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Chad Arnow
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Gads, I love crested great helms.  I'd love to see more closeups in a separate thread so we don't derail this one.
ChadA
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Scott Kowalski
Location: Oak Lawn, IL USA Joined: 24 Nov 2006
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| Chad Arnow wrote: | | Gads, I love crested great helms. I'd love to see more closeups in a separate thread so we don't derail this one. |
What Chad said. I would love to see a thread with people's kits as I am working on ideas for a kit for myself.
Ed,
I thought the grip looked different then a stock one. I think it goes together very well. I just love that dark blue. It is almost black it is so dark.
Scott
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Joe Fults
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| Posted: Wed 28 May, 2008 6:15 pm Post subject: Re: Bad pictures but this thread neede some life. |
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| Anders Backlund wrote: | Currently waiting for my Darksword Armory Squire to arrive in the mail.
| Joe Fults wrote: | | For grins I'll let folks guess what these are from these rather poor photos for now and perhaps in a few days I'll get some cooperation from the weather for better photos. |
My guess is that the rapier and dagger set are from Lutel. |
Correct!
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
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D. Nogueira
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Joined: 26 Aug 2006
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My latest, but not last sword... I hope 
Type XIa, made by another forum member, Leonardo Daneluz.
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Anders Backlund
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| D. Nogueira wrote: | My latest, but not last sword... I hope
Type XIa, made by another forum member, Leonardo Daneluz. |
That's a real beauty. And I'm not even much of a fan of these types of swords, so that's saying something.
Mind if I ask the dimensions? It looks smaller in that last picture then I would have guessed from the previous two.
The sword is an ode to the strife of mankind.
"This doesn't look easy... but I bet it is!"
-Homer Simpson.
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Justin King
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The workmanship of that piece looks outstanding from the pictures, congratulations!
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D. Nogueira
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Joined: 26 Aug 2006
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| Anders Backlund wrote: |
That's a real beauty. And I'm not even much of a fan of these types of swords, so that's saying something.
Mind if I ask the dimensions? It looks smaller in that last picture then I would have guessed from the previous two.
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Thanks! Of course you can, the overall length is 94 cm. (37 inches). Blade length is 77 cm. (30.3 inches). The blade width at the base is 5 cm. (1.9 inches) and the sword weights 1150 gr. (2.53 lbs.).
The angle in the last picture is somewhat weird...
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The workmanship of that piece looks outstanding from the pictures, congratulations!
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Thanks Justin, I'll take the congratulations but just as owner.
I send my congratulations to the maker.
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Bren O
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That is a fabulous piece. Very meticulously sculpted. Another congrats to you both, maker and owner. Is it sharp, it looks like a dull edge in the bottom photo?
This is the last thing I acquired, I call it the Heron, due to the crest on the peak - like the birds. Not exactly historical but I thought I'd share it anyway.
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Chris Artman
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All very nice.
Regarding the Heron, it would have an advantage on unarmored thrusts... You'd do some damage on the way out for sure... But for armor, I guess It could get stuck in someone's armor... Very cool!
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J.G. Grubbs
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My Seaward, purchased yesterday at the Blade Show...
"The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour."
Samurai Proverb
James Grubbs
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D. Nogueira
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Joined: 26 Aug 2006
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| Bren O wrote: | That is a fabulous piece. Very meticulously sculpted. Another congrats to you both, maker and owner. Is it sharp, it looks like a dull edge in the bottom photo?
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Good sight! The first 4 or 5 inches closer to the cross-guard are not sharp. Then it gradually sharpens, until all the "middle" and "weak" sections are paper-cutting sharp. But I don't know if the blunt part has a real practical purpose or not. Thanks for your comment!
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Karl Knisley
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Hello
A Jody Sampson,that I named "The Blue Northern".
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Anders Backlund
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| D. Nogueira wrote: | | Thanks! Of course you can, the overall length is 94 cm. (37 inches). Blade length is 77 cm. (30.3 inches). The blade width at the base is 5 cm. (1.9 inches) and the sword weights 1150 gr. (2.53 lbs.) |
Coincidentally, it's almost exactly the same size as the DA Squire I'm waiting for.
| J.G. Grubbs wrote: | | My Seaward, purchased yesterday at the Blade Show... |
| Karl Knisley wrote: | Hello
A Jody Sampson,that I named "The Blue Northern". |
Congrats on your Samsons, both of you. Envy colors my skin a pleasant emerald green.
*sigh* One of these days...
The sword is an ode to the strife of mankind.
"This doesn't look easy... but I bet it is!"
-Homer Simpson.
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Chris Artman
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Just got the Brescia Spadona... Just took off the lid Apparently Albion shipped another one that is due tomorrow, Mike said it is a surprise, so I guess I won't know which one until I open the lid... My guess is the Kingmaker, unless for some reason they had a Discerner lying around... Tomorrow will be fun... I just looked at the charge on my visa... My bet is on the Kingmaker... I ordered the Valkerje too recently...
I can't get over how light the Brescia Spadona is... it is like a feather...
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Thom R.
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| Posted: Thu 19 Jun, 2008 3:07 pm Post subject: Darkwood armory baskethilt |
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I have been meaning to post pictures of my last project which is an antique backsword blade from the mid 18th c., which was purchased (unmounted) at auction in 1976 by Barclay Smith, who then resold the blade to Justin King who passed it on to me in 2007. The blade is still in very good temper although not sharp. There was a discussion about the blade on swordforum last year and the general consensus is that the blade was probably made in Germany in the period of 1750-1790. The tang is rather short and was unthreaded so Justin made a rather long nut for it.
The sword was then sent on to Scott at Darkwood Armory and we kicked around a few ideas before deciding on an English style baskethilt similar to one of Scott's standard patterns but with some modifications on my part. The end result is very tight and nicely balanced. Blade length is 35.75 inches, total length is 42 inches, the COB is 4.25 inches down the blade and the total weight is 1200 grams. It has one long narrow fuller and an eight inch false edge at the tip
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Chris Artman
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UPS delays... I was right:
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Another came on Saturday thanks to FedEx: Looks like the Italian Bill fits nicely with the Brescia Spadona....
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Peter Samow
Location: Frankfurt, Germany Joined: 21 Jun 2008
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Last Week i got my new sword, my first sharp sword 
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Chad Arnow
myArmoury Team
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| Peter Samow wrote: | | Last Week i got my new sword, my first sharp sword |
Peter,
That's very nice. Who made it?
ChadA
http://chadarnow.com/
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Jessen Klaus
Location: Denmark/ Fredericia Joined: 27 Feb 2004
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# Peter Samow
Thats a real beauty you got there, may I also ask who made her ?
Chers Klaus
Best regards
Klaus
Swords on waiting list
The Hauptmann,The Markgraf,
The Munich,The Knech,The Maximilian & The Dane
Sword's I'm selling/trading
Triton from Odinblades
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