I think these were just put up, as they weren't on the site yesterday when I checked.

A writhen styled rapier
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A pierced Italian styled rapier
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I've seen some of Scott's nicer pieces before, and I'm surprised it's taken this long for him to take pictures and put them on his website! He's most famous for reasonably priced WMA fencing gear, but he can really do some very nice work when requested. He's also got a line of economy rapier's that will be dirt cheap but still quite sturdy and even decent looking for the price. I got to see a few of them several weeks ago at a cinquedea class he was teaching in Maryland, and they were surprisingly nice for the price.

What I love most about Scott's pieces, though, as a rapier fencer, is that he really gets the feel of the sword right. If you closed your eyes and held a few antiques with one of his swords thrown in, you'd never know it wasn't an original based on feel.

Great Bill...thanks for the heads up.


the other Bill G.

not to get off topic, but a cinquedea class? Renaissance Itallian dagger fighting? I would be interested to hear more :D

Thanks for the feedback, Bill! If Scott has any published or online materials I would be interested in doing some further reading on his ideas (and I know of at least one or two other folks that would be very excited to do a bit of study).

Thanks again!

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I don't think he has anything published yet, but shoot him an e-mail!