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Post by Kilted Cossack on Feb 15, 2012 19:10:08 GMT
Gents: ollinsworddesign.com/osd-now.html#current Scroll down to the shashka, and while you're deciding whether to click, check out these statistics: Weight: 1 lb 7 oz Overall Length: 36 1/8" Blade Length: 29" Point of Balance: 3 3/4" Center of Percussion 21" Now THAT sounds like the civvy shashka we're all dreaming of. |
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Feb 15, 2012 20:04:14 GMT
The only thing I'm not digging is the price; but everything else, it makes it seem like a dream come true for a shashka lover.
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Post by Kilted Cossack on Feb 15, 2012 20:28:21 GMT
Umm, well, yeah. As is so frequently the case, the only hickey is the price.
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Post by somewhat on Feb 15, 2012 21:48:56 GMT
I also think it's awesome; is this overpriced for what it is or are Ollins priced fairly? Could you get an Odin shashka for that much?
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Post by Kilted Cossack on Feb 15, 2012 23:28:22 GMT
I'll bet it would run about the same.
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Post by Student of Sword on Feb 15, 2012 23:31:19 GMT
For a custom piece, I think the price is fair.
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Post by Opferous on Feb 15, 2012 23:34:37 GMT
Hm, if we ran an Odin/Longship shashka, we could probably do 'em for around $800-$850 a piece, but we'd have to make some modifications, like no steel rings in the grip and maybe a single wider fuller rather than the pair on the Ollin. Wood might have to be a stained burl as well rather than rosewood.
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Post by Kilted Cossack on Feb 15, 2012 23:37:59 GMT
I don't know if there'd be enough demand for them---but I'd want one at that price.
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Post by Opferous on Feb 15, 2012 23:42:47 GMT
Yeah, would be tough. I'd have to be able to move probably 25-50 of them (over the course of a few years) for me to fund R&D on it.
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Post by Kilted Cossack on Feb 16, 2012 0:04:35 GMT
Opferous: As a particular fan of the shashka, it pains me to admit this, but there'd probably be more demand for a good scimitar/shamshir/kilic, like the one John did in this post. www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=18692 |
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Post by Opferous on Feb 16, 2012 0:37:19 GMT
Aye, it's too bad. A kilij would have to be at a higher price point and take a long time to bring to market because of guard, which would need to be carved/cast. Probably would have to wait until after our current five model lineup. If we had more interest in a shaska, it's something that could be brought pretty quickly to market with some research and a prototype.
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Post by Kilted Cossack on Feb 16, 2012 3:04:46 GMT
tsarsarsenal.com/long_w/armenian ... niello.htm I have always thought this one to be particularly fine. Subdued, almost severe, the single wide fuller and the plain grip. I don't know if you've followed my (seemingly interminable) musings about the Circassian shashka, but the traditional phrase was "light as a feather, sharp as a razor, flexible as a grape vine." Apparently later, in Central Asia proper (vice the Caucasus), regular saber blades were fitted out with shashka furniture, but the original civilian versions were very light, very fast. There was "some" interest in a shashka, in a thread started by Vincent Dolan a few months back. I suspect that there would be more interest in a frickin' John Lundemo shashka, but honestly can only guess. It does seem that there is a pretty large gap in the saber/saberish market, between Windlass and, well, Vince Evans. Maybe there's a reason for that, but I'm sure you guys could produce a kick-ass version.
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Post by Anders on Feb 18, 2012 19:14:36 GMT
It looks pretty nice, though I'm not a fan of the point. Way out of my price range, of course.
Well, they're a high-end shop, up there with Albion and A&A. So the quality of the sword is probably worth it if you can affort to shell out the dough, but as usual with this price range, there's always the option of going full custom for basically the same price.
I suspect a Lundemo shashka would be out of my range, and I don't even like them that much.
I participated in Vince's thread mainly because I wanted to see a decent saber with a design I actually liked to a price I would actually be willing to pay.
The reason is, I believe, a plain old lack of interest. People who are heavily into sabers are severely outnumbered by people who are into medieval euros or asian swords, and the market reflects that. And If sabers are a niche, then the civilian shashka has it's own niche within that niche and the more unusual the saber, the harder its going to be to find a repro that isn't really cheap or really exclusive.
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Post by Kilted Cossack on Feb 18, 2012 20:03:55 GMT
I deny not a word of what you said, more than that, I'm in agreement. For one, I'd prefer a single broad fuller, nothing too fancy. It was just nice to see a true lightweight shashka repro---at any price point.
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