My Armory

[Sir John of Felsenbau]

These are a few of the items I have acquired. One fukk set of armor, a half set, two cool swords, the real excaliber...(It originally belonged to Julius Ceaser, when it was taken to England and put in the stone, moss grew around the original latin  saying and was mis-translated as Excaliber.my battle hemlet...the rest on my next btext.

Sir John

[Sir John of Felsenbau]

Here's the rest...I have two of the 3rd sword...one I keep this color for ElCid and the other I customized for my own personal sword.

Sir John

[Sir James A]

That's neat, thank you for posting the pictures. I didn't know you have japanese weapons, too.

[Joshua Santana]

Very nice Sir John, quite an interesting harness and weaponry.   

[Sir John of Felsenbau]

I don't know of any of the swords are oriental...I just thought they were interesting and I got them real cheap...one at the PA Ren Faire last year.

Sir John

[Sir James A]

The emerald green snake / dragon one definitely looks oriental. The fittings, slight blade curvature, looks very oriental. It's definitely a fantasy piece, the gold and green is a great color combo - and someone we all know is partial to that color scheme.

[Joshua Santana]

The emerald green snake / dragon one definitely looks oriental. The fittings, slight blade curvature, looks very oriental. It's definitely a fantasy piece, the gold and green is a great color combo - and someone we all know is partial to that color scheme.

Correct and I noticed you have a Tizona sword  which is excellent, I have my own version of that famous sword of the Cid. 

[Sir William]

Sir James, I can tell you- 'Oriental' is not a PC term.    The correct terminology is 'Asian'- and I was told this by a young Asian woman. lol

[Sir Edward]

Sir James, I can tell you- 'Oriental' is not a PC term.    The correct terminology is 'Asian'- and I was told this by a young Asian woman. lol

Reminds me of one of the rants from Harlan Ellison. He got an angry letter from one of his readers complaining about his use of the word "midget", and preferring to be called "little people". Harlan's response was something along the lines of "I'm 5'3; I'm a little person. You're a midget!"    A bit uncouth, but I can understand the rebellion against the whole "politically correct" thing.

[Sir William]

Sir John, that first Excalibur you have- is it from the movie Last Legion?  I thought that was a good movie, my brother introduced me to it...as far as legends of Arthur go, it wasn't a bad take on what could've been.  A bit of a stretch, but still a good yarn.

[Sir James A]

Sir James, I can tell you- 'Oriental' is not a PC term.    The correct terminology is 'Asian'- and I was told this by a young Asian woman. lol

Oops, sorry, I never know which to go for.

[Joshua Santana]

Sir John, that first Excalibur you have- is it from the movie Last Legion?  I thought that was a good movie, my brother introduced me to it...as far as legends of Arthur go, it wasn't a bad take on what could've been.  A bit of a stretch, but still a good yarn.

I agree with Sir William in regards to the film, although it has stirred quite a controversy with historians.  But it is a good film none the less.

[Sir William]

Sir John, that first Excalibur you have- is it from the movie Last Legion?  I thought that was a good movie, my brother introduced me to it...as far as legends of Arthur go, it wasn't a bad take on what could've been.  A bit of a stretch, but still a good yarn.

I agree with Sir William in regards to the film, although it has stirred quite a controversy with historians.  But it is a good film none the less.

Historians?  How about they prove that Arthur actually existed before they go about how he came about and such.  I've enjoyed most of the Arthurian-themed movies I've seen thus far...from the wildly fantastical Excalibur, the 2004s King Arthur, even Last Legion.  Hell, I liked Mists of Avalon!

[Sir Matthew]

I love The Last Legion. Not my era of interest, per se, but it was a really good movie and did a pretty realistic depiction of combat, I thought. Plus it showed how bad ass Roman Legions were. Last I saw on the Arthur myth, historians seemed to be generally leaning toward that being a title and not an individual. Is this the debate to which you refer?

[Joshua Santana]

Historians?  How about they prove that Arthur actually existed before they go about how he came about and such.  I've enjoyed most of the Arthurian-themed movies I've seen thus far...from the wildly fantastical Excalibur, the 2004s King Arthur, even Last Legion.  Hell, I liked Mists of Avalon!

In fair Honesty, I enjoy a good Arthurian film, my personal favorite is the Clive Owen version.  Historians have debated over time who the real King Arthur was, they suggested it could be Lucius Arturius Castus, or Riothamus (a famous Celtic Leader whose life story resembles the legends perfectly) and the Welsh "Arthur" (can't remember his name) and so on.  My take is that the real Arthur was not one man, but rather several men that continued a legacy of early British independence from Rome and Barbarian invasions. 

historians seemed to be generally leaning toward that being a title and not an individual. Is this the debate to which you refer?

I have read on the title debate and honestly I can see it as a possibility but I have yet to find evidence.