Collecting swords

**CountArach** · 05-26-2007, 23:35

Oooh, very nice EMFM

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 05-27-2007, 00:23

GW, where did you get your blades? What was the cost?

**master of the puppets** · 05-27-2007, 05:41

I have merely my Jin-Gum, fortunatly to me it is not a toy nor replica, many can play and collect swords... but few can effectivly use them

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ok let me just get off my high and mighty horse now...

but seriously general-winter i was never under the impression that there was much to be taught in the way of medieval swordsmanship, and i could never find anyone to teach it in my area,*dons hick accent* lucky city type folk.

**Roy1991** · 05-27-2007, 10:05

I have a replica of Anduril (Aragorn's sword from LotR), a replica of Maximus' sword from Gladiator, and a (decorated) gladius

Some pics (from the internet, don't have a camera here)
Gladius
Anduril
Maximus' sword

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 05-27-2007, 13:32

Originally Posted by master of the puppets

but seriously general-winter i was never under the impression that there was much to be taught in the way of medieval swordsmanship, and i could never find anyone to teach it in my area,*dons hick accent* lucky city type folk.

Mediaeval swordsmanship was once as developed and complex as the art still practiced with the Samuri Sword. More so in some ways because Mediaeval longswords were used in many different ways.

There has been a lot of work in recent years to reconstruct the craft, gradually progress is being made.

**General-Winter** · 05-27-2007, 18:51

Excuse me Master of the Puppets but european swordsmanship was and is just as complex and deadly as any other fighting style. I'd be willing to bet on a Student of Liechtenauer's Kunst Des Fechtens over a samurai any day.

Besides Italian Fencing I only remember Liechtenauer but there was also some sort of English buckler&short sword style. Can't remember what it is but i'll be doing my research.

Phillipvs, I got the bastard and aragonese sword from another guy on a sword forums, and the officers sword was one my father ordered as a sort of commemorative thing from his stint in the Navy.

**frogbeastegg** · 05-27-2007, 19:11

I don't own one, but this blade is very similar to the one I imagine one of my characters wielding, if that counts. link. I've always had an eye for that style of simple, elegantly functional medieval sword. When I was a young frog I made a sword quite similar to this one out of wood, cardboard, cellotape and paint.

I'd love to own a real, quality blade like that, but what would I do with it?

The other main type of sword I like is a Viking style, one of their more restrained types. If you load on too much decoration then it begins to lose that clean, elegant shape. this is the best picture I can find that that type with a quick google hunt.

EDIT: That last link refuses to take you directly to the Viking sword, so you'll have to scroll down to find it.