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    Reclusive Academic Member General-Winter's Avatar
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    Today I got my 2-hander blade I ordered a while back, raising the total number of swords in my makeshift 'collection' to three, along with an assortment of Bokken, Shinai, Walking Sticks, and Wasters.






    From top to bottom: Naval Officer's Ceremonial Sword, Two-handed Bastard sword, and Aragonese Longsword replica.



    I've been doing this seriously for a few months now, my father and I are both taking lessons from a guy here in Vegas. Good Guy.

    Anyone else collect sharp bits of metal?
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    Anyone else collect sharp bits of metal?
    Yep , swords , bayonets , midshipmans dirks , sword sticks , kukris and a couple of fairburn~sykes daggers .

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    Well, if the dead ever do rise I know whose house to head for.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax
    Well, if the dead ever do rise I know whose house to head for.
    I'd prefer Abokasee 's.

    He would confuse to death.

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    I have a Napoleonic Heavy cavalry sword, British. Found it funnily enough in a theatre in London.

    A ceremonial sabre from the Indian army c.1880's has a tigger shaped pommel.

    Old Ausrian Bayonet from the late 19th century (my family's) I believe and a French Bayonet c1870's

    Some strange Indo-Chinese things in bamboo scabbards.

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    I have a Scottish Claymore in the basket-hilted style, various daggers of various makes, a Sgian Dubh, numerous hunting knives, and three old pocketknives I inherited from my grandfather. I hope to soon add a Pappenheimer rapier to this collection, or a cavalry sabre, probably in a Prussian or British style. I'll post a picture when I can.
    Last edited by Evil_Maniac From Mars; 05-25-2007 at 02:22.

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    Show us then please !

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    Man you look truely ready to fight!...if only the sun was out of your eyes...


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    Not quite a collection, but I've got a few:



    Left: M1850 Foot Officer's Sword with original rayskin grip
    Right: Pre-WWI M1902 Officer's Sword (Scabbard is underneath)
    Center: Spanish El Cid sword from Toledo, Spain (replica)

    The replica is my wife's and it completes the arrangement nicely, but to be honest I don't like replicas. At some point I'll pick up a few more authentic pieces and take the replica down for good.


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    Awesome collections everyone. Does anyone in this thread have a link for Napoleonic era reconstructions?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TinCow
    The replica is my wife's and it completes the arrangement nicely, but to be honest I don't like replicas. At some point I'll pick up a few more authentic pieces and take the replica down for good.
    I'm the same. Replicas are cool but I'd always take an authentic one even if it's twice the price (provided I have the money of course).

    Sadly I intended to start a collection of antiques beginning with a bayonet. I was on the lookout for one the entire trip in Europe and at the Alhambra there was a little store with all sorts in it where I finally found what I'd saved 600 Euros the entire trip for. A great bayonet. I quickly took a photo and shot off to find one of the teachers just to check whether they thought I'd be able to get it back to NZ. She thought it wouldn't be a problem so long as I declare it, but when I came back to the store, barely 5 minutes later it was all shut up and locked and the owner had gone!

    So I went home without a bayonet, and had to give the 600 Euro (out of the total 800 I had for the entire trip) back to my parents who were shocked at how little I had spent.

    But here is the photo I got of it anyway, sorry it's not very good but I was in a hurry:

    The one I was going to get is the 2nd horizontal bayonet.

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