Albion to offer more training blunts

[Craig Peters]

I agree that the Silver cut and thrust sword was misnamed. However, I would have preferred that they kept the "Meyer", especially since I sent them an emailing suggesting that they make a sword after that particular style and name it in honour of Joachim Meyer.

[Brian Hunt]

Hi Joachim,

maybe I was the one miscommunicting and "thinking outloud." I wasn't trying to infer that you were misrepresenting Peter's work in any way. Peter Johnson is the person most likely to have a proper, stiff rapier developed than anyone else out there. I was simply voicing a general opionion about rapier training, not trying to imply anything directly to this new line, other than my hopes to finally see a proper training tool for rapier as opposed to all the flexi-bladed weapons that are currently out there and in use. As usual with internet communications, it is easy to mis-communicate.

hope this clears things up.

respectfully,

Brian Hunt
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[Joachim Nilsson]

Hi Brian,

Ah. Then we're on the same page. I couldn't agree more about the lack of good, stiff rapiers. Well, the K+K Art rapiers are stiff enough, but I find them lacking in other departments.

Regards,

[Stacy Clifford]

I'm thinking maybe a better name for the "I.33" might be the "Walpurgis". They all look great, but $490 is still high for a training rapier. Too high for me right now, anyway. And why are all of Albion's messers so expensive? Weren't they supposed to be cheap commoner's blades in the Renaissance?

[Brian Hunt]

Hi Joachim,

are their cheap rapiers (the ones in the $120 range) fitted with that stiff blade you are talking about? If so, they would be worth buying in order to rehilt them. That is what a bare Del Tin Practice rapier blade costs, and it is whippy. What are your major problems with the K & K's ?

Brian Hunt
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[Joachim Nilsson]

Hi Brian,

Yes, they are, so that could be an option. However the main problems with the K+K Art rapiers lies within the blades themselves. In the middle of the blade, it changes cross section from rather flat with a fuller to a very flattened diamond featuring a very indistinct spine. Nothing odd or wrong with features like that. The ones in the K+K Art blades are improperly made at that point though. There's not enough support in that spot. This creates a "stress point" where the blade ultimately distorts and bends. There are members of ARMA Sweden who are in possesion of K+K Art rapiers that are beginning to look more like the letter S than straight blades. <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" /> I guess that is my main "beef" with the K+K Art rapiers. Minor nuisances like rattling hilts and the wires in the grip coming loose are just that: minor nuisances that quite easily can be remedied.

I'm not complaining though, since when shopping in that price range, one gets what one pays for. You can't expect too much of weapons that are that cheap. That being said: I'd much rather shell out the bucks for tools that are more expensive, but also more durable. And stiff of course. <img src="/forum/images/icons/tongue.gif" alt="" />

OMG... That last sentence could easily be interpreted as something entirely different. <img src="/forum/images/icons/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/icons/laugh.gif" alt="" /> *end of small OT venture*

Best regards,

[Joachim Nilsson]

Hi Craig,

Well, we'll just have to have our fingers crossed that they, further down the line, will release another training longsword which they do name The Meyer. <img src="/forum/images/icons/tongue.gif" alt="" />

[Craig Peters]

Well, short of Albion slightly remodeling the Mair and releasing it as a Next Generation sword, I cannot possibly see how there can be a Meyer in the near future.

[Joachim Nilsson]

I wasn't talking about the near future. <img src="/forum/images/icons/laugh.gif" alt="" />

[Allen Johnson]

Peter Johnsson has Developed a new Sword Typology!!!
Briliant Stuff! <img src="/forum/images/icons/wink.gif" alt="" /> Made my day
http://albion-swords.com/johnsson-typology.htm

[Brian Hunt]

Ohh,

that is too funny

LOL

Brian Hunt
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[Aaron Pynenberg]

Someones got some extra time on thier hands over there! That was a good one-

[Joachim Nilsson]

Stacy Clifford wrote:

And why are all of Albion's messers so expensive? Weren't they supposed to be cheap commoner's blades in the Renaissance?

I think (if I remember what PJ has told me correctly) that it's due to the increase in production cost due to a slightly more complicated construction process due to the different blade geometry that the single edged swords has.