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Sir William

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A Selection of My Sharp and Pointies!
« on: 2012-01-09, 19:33:55 »
Just thought I'd share...from left to right:

Albion SL Knightly, Windlass Cut & Thrust, Windlass Swordhilted Dagger, Albion Arn (DEUS IRAE), Windlass Coustille, Windlass Classic Medieval, VA/Atrim Practical Type XII (GasteViande).  Not my entire collection, just my favorites.  My thanks to Sir Edward for brightening up the pic!  The SL Knightly has a dark brown grip, the Arn has a lighter brown grip, the CMS has an oxblood red grip- all the rest are basic black.  I may be reviewing the Windlass C&T since it is the first real sword I ever bought and as such has a good deal of sentimental value for me.

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Re: A Selection of My Sharp and Pointies!
« Reply #1 on: 2012-01-09, 21:22:31 »
Very sweet! :)
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Re: A Selection of My Sharp and Pointies!
« Reply #2 on: 2012-01-09, 21:44:55 »
Very nice Sir William  ;)
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Re: A Selection of My Sharp and Pointies!
« Reply #3 on: 2012-01-09, 22:12:31 »
man that is truly epic! I mean it wow cool. I did something like that a while ago. Swords through the ages bit. But I like your collection better. These were just some that fit the time line, not all the blades though.

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Re: A Selection of My Sharp and Pointies!
« Reply #4 on: 2012-01-09, 23:03:03 »
Wonderful blades, Sir William. :)
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Re: A Selection of My Sharp and Pointies!
« Reply #5 on: 2012-01-10, 05:25:15 »
Nice collection!
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Re: A Selection of My Sharp and Pointies!
« Reply #6 on: 2012-01-10, 07:05:33 »
Nice! All I have is a spear and an axe.
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Re: A Selection of My Sharp and Pointies!
« Reply #7 on: 2012-01-10, 15:22:59 »
Nice collection! I've seen folks fan out there blades for pictures on myArmoury too. I keep wanting to do that, but there's no room large enough in my house to have swords aiming in multiple directions on the floor. Heh. I may have to wait for an overcast day and do it in the driveway.

BTW, tried brightening up your image:

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Re: A Selection of My Sharp and Pointies!
« Reply #8 on: 2012-01-10, 16:42:00 »
Thanks brothers...I've been wanting to do that for some time but am so damned lazy when it comes to taking pics.  I guess because I'm horrible at it- thankfully, Sir Edward's a wizard with pics, thank you for cleaning that up!  Looks better than the original so if you don't mind, I'll just replace it with yours.  :)

To show how lazy I am, that's not even a wall...that's my living room floor!  LOL

Sir Wolf, I like your idea...but I couldn't get all of the swords into the pic (full blades, I couldn't get far enough away).  I have no ladder!

But it does give me another idea...gonna need time to pull that off though.
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Re: A Selection of My Sharp and Pointies!
« Reply #9 on: 2012-01-10, 23:32:57 »
Quote from: Sir William on 2012-01-10, 16:42:00
But it does give me another idea...gonna need time to pull that off though.

Count me interested. :)
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Re: A Selection of My Sharp and Pointies!
« Reply #10 on: 2012-01-11, 04:44:13 »
Hah! You guys put my meagre collection to shame! Nice collections!

Sir William, I remember the Arn, what a sweet cutter!  :D
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Re: A Selection of My Sharp and Pointies!
« Reply #11 on: 2012-01-11, 22:01:00 »
Ivan, you just reminded me...I have a spearhead and butt cap I need to mount!

Sir Nathan, she surely is...did you get to cut with Sir Edward's Albion Knight?  Sweetest handling characteristics I'd ever felt...so when I had a chance at the Squire Line version I jumped on it; I'll be bringing it to the next function, along with some other swords, like the C&T, which might be a way better cutter than thruster (the blade flexes too much for me to consider it a good thruster, but you gents may feel otherwise when you get a hold of it); when I first got it I was lopping off 3/4" tree branches with ease, despite the fact that it is not sharpened.  It needs a lot of work; the edges need grinding and honing (used to engage in mock duels...yea, was pretty dumb when I first got it, was just entirely too excited) and I want to find a way to make the hilt components more 'permanent'; it has the Windlass ubiquitous screw-on pommel, a joy to be sure.  :)

Sir James...I wish it were easy to pull off, but it involves buying a house and then renovating the War Chambers to suit- then I could do the sunburst on the wall with the swords, like the pic Sir Wolf put up.
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Re: A Selection of My Sharp and Pointies!
« Reply #12 on: 2012-01-12, 01:30:44 »
Yes, the knight was another super sweet one. How's the squire line feeling to you?
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Re: A Selection of My Sharp and Pointies!
« Reply #13 on: 2012-01-12, 01:33:11 »
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...I wish it were easy to pull off, but it involves buying a house and then renovating the War Chambers to suit

I always wanted a war chamber like Conner McCleod's in the original Highlander :)
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Re: A Selection of My Sharp and Pointies!
« Reply #14 on: 2012-01-12, 01:50:02 »
are the claymores real?

haahahha i totally want that to
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