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Urbane Guerrilla · 06-14-2010, 10:34 AM

Albion has a very good reputation for working swords; you can hit stuff with them, where, when, and how hard you want to. If they want to build a Lady Vivamus, more power to them.

You can get cheaper crosshilt medieval-type rather than 18th-c. type swords from those people that will hold up, and fly well in the hand. There are few experiences like one that does. Too many long blades out there lack the secondary, distal taper (in thickness) which lacking is likely to make the sword heavy and logy in the hand.

Here's one of the more-affordables, at $800.00. Oakeshott Type X family, eleventh through maybe thirteenth centuries. Broad single fullers to the blades are an early feature in European swords. Non- and narrow-fullered blades came later.

06-14-2010, 10:34 AM	#10
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Albion has a very good reputation for working swords; you can hit stuff with them, where, when, and how hard you want to. If they want to build a Lady Vivamus, more power to them. You can get cheaper crosshilt medieval-type rather than 18th-c. type swords from those people that will hold up, and fly well in the hand. There are few experiences like one that does. Too many long blades out there lack the secondary, distal taper (in thickness) which lacking is likely to make the sword heavy and logy in the hand. Here's one of the more-affordables, at $800.00. Oakeshott Type X family, eleventh through maybe thirteenth centuries. Broad single fullers to the blades are an early feature in European swords. Non- and narrow-fullered blades came later. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course. Last edited by Urbane Guerrilla; 06-14-2010 at 10:51 AM.