Hello all,

FYI,

Just was browsing the MRL website and saw quite of few new items I never saw before, including a quite nice looking new warhammer ( I likey, will need to pick up a few), hungarian sabre, italian short sword (looks pretty nice, I just love a nice short sword), german sword, "sword of Troy" (???), fantasy battle axe (looks like a great project axe for easy altering to a more historic form). Looks to be a few more interesting new pieces.

Perhaps some of our more techo-gifted members could zing in some pictures of these new offerings.

I am definately getting the warhammer.

Cheers,

Terry

Looks like a they are also offering a new norman helmet- peaked and antiqued. I assume its their standard thin 18 gauge offering, but looks nice anyway.

I think they are offering another new sword called a Euro Bastard Sword, but no picture is up for it, but sounds interesting.

I do like the fact that MRL/Windlass does make the effort to come out with new pieces on a fairly regular basis. Given the price point of some items, they are tempting to pick up for use without guilt if they get a bit dinged-up. I can't wait to smash some melons with the warhammer!!

Cheers,

Terry

Here are some of the new items:

(these are thumbnails only since the large images don't seem to be working at the moment)

Norman Helm
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Warhammer:
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Thanks Chad, I had a feeling you would be adding a few pics! :D

The warhammer looks like it is very similar to A&A's very nice and historically accurate one. MRL's is not an exact copy, but quite close.

I have always loved A&A's version and have been hoping it would go on sale one of these months, to no avail. I think given the very reasonable price, I will get the MRL one to play around with. Perhaps I may get two, one for display and one for play that can get beat-up.

I didn't see these new items listed on Kult of Athena, so not sure if they can get them yet. Given all Bob Burns' positive experiences with KoA, I think I would like to deal with them if possible. May Bob knows if even the newest items are able to be obtained via KoA? Any info would be welcome :cool:

Cheers,

Terry

That warhammer looks suspiciously like a beautiful warhammer by a fine Wisconsonian manufacturer, but for a far more palatable price.... ;)

Bill Grandy actually did a very thorough review of the the A&A warhammer which I recall is based on a piece in the Wallace collection. His review has many pictures from various angles to compare to the MRL piece.

From the pictures they would appear to look well displayed together, although it is probably a given the the fit and finish of MRL piece would suffer from a head to head (hammer-head that is ;) ) comparison!

Cheers,

Terry

Correction: That warhammer looks suspiciously like a beautiful warhammer by a fine Minnesotan manufacturer, but for a far more palatable price.... :lol:

hmmm and there's a similar sword to the A&A 15th cent. two handed sword .. the MRL is the English two-hand sword .. .different pommel but similar style and measures .
seems pretty nice and that long blade seems rigid ( I pray for it ) .. i think in a month i will buy it and i'll review it ..by the way .. somebody knows something about their Erbach sword???

Huh, that "Sword of Troy" bears a bit of resemblance to the Rittersteel "Trojan Sword", and the earlier CASI "Trojan Sword"....
(I have an older Rittersteel Trojan. It's actually a neat little sword. Mine has a pommel that looks like Pac-Man. No, really....)

I agree, the sword of Troy looks neat, and like that old Ritter Steel one. But I bet its a lot lighter having a wood hilt as opposed to the brass one on the Ritter Steel piece. I had missed it the first time though, so thanks for the head's up!

Hmm, I've got my eye on that Italian Short Sword... I wish they had bigger pictures on the site. Has there been a new print catalogue with these items? I might have missed it. :confused:

David,

I like the look of that Italian short sword, too. It is on the back page of the most recent catalog, but the picture is also kind of small. The thing I wonder about is the execution of the wire wrapped grip. I hope to see one in hand when I visit MRL in early April. :)

Ah, well if no one else has handled one or put up any photos by then, you'll have to give us your impressions.

Hopefully Kult of Athena or one of the other dealer sites will put some pictures up. They usually show the items from different angles than the MRL catalogue and get some good close-ups of the details.

If the new warhammer didn't have flat-head screws holding the haft on, it would be pretty tempting.

Amen Jean, it's a shame they didn't do that themselves, the cost would have been negligible at best and the look would have been deanatically improved

Actually, it is pretty simple to remove the screws and replace with nails which could be peened over on one side, opposite the nail head. I believe Sean A. Flynt has used this technique on quite a few projects with much success. I am going to try give it a try!

Terry

I'm sure replacing the screws would be simple to do, but it's beyond the effort I'm personally willing to invest in it. :)

Part of me wonders if the pictures are of the prototype, which may have been made with screws so it could be disassembled for study and to be copied into production. I don't think any of their other polearms have ugly screws like that.