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William Goodwin
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 Posted: Sat 08 Mar, 2008 11:29 am Post subject: Newest addition w/photos |
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Well I took the plunge....again....
Had a tad bit of funds left over from the tax refund, so I acted on this before something around the house blew up, broke down and other means of sucking the life out of the money.
Had been looking over this one for a good while and just jump in....I got a Windlass 15th c. longsword from Kult of Athena...at a good price. Great people to deal with and excellent packing job on the shipping carton.
got it last evening and the weather has been sucky today so I have had a good chance to get out and give a test run.
Hopefully it will stop raining long enough to take it out.
So thought I'd snap a few photos of it along with a couple others in my collection....
Cheers
Auf Wiedersehen,
Bill
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Roanoke Sword Guilde
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"I was born for this" - Joan of Arc
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Dan P
Location: Massachusetts, USA Joined: 28 Jun 2007
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It looks right at home next to your other swords!
Thanks for reminding me that I need to take care of my taxes... maybe I'll get some sword money from the government as well...
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Joe Fults
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I once had one of those...a bit more flex to it than I prefer but all in all nice enough for the price.
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
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Jonathan Hopkins
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It looks good, Bill! You have a nice-looking home, too!  Can't wait to hear about how it performs for you.
Jonathan
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William Goodwin
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| Posted: Sat 08 Mar, 2008 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Jonathan Hopkins wrote: | It looks good, Bill! You have a nice-looking home, too! Can't wait to hear about how it performs for you.
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Thanks Jonathan....that's part of our living room..designed by the wife...
Hoping for better weather tomorrow.......
This is only a few of the other repros in my overall collection..the last shot being of the Windlass pieces...
Bill
Roanoke Sword Guilde
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"I was born for this" - Joan of Arc
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Morgan Butler
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I've always liked that sword, I like hand and a half swords. Glad to see someone has one who can give a review of it. Ihave the old MRL swept hilt german basterd sword. Its one of my favorites.
inkothemgard!
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William Goodwin
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| Posted: Sun 09 Mar, 2008 4:53 am Post subject: |
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Today looks better weather wise, so I'll be able to get out and give 'er a go.
Bill
Roanoke Sword Guilde
roanokeswordguilde@live.com
"I was born for this" - Joan of Arc
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William Goodwin
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| Posted: Sun 09 Mar, 2008 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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Well...I'm rather pleased and impressed with how this sword handles so far.
Even though I ordered it un-sharpened, there was no trouble in cutting 6 water filled jugs cleanly. (one at a time of course)
A good solid 1/2 hr of doing drills with it made for a decent workout and it handled nicely. It has a little blade presence with a POB of 4 1/4" on the 36 1/2" blade. I found the flex to be quite to my personal liking and reacted good when doing "Stechen" against my duct-tape/carpet covered pell.
Excited to become more acquinted with this sword over time. For the price ....think it was a grand purchase overall.
Bill
Roanoke Sword Guilde
roanokeswordguilde@live.com
"I was born for this" - Joan of Arc
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