[Bill Grandy]

http://www.armemuseum.org/foremal/blankvapen/varja/1620-50.html

I thought this was pretty sweet. Something interesting is the thumb "ring": You can see that the plate actually curves down to the grip so that the thumb can go around. The blade profile is pretty cool, too. It's the type of profile you see done on many LOTR inspired fantasy swords as of late.

[Lee O'Hagan]

Very nice,
First thought was the blade looks like something that might come out of Jody Samsons workshop,
Cheers for sharing the link Bill,

[William Goodwin]

That is one heck of a blade fitted up to the hilt.....ooweeee....


Bill

[Nathan Robinson]

I love the addition of the thumb-ring, as you might imagine. I really like what this does for the grip. That's a beautiful integration of this feature. Very nice find, Bill.

[Björn Hellqvist]

[Bill Grandy]

Thanks for the translation, Björn. The connection to Gustavus Adolphus is interesting, as is knowing the dates of the hilt and sword.

[Eric Myers]

I want that sword!

I love the handling that a thumbring provides. In my experience, fingering a ricasso weakens the strength of your cut, while a thumbring increases it. I would LOVE to try cutting with a wide hollow ground blade like that mounted with a thumbring!

The whole sword is just beautiful all over ......

[Patrik Erik Lars Lindblom]

There are more on that site, enjoy

http://www.armemuseum.org/foremal/blankvapen/varja/varja.html

[Joel Chesser]

[Björn Hellqvist]

[Mikael Åkerman]

Very long since this topic was up..But.. Björn, please tell me that they are thinking about the M/1701? Loooove that one!

[Gordon Frye]

It's pretty cool that the first on the list of the collection, http://www.armemuseum.org/foremal/blankvapen/varja/ca1600.html

is almost identical to the Arms and Armour "Munich Town Guard Sword" http://www.armor.com/2000/catalog/item192.html

Good going for A&A for having such prescience! Pretty nifty look, now to put a nice hollow-ground 36" blade on that hilt...

Cheers,

Gordon

[Sean Flynt]

I'll dissent here and say that I'd rather see Albion reproduce one of the plain infantry swords of the period. There aren't enough accurate reproductions of those weapons around (A&A's Town Gaurd Sword is the only one that comes to mind, and it's actually kind of complex, hilt-wise), and to have one in the $400-600 range could do wonders for popular appreciation of this period's arms. On the other hand, if Albion reproduces one of the finer examples of these weapons--say, for their Museum Line--only the most well-heeled collectors will get to enjoy it!

I'm not talking about the truly sloppy swords of the day, but something like this:

[Lars Ekströmer]

[Steve Grisetti]

[Gordon Frye]

[Steve Grisetti]

[Gordon Frye]