Hi,
I'm Walter Stockwell. I make knives and am slowly working my way up to swords. I love swords and knives. I'm currently practicing rapier fencing, and have in the past done some iai and tamishigiri.

My collection:
Mostly things I've made -- I'll give anyone a deal from this forum. :)
Two atrims -- a heavy XIIa, a light sidesword type.
A Howard Clark L6 katana. As of yet unmounted.
A Bob Engnath katana. Unmounted.
A nice iaido.
Paul Chen practical rapier.
A few fencing foils and sabres.
Barry Dawson wak (yes its 440C and no it doesn't suck.) :)
Some nice knives: Vince Evans dirk, Jim Batson damascus bowie, Dr. JPH viking dirk in cable, . . .

Interests:
Currently interested in sabres, kukris, bolos, kopi(?) -- large cutting blades.

Im Tom Carr from Mesquite TX. I have a CS Grosse Messer, and heavily modified MRL swords, Medieval short sword, modified and Japanned Culloden Baskethilt, modified Irish single hander, modified Ulrich longsword, and a totally transformed United Viking that is now a hand and a half. Very sweet cutter I might add. I am working my way toward being a sword fabricator, when money allows the proper tools. I hope to start a small sideline making scabbards for sale on the web also.

Hi Dave Lannon here....Cool contest!!!!!

My collection

AT 1555
AT 1523
AT 1520 Mk II W/ CF Elven hilt (SOON)
AT/CF Redeemer (SOON)
Albion Agincourt
Albion Orlean
Albion Crecy
Albion Kern Axe
Tinker Wakefield Sword
Tinker Swiss Saber
A&A Knightly Poleaxe
A&A Henry V
A&A GBS

I also collect guns and stray cats :D

My name is Jim Post and I'm from Madison, Wisconsin. I am a practioner and collector both, although the collection is in its infancy.

I have:

A del Tin long sword, 14th century;
a Chen long sword, practical;
a Chen arming sword, practical;
a Chen rapier, practical;
a Chen mortuary, practical;
a Windlass coustille;
an Alchemy fencing rapier and dagger set;
a Popinjay saber;
several German and American bayonets;
and I'm building a smallsword from Triplette furniture and a cut-down chen practical rapier blade.

I practice Western martial arts, concentrating on German swordmanship with a touch of Italian and Italian rapier. I'm moving into English sword and buckler. I also work with sword and shield through pole arms, 12th to 16th c. And I love every minute of it! :lol:

Oh, almost forgot, I have several wasters and shields and etc. and am now making my own wooden weapons. Axes are first on the list, followed by halberds and poll axes/hammers and then long swords and arming swords. Gotta make this thing pay for at least part of itself.

Jim

Lol now here's one thread that really took off. The more the merrier. :)

I'm Russ Ellis, owner sole proprietor, and also only worker for Tritonworks Custom scabbards. At this time my collection consists of assorted Arms and Armor pieces, a Cold Steel Grosse Messer, an Albion Crusader and three customs 1 from Arms and Armor, 1 from Al Massey and 1 from J.P. Hrisoulas.

I too am more of a collector then a user.

I am Felix Wang. My main interest is military history, with both collecting and practice directed towards understanding pre-gunpowder combat.

Atrim Basic Bastard Sword (from Albion)
Atrim type XII (Albion)
Atrim type XIV (Albion)
Atrim type XIIa (Albion)
Atrim Banneret, with a stepped grip (SFI Museum store)
Del Tin 2070, scabbard by Art Elwell
A & A Shifford Viking, scabbard by Russ Ellis
Albion Fulham Gladius

Assorted wasters, a steel buckler by Patrice Lemee, and a few shields I have cobbled together myself (bosses from Therion Arms). And a huge stack of books, all of which I mean to read someday.

I'm Bill Grandy. Interesting side note: If you go to Taco Bell and order a "Nachos Bill Grandy", they'll serve it to you.

My collection (in it's current state):
A&A Bavarian rapier
A&A German Bastard Sword
An old XIIa Albion hilted ATrim with 12th century scabbard by Eric McHugh
An ATrim Phat Bastard
ATrim Ricasso Longsword from the now departed Parting Strike Swords
ATrim XVIIIb, also from the previously mentioned PSS
Hanwei Scottish smallsword
Antique Dutch Klewang
2 Darkwood Armory swept hilt rapiers
2 Hanwei ring hilt daggers
Darkwood Armory ring hilt dagger
Hanwei Practical Knightly
Hanwei Practical Hand and a Half
Hanwei Practical Rapier
Hanwei Practical Plus Katana (that's all the practicals out of the way)
A couple foils, sabers, and epees
A bunch of wasters

I think that's it... sword-wise, anyway. Have a few other related weapons like a Windlass pole-ax, for instance, as well as a couple bucklers, a rotella, some plate and maille, a bascinet, etc. Lots of WMA stuff. The collection is in a constant state of change, as I've been selling off some of my swords recently to acquire new stuff. Have gone through a whole lot of Hanwei stuff, and quite a few ATrims.

My collection is heading towards more high end production European swords. Favorites being 15th century longswords and 17th century rapiers, though there are many other styles I wouldn't mind owning. In addition, I want to own [at least] one original rapier someday, and [at least] one longsword. I also am always looking for new WMA training equipment: My main areas are German longsword and Italian rapier, though I do other styles, such as French smallsword, and German sword and buckler (I.33 stuff mostly).

On the way to me:
A&A Italian Rapier (thanks, Nathan!)
A&A customized German Rapier

Want to buy soon:
ANYTHING by Erik Stevenson (as soon as his wait list opens)
Christian Fletcher/ATrim sidesword with WMA blade
A&A English Two Hander

Name is Thomas Hughes
Computer admin
Hobbies Martial arts and weapons.


My collection right now:

Paul Chen PPK
H.I. 18" AK & 18" M43 Khukuri's
Cold Steel Gurkha Khukuri
Cold steel magnum tanto
Benchmade Bushmaster
And various other small knifes.

On Order:

Redeemer by Christian Fletcher

Future:

Atrim shorty leaf with CF hilt upgrade.

My name is Markus Haider, I live in Austria in Europe, working as a database developer/administrator.

My Collection:
- Atrim XVIII single hand sword
- Lutel 150008 Bastard sword
- Vladimir Cervenkà Italian single hand sword
- Armour Class Mortuary Hilt
- ArmArt S5A Viking sword

On order:
- Albion Clontarf
- Patrick Bartà Schiavona-hilted Katzbalger
- ArmArt Bronze Vollgriffschwert


and getting this week...

exactly the same Riding sword, also blued hilt, also oxblood leather and a scabbard by Christian Fletcher, but without the etching :D

Hi All,

My name is Kurt. I am a student here in Canada who will be graduating soon. My sword collection is very small consisting of an ATrim EKS, Bugei Bamboo and a Heimrick training blunt (plus wasters). I practice WMA and as such my interests are primarily longsword, dagger and poleaxe (and hopefully sword and buckler!). My future direction for my collection is to collect primarily custom sword and dagger sets from all cultures. My next anticipated sword (and dagger) will be from Kevin Cashen but that wont be ready for another 1-2 years. I will be looking for something to fill the void hopefully in the near future.

Kurt

PS- thank you for this great contest!

Hi

My name is Søren Niedziella and I can´t stop collecting swords :D

I´m a freelance book editor living in Denmark just north of Copenhagen. When I started collecting I was mostly interested in medieval single-handers, but boy has that changed..... My first singehanders was soon followed by hand-and-half and then my first rapier and ....... the world of swords has got a tight grip on me now ;)

My collection includes several pieces by Arms & Amor. Here are some favourites:
German bastard sword
Katzbalger
Gustav Vasa rapier and matching dagger
Italian three ring rapier and matching dagger
Horsemans axe (my "pittbull" :D )
Knightly poleaxe

and more on the way....

I also own a few pieces from the guys at Albion:
Gaddhjalt TNG (the name allways makes me hum the star trek theme...)
Crusader
Stamford
and Randal Grahams wonderfull Irish Ring-hilt!!

My need for fantasy swords gets satisfied by Jody Samson and his wonderfull work - I´m lucky to own some of his wonderfull work.

More fantasy - this time by Rick Barrett - is comming my way soon..... and who knows maybe a katana sometime in the future.... and a schiavona .... and :lol:

Congratulation to Jesses baby daughter!!! My daughter just turned 11 months!!!!

Thanks for a great website - the albums are a great idea!

Søren

Hi all, I'm David Black. My current collection includes:

MRL Pappenheimer (actually, it's in the mail!)
AT 1421 Type XIII
Del Tin Viking /Migration sword (bought many years ago thru MRL)
Hanwei Godfred viking
MRL Knightly dagger
MRL foot soldier's war hammer
MRL crusader's axe
MRL 15th century German battle axe
MRL Danish war axe
MRL viking throwing spear
MRL viking helmet
MRL viking shield
Home-made mail and coif
Various contemporary knives, daggers and the obligatory wallhangers.

Interest has been heavily viking (who knew?) in the past, but I'd like to branch out into more medieval and Renaissance styles.

HI My name is Ciaran Flanagan and I live in dublin Ireland. I work for an ISP which allows me 8 hrs a day online to roam the cyber land of sword collecting. I habitually say stupid things and Im politically inept and invariably my short Irish fuse gets the better of me :evil:


My collection consists of:

Lutel rapier, Semi blunt but with a wicked tip

A&AM Viking sword, 2mm flat blunt

Paul Chen Practical Viking: The A&AMs wife :lol:

Del-tin Viking: currently in a undetermined state of re-build.

A&AM H&H: NOt actually mine but my sisters, currently residing in my collection

Also an A&AM axe, A flail, African tribal spear, Carved African tribal club, several wasters, Misc knives and daggers, Slo wak blade also in re-build state, shield, a few sharpened Lollipop sticks, some wicked sharp thumbtacks, an evil stare, A cutting tounge and a personality that would knock death out Just by saying hi.


Currently have a custom irish ring hilt on order from hellfire forge.

Ciaran

My name is Roger Hooper. I am a printed circuit board designer and amateur actor living in California. A few years ago I bought my first sword, an MRL Black Prince to use for stage combat when I played Banquo in a production of Macbeth. I've been buying swords ever since.

My collection includes:

Hanwei
Pappenheimer Rapier

Del Tin
DT2121 - Oakeshott type Xa?
DT2164 - Cinquedea
DT5144 - XV
DT5156 - XIIIa
DT5160 - XVIIId
DT5173 - Schiavona

ATrim
TL1506 - XVIIIb
AT1313 - XIIa (Albion version)
AT1411 - XIV?
DD1611 - bastard with simple compound hilt
DD1601 - XIX
AT1421 - XIII

ArmArt
S34 - XIX

Arms and Armor
Bavarian Rapier
Schloss Erbach - XVIIIc
Milanese Rapier

On order - Albion NG Gotland Viking

In the future I'll be buying fewer swords, and those will probably be on the semi-custom or custom leverl

My name is Stephen Pearson, I live in Washington DC and I'm a Beltway Bandit (consultant). I'm more of a collector than a practitioner, and my love of swords dovetails nicely with my love of military history. From a sword collection philosophy perspective, I'm collecting the swords of my personal ancestry: England and Scotland. That's obviously a great deal of history to cover, so I'll be collecting for a while. :)

I currently own:
- Atrim/CF XIIa
- Armorclass "S" Baskethilt
- Albion Fulham Gladius

On the way:
- Albion Vinland Viking
- Targemaker "Fraser" Targe

In the future:
I'm currently deciding on my next purchase....

Hi, My name is David Stokes, i am a former martial arts instructor, and Now work for a major Insurance company.

My collection includes

Odinblades Custom leaf blade
Odinblades Custom Twin short swords
Odinblades custom knife
Atrim/ CF Ranger
Atrim / CF Leaf blade
Atrim 1518hp
KC 26" katana
Sal Daquila katana and wakizashi
about 30 something wallhangers



My collection tastes in the past has been more fantasy based and focused on japanese swords, but recently my tastes have changed toward historical european.

My name is Shaun Swanner
I hail from Birmingham, Alabama. I am a graphic designer. I have always had an interest in swords and all bladed weapons. I have just recently been able to purchase a few swords, wallhangers mostly. With prices so high and wanting so much I have started to make my own swords. Hobbies: Swords/knife making, woodworking and home improvement.

Collection:
(semi-wallhangers)
Sword of Dracula
Ulric sword (knights tale)
Scottish Baskethilt

(Wallhangers)
Muskateers sword
El Cid (cheap junk! $14)

(hand made by me)
gladius (interpretation)
Falchion/Grosse Messer

Collecting interest:
Any bladed weapon I would like to have. I look forward to eventually getting a nice Angus Trim sword. Until then I am concentrating of constructing my own swords.

Hello! I'm Sean Flynt in Birmingham, AL. My current collection is as follows:
• Modified MRL "Culloden" basket hilt
• Modified MRL "German Falchion" (a terrible misnomer)
• Modified MRL "Scottish Backsword"
• Custom Alchem Pappenheimer practice rapier and matching main gauche (currently up for sale or trade)
• Modified generic Cabasset ($10 at TJ Maxx, if you can believe it....)
My archaeologist-wife's collection includes:
• MRL "Maintz" gladius
• MRL anthro. hilt celtic sword
• MRL lorica segmentata
• MRL Roman trooper's helm
• CASI pilum
• One of the lovely new pugio's offered by Albion (shhhhhh....she doesn't know it yet!).

1650 would be dead center in my spathological interests, with interest falling off somewhat a century before and after that date. I'm fascinated by all of this stuff, however. I'm especially interested in infantry weapons, including swords, axes and polearms. I really NEED an18th c. infantry hanger, and I'd love to have a good Anglo-Scottish basket hilt of the rieving era. The hanger is a good bet for early 2004, and I'll antique it as I have all my other replicas. I just can't leave 'em alone! Uh...correction...if I win this Albion I won't change a thing about it. It's beautiful!

Mike Fletcher here. I live in the foothills of northern California with my wife and four children. I am a Program Manager for a non-profit that helps people with disabilities live independently in their community.

I started out with a distinct prefernce for single-handed knightly swords, but as I have studied historical edged weapons over the last couple of years, my interests have expanded and I would like to eventually have a collection that represents many types of swords from many time periods and regions - as well as representative works from many different makers. Although my collection is currently quite small, I consider myself more of a "collector" than a "user" (although every fall I do end up having to defend hearth and home from hordes of malevolent pumpkins :lol: )

I currently own:
Albion Acre with Art Elwell scabbard
A&A Classic Medieval dagger

That's it.

Regards to all,

Mike

well, my name is Xavier, I'be been interetsed in swords all my life- i was the kid who used to steal neighbours' trashcan lids and use broomhandles for swords. I practice European swordsmanship, and am interetsed in pre-18th C. military history. particularily the Dark Ages and the transitional period, though I lust after sabres.

My swords are:

Isenfang, a pattern welded Hanwei godfred sword;
Brightfang, a tri-lobe pommel, curved guard type X from Paul Binns
Longtooth, a 24" bladed Saex from Paul Binns
Greed, a cheap, heavy bearded axe on a three foot haft that my lady wife detests...
Freki a smaller axe on a longer haft, from Paul Binns
Segadora, an executioner's sword by yours truly
countless aluminum and wooden wasters that litter my house, annoy my wife and amuse my son...

My interest in swords is both aesthetic and martial. I love the way a well-made sword looks. I also love swordfighting. guess that works out :D