By the way, the Sovereign's hilt furniture is bronze, not brass. :) It looks a little different now, since the hilt furniture is more of a satin finish and has tarnished. There is also a coin in the pommel recess.

I do like the Sovereign, it might be my favorite. The Sempach is another cool one; I think it's under-rated. Actually, I like them all. :)

Plenty of things in that gallery have moved on to other collectors, but the collection will stand pat for a while with:

7 swords:
Albion Sovereign
Albion Regent
Albion Sempach
Albion Baron
ArmArt knightly
Armour Class Cup and Ring Baskethilt
Arms & Armor Edward III

Daggers/knives:
Kirby Wise/Art Elwell sgian achles
Arms & Armor Medieval Knife
Arms & Armor Crusader/Classic Dagger hybrid
Vince Evans ballock dagger
Tod's Stuff rondel dagger (to be completed soon)
Tod's Stuff scottish dirk (on its way)

Other things:
MRL Great Helm
Arms & Armor Iberian Mace
Lewis Moore hourglass gauntlets

I don't foresee any additions beyond what's here for a good long while.

P.S. the "recent thread" about my blue gripped-Regent is actually an old one I dredge up whenever I add something new to my collection. :) This thread is a way to show off new things before they end up in my gallery.


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Pamela Muir
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Posts: 282 Location: Arlington, VA
Fri 20 Apr, 2007 6:06 am
Chad Arnow wrote:

Tod's Stuff rondel dagger (to be completed soon)

Hi Chad,

By "to be completed soon" do you mean that Tod is making it or did you get one of his kits? I recently bought his "make your own ballock dagger" kit. I haven't started it yet, so I was curious as to whether or not you had a kit or were having a dagger made for you.
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