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New Spotlight Article

Postby Webmaster » Sun Dec 04, 2005 2:45 pm

A new article by Derek Wassom is available in the ARMA Spotlight section:

Some Historical Swiss Swords Examined
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Postby Travis Beamon » Sun Dec 04, 2005 2:56 pm

Very Cool. Thanks Derek!
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Re: New Spotlight Article

Postby Brian Hunt » Sun Dec 04, 2005 4:06 pm

All Right,

I have been looking forward to this article. Nice work Derek.

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Re: New Spotlight Article

Postby Derek Wassom » Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:16 pm

Thanks, guys.
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Postby Joachim Nilsson » Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:18 am

Good job, Derek!
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Postby Casper Bradak » Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:32 am

Yes, good article. We could use more detailed info on swords like this.
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Re: New Spotlight Article

Postby Shane Smith » Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:32 pm

Well done <img src="/forum/images/icons/cool.gif" alt="" />
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Re: New Spotlight Article

Postby Ryan Ricks » Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:41 pm

derek, did you happen to notice any wear on the blades, such as scuff marks along the flat or nicks along the edge?
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Re: New Spotlight Article

Postby Mike Cartier » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:48 pm

great job
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Re: New Spotlight Article

Postby Derek Wassom » Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:24 pm

Ryan.

The entire blade had scuff marks, but it looked more like a poor cleaning job by a previous owner (just speculating). The edges didn't have any nicks in them, IIRC
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