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Post by Brendan Olszowy on Oct 9, 2009 23:38:41 GMT
Nice piece KC, congrats on the purchase
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Post by ShooterMike on Oct 10, 2009 1:21:08 GMT
... I should say, however, that I've always wondered what the purpose of that metal cap covering the peening on the pommel is. It's called a peen block. It's just a block of steel with a hole through the center. It's used to help isolate the heat and hammering from the pretty pommel. You can beat hell out of the end of the tang and peen block, then clean it up with a file and buffer. They are fairly common on period originals.
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Post by Avery on Oct 10, 2009 1:52:03 GMT
Awesome sword, I too look forward to the review.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2009 2:37:53 GMT
... I should say, however, that I've always wondered what the purpose of that metal cap covering the peening on the pommel is. It's called a peen block. It's just a block of steel with a hole through the center. It's used to help isolate the heat and hammering from the pretty pommel. You can beat hell out of the end of the tang and peen block, then clean it up with a file and buffer. They are fairly common on period originals. Thank you and +1 for the explanation. It's just that I've seen modern production Euro swords with disc pommels both with and without peen blocks, which made me wonder under what situations their implementation would be necessary. I suppose it would vary from one swordsmith to another, and modern production swords are probably not a very good standard by which to judge the feature's frequency anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2009 2:43:39 GMT
Congrats on your Albion, I am glad you like it. I used to be against how much they cost until I bought one - then I sold everything else I had and invested in more of them. There really is no comparison. You will want another one soon.... The Knight is definately one of Albion's best single hand weapons - everything is above par with it. And, even cooler, the Knight is the sword in the How It's Made video!
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Post by ShooterMike on Oct 10, 2009 3:01:50 GMT
It's called a peen block. It's just a block of steel with a hole through the center. It's used to help isolate the heat and hammering from the pretty pommel. You can beat hell out of the end of the tang and peen block, then clean it up with a file and buffer. They are fairly common on period originals. Thank you and +1 for the explanation. It's just that I've seen modern production Euro swords with disc pommels both with and without peen blocks, which made me wonder under what situations their implementation would be necessary. I suppose it would vary from one swordsmith to another, and modern production swords are probably not a very good standard by which to judge the feature's frequency anyway. Thanks. It's an interesting question, so it motivated me to drag out Oakeshott's Records of the Medieval Sword and have a look. What I see is that the peen block in one form or another is rare, or almost non-existant before the 13th century. It seems to have been used on some swords during the 13th and 14th centuries for various forms of wheel pommel. And was still in occasional use on 15th century pommels. At least this is what it looks like from spending 20-30 minutes looking through one book. I could be completely off base. Some of the more famous swords that have peen blocks are the Edward III Sword, the Morgarten Sword (XIIIa.14), and XVIIIa.4 in the NY Metropolitan Museum.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2009 3:07:28 GMT
Congrats to you, Kid--it looks amazing. And +1 for having the courtesy to ask Paul before reviewing, with respect to the intentions of his website.
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Post by kidcasanova on Oct 10, 2009 3:11:26 GMT
Congrats on your Albion, I am glad you like it. I used to be against how much they cost until I bought one - then I sold everything else I had and invested in more of them. There really is no comparison. You will want another one soon.... The Knight is definately one of Albion's best single hand weapons - everything is above par with it. And, even cooler, the Knight is the sword in the How It's Made video! Since you mention "soon" I've been eying the Hospitaller and Templar lol...But like I told Tom, if I buy another, I'm selling this one to fund it. I've also considered a Regal Crusader from Sonny.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2009 14:53:21 GMT
LOL @ KC
Me too (ogling Templar sword). I'm a Xa fan myself...but you gotta love the XII and XIIa blades- for the balancing if nothing else.
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