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Sir William:
Can you do a side by side shot of this sword and your Albion?  If it is that big, its a good deal larger than the one I had; mine almost seemed as if it had been built for a child or small person.

Mike W.:
When I placed the blades over each other, they matched up perfectly. Here they are side by side

Don Jorge:
Very pretty...I want swords...but must avoid addiction...armor first!

Sir James A:
The length and taper look the same, and oddly enough the hilt about the same length, though the fittings are clearly different. I think I see a single fuller on the Albion vs the triple-narrow fuller on the other. Here's what I found:

http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showthread.php?46098-Twin-Crescent-Moon-Makers-Mark


--- Quote ---Originally posted by Artzi Yarom
Two points:
1. The faced crescent mark is originaly a mark of a German manufacturer from Solingen who produced blades to be sold in the area. (I will check for names and dates later). It was than copied by local bladesmiths as a mark of quality. The German mark is clearer and deeper, but the differentiation is still tricky. I feel that this one is a German blade, 1875 or about. The etching was done locally, at a later date, may be early 20 C.

2. Crescent marks apears on both Takouba and Kaskara blades as properly noted by Adam, and the reason is obvious, blades were coming from same sources to start with. The shape is however different: Takouba blades are shorter and tends to gradually narrow toward the tip. In the Kaskara blades the edges are are usualluy almost parllel to the very tip.
--- End quote ---

Sir William:
Isn't that something...made at or near the same areas but in two different camps as far as ideology goes (not that it matters, just anecdotal); the similarity in size is eye catching for me as I'd said previously, mine was a bit smaller and not in near as good shape.  There's old stories about Christian blades being repurposed to Saracen ends but I couldn't cite any evidence to support that and it seems likely but also unlikely- likely because it would've been a cost-saving prudent move to resupply with existing captured weapons but unlikely in that taken as a whole, the Muslim world would've demonized and vilified any Christian item, be it arms, armor or what have you.  This is just my opinion.

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