I believe Peirce mentions a hollow pommel or two doesn't he? And I believe there's one in one of my Peter Finer catalogues, too. I'll double-check.

I've been eyeing this up ever since someone posted it under favorite 1 handed sword... I talked to Mike at Albion and yes, there aren't many left... So I may as well make this my only viking sword I collect... Hate to miss this one. So I just ordered......

Having seen and wielded two different Valkyrjas at Kult of Athena, it is truly painful to not be in a position where I can buy one right now! :cry:
This sword is SO Beautiful, visually, physically in hand, and I know I am far from being alone in so far having to miss out on this sword. I had huge hopes of acquiring the Valkyrja! Incidentally, I am surprisded the Vassal has not sold out!

Perhaps, I should take a moment and be Grateful for having been able to be one of the proud owners of the Vassal :!:

The ultimate one handed sword I have as yet to know!

My Huge CONGRATULATIONS to All who have been able to acqure the Valkyrja :!:

I am indeed Happy for each and everyone of you!

Most Sincerely!

Bob

Has anyone seen a Valkyrja grip in any other color than black? Has anyone tried oxblood grip with this sword?

I'd love to see pictures of the Valkyrja with Oxblood... I have plenty of time, I just submitted the order so Mike says we have plenty of time to think... As usual for me, it is a toss-up between oxblood and black. Hmmmmm.... what to do?

(I ordered oxblood for my kingmaker which I just ordered a few weeks ago). ( I ordered the Svante with a hot pink grip for an extra $750.00)

If I remember correctly, one myArmoury member had a Valkyria with a dark green grip, which looked cool too.

Mine is black, and I think for this particular sword it's just fine. :)

Edit : Chris, I hope you meant to say 75, not 750 $ !

I'm completely split down the middle about oxblood vs Black... :(

Could spilt the difference and mix the oxblood dye with some extra black and make it a darker oxblood so that it has a hint of bronze/reds in bright light.... Anyway, I'd love to see a picture of the oxblood grip if anybody could show a photo. Just like Aaron has mentioned, Mike from Albion also told me that the oxblood does pick up the Bronze highlites very nicely... And certainly black is very nice also :( It could be nice to have black to better tie in with the rest of the black guard and pommel?

Hmmmm need more help tipping over the fence from 50/50

(Just kidding about the Svante and the hot pink by the way ;) I don't think you could pay them enough to let it leave like that ;) )

Hi Chris,

I don't know whether there's been a change in the dyes Albion uses for oxblood, but I seem to recall that it comes out looking quite brown. I ordered red, thinking it might be a closer approximation, but found it to be quite a bit brighter than I had expected. I ended up touching it up with brown and black to deepen it more towards oxblood.

I don't have any pics yet-- and the sword is at a friend's workshop where we're making some scabbards-- but colors can be adjusted if you're not completely satisfied (it only takes a touch of shoe polish and some elbow grease). As Aaron says, oxblood goes beautifully with the bronze. For me the sword was begging for a bit of flair that black didn't quite manage.

Either way, you'll love this sword.

The oxblood colour is pretty brown with some red. The current grip on my Sovereign (not the one shown in my collection gallery) is oxblood and works nicely with the bronze furniture. Magenta is a step between Oxblood and red. I think it looks nice against the Prince's bronze pommel,so maybe it will work for this sword?

Great timing... I was just digging around at Kult of Athena... Do they have a special relationship with Albion? Who owns Kult of Athena?

I'm about 51% Oxblood / 49% Black at this point... Pictures would be great... I still have plenty of time. I'm digging around Kult of Athena now....

I think the knee jerk reaction is to pick black since it integrates the black guard and Black Pomel... but people who have seen both saying Oxblood is their choice because of the bronze... hmmmm.