myArmoury.com - Took the plunge on a Tritonia

Ryan C.

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Posts: 29 Location: NYC

Tue 11 Oct, 2005 11:23 am

Brian:

Did it arrive yet? DO tell!

-Ryan

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Brian M

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Posts: 500 Location: Austin, TX

Tue 11 Oct, 2005 11:29 pm

I received an e-mail from Mike that they were wrapping the grip today. I believe it will ship Wednesday and arrive early next week. I'm really looking forward to this one.
I imagine that your Tritonia will be a week behind mine. Have you purchased any Albion swords prior to the Tritonia to compare it to?

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Ryan C.

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Posts: 29 Location: NYC

Wed 12 Oct, 2005 7:23 am

Nope -- this is my first. I'm used to custom swords, so I wanted to go with the Museum Collection. If I like the Tritonia, I'm also going to pick up a St. Maurice.

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Brian M

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Posts: 500 Location: Austin, TX

Wed 12 Oct, 2005 9:21 am

I have a SoSM already paid for and on order. Hopefully it will be in production by Christmas, but I'm prepared for longer.
You should find someone in the Albion Collectors Guild close to you and see if you can check out their Next Gen swords. I think you'll be favorably impressed.

Brian M

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Aaron Schnatterly

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Posts: 1,244 Location: New Glarus, WI

Wed 12 Oct, 2005 9:57 am

Brian M wrote:

I have a SoSM already paid for and on order. Hopefully it will be in production by Christmas, but I'm prepared for longer.

Brian - this thread sheds new light, bud... probably good. Check it out:
http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=2480&start=66

Brian M wrote:

You should find someone in the Albion Collectors Guild close to you and see if you can check out their Next Gen swords. I think you'll be favorably impressed.

This weekend's Round Table is probably somewhat close, though I don't know where you are in relation to Eric and Allan... If you were around my neck of the woods, you'd be more than welcome to drop by and see my meager ( ;) ) collection... There is little to distinguish between a ML and NG piece from Albion - other than you can point to the exact sword the ML is taken from. Fit, finish, quality are all awesome.

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Eric Nower

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Posts: 174 Location: Upstate NY

Wed 12 Oct, 2005 10:02 am

Hello all,

If he's in NYC he's about 5-6 hours south from me and I'm about 2 hours west of Allan, a bit of a haul really....

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Brian M

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Posts: 500 Location: Austin, TX

Wed 12 Oct, 2005 10:48 am

Aaron Schnatterly wrote:

This weekend's Round Table is probably somewhat close, though I don't know where you are in relation to Eric and Allan... If you were around my neck of the woods, you'd be more than welcome to drop by and see my meager ( ;) ) collection... There is little to distinguish between a ML and NG piece from Albion - other than you can point to the exact sword the ML is taken from. Fit, finish, quality are all awesome.

I saw the Turin thread. Great news, I'm hoping for a nice Christmas gift to myself. The blade looks great. I'm really looking forward to getting my hands (or hand) on this one, the more so because of its historical importance. I'm going to try my hand at scabbard-making too.
And as you say, there isn't really a difference in ML vs. NG as far as production standards go. If you didn't know which was which you probably could not tell the difference from fit & finish. The only differnce is that the ML sword is an exact copy of an actual historical sword, while the NG is a representative example of a type, not a particular sword.

Brian M

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Brian M

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Posts: 500 Location: Austin, TX

Mon 17 Oct, 2005 1:09 pm

The Tritonia has arrived. I don't really have time to post much right now, but it's a beautiful piece of work. I'll post a separate review later today, although pics are not possible yet, my apologies.

Brian M

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Aaron Schnatterly

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Posts: 1,244 Location: New Glarus, WI

Mon 17 Oct, 2005 1:30 pm

Brian M wrote:

The Tritonia has arrived. I don't really have time to post much right now, but it's a beautiful piece of work.

Cool. I'm looking forward to your impressions of it.

My thoughts when I saw the sword on the site was pretty much along the lines of "That's an odd duck..."
I saw it in person in Atlanta, where I pretty much had this progression: :\ :confused: :\ :eek: :D

In hand, it was really pretty cool...

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Steve Grisetti

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Posts: 1,812 Location: Washington DC metro area, USA

Mon 17 Oct, 2005 5:10 pm

Congratulations, Brian! I envy you. :blush:

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Ryan C.

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Posts: 29 Location: NYC

Wed 19 Oct, 2005 11:22 am

My roommate just picked mine up when he went home to grab something at lunch. The phonecall was like this:

ROOMIE: "Uh, are you expanding the armory?"

ME: "What?"

ROOMIE: "You have a giant, and I'm guessing sharp, package from "The Armory" or something."

ME: "Ohhhh, that. Didn't even know it had shipped out! Wee!"

ROOMIE: *silence*

Heh heh heh. My room just got a little (a lot?) sharper! Full thoughts to come.

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Ryan C.

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Posts: 29 Location: NYC

Wed 19 Oct, 2005 5:01 pm

Got it!

GORGEOUS!

Looks just like a custom piece. Handles like a dream -- I was bowled over by how "light" this huge 1-hander was (of course, my other "real" sword, as mentioned, is essentially a greatsword.

Love it!! Great work and hats off to Albion.

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Patrick Kelly

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Posts: 5,739 Location: Wichita, Kansas

Wed 19 Oct, 2005 5:09 pm

Congrats Ryan!

The Tritonia is one of my favorite swords in the production market. If the broad-bladed cutting sword wasn't already well represented in my collection I'd undoubtedly own one myself.

From an engineering standpoint it's a fascinating sword.

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Steve Grisetti

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Posts: 1,812 Location: Washington DC metro area, USA

Wed 19 Oct, 2005 5:30 pm

Congratulations! I would love to have one myself.

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