The "Albion" sword, by Albion

[Sir Wolf]

You are going to bring it with you sometime during one of our demos right? I promise not to drool on it. 

liar!!!!

[Sir James A]

Thanks

Close-up of the hilt:

Wow, that is much more bronze/brass than the other pictures look. Very nice! The classic black wire wrap w/bronze fittings reminds me of the 'classic' excalibur.

[Sir Edward]

I think that can be arranged.

It handles surprisingly well for being a "movie sword", but it's definitely on the heavy side. The blade is fairly thick at the base, and there's no fuller. The heavy pommel and a good distal taper do help to keep it balanced, and the center of gravity is actually fairly close to the guard. So you don' t notice the weight until you start swinging it.

[Joshua Santana]

It handles surprisingly well for being a "movie sword", but it's definitely on the heavy side. The blade is fairly thick at the base, and there's no fuller. The heavy pommel and a good distal taper do help to keep it balanced, and the center of gravity is actually fairly close to the guard. So you don' t notice the weight until you start swinging it.

Very interesting, I sort of figured that would be the case given with the specification you gave.  But I am surprised none the less.   

[Sir William]

That is a good look on you, Sir Edward.  What material are your pants made of?  Is that leather?  Love the sword, but you'd known that would happen.

[Sir Edward]

At the faire, those tights were referred to as "dragon skin". As to what it really is, I'm not sure. It's a stretchy, patterned fabric with a rough leather-like appearance. Unfortunately the vendor at MDRF can't get it anymore, so I'm lucky I got it when I did. If I didn't have those, I'd probably have looked into some brown wool chausses, or joined hose, or something like that. Or leather chausses.

This is the "woodsman" outfit I put together a number of years ago, with a Robin Hood sort of look in mind. As soon as I ordered "Albion", I knew I'd be doing a photo-shoot like this as soon as it arrived.

[Joshua Santana]

At the faire, those tights were referred to as "dragon skin". As to what it really is, I'm not sure. It's a stretchy, patterned fabric with a rough leather-like appearance. Unfortunately the vendor at MDRF can't get it anymore, so I'm lucky I got it when I did. If I didn't have those, I'd probably have looked into some brown wool chausses, or joined hose, or something like that. Or leather chausses.

This is the "woodsman" outfit I put together a number of years ago, with a Robin Hood sort of look in mind. As soon as I ordered "Albion", I knew I'd be doing a photo-shoot like this as soon as it arrived.

Now that was brilliant!   

[Sir Wolf]

i thought it looked cool

[Joshua Santana]

i thought it looked cool

Agreed.

[Sir William]

Of course those pants aren't available anymore!  Ah well...been wantin a pair of leather pants/chausses for some time now...I have linen chausses coming soon from historic enterprises...but I have a feeling that I'll not like them much.  We shall see.

[Sir Edward]

On Saturday I was watching another episode of the show, which had some more close-ups, including one of those shots where they intentionally reflect the lights back at the camera to make the sword glowy. So I went and took this picture, and of course enhanced it a little in photoshop. The quote below is from the scene in question:

"Herne's son is my master. I can not slay him."

[Joshua Santana]

Nice Picture!