Generation 2 Halfling
Apr 19, 2007 3:59:26 GMT
Post by ShooterMike on Apr 19, 2007 3:59:26 GMT
I have had a thing for the Generation 2 Halfling sword/dagger ever since I first saw it on the Imperial Weapons website. I had always intended to order one when I first began collecting swords last year. Unfortunately, they were a limited run item and were all gone before I got mine. 
A while back I was talking to Clyde Hollis about a dozen different things and mentioned Scarborough Faire being near my home, only an hour and a half away. He said one of his oldest dealers had a permanent building on the ground...sort of a big rock structure. Their name being Wild Wolf Forge.
As luck would have it, someone at work gave me two free passes to Scarborough Faire so my GF and I attended last Sunday. One of the first places I went looking for was Wild Wolf Forge.
To say they had a "big rock building" was an understatement! These guys are living history reenactors of a group of Landsknechts who occupied Rome for a number of years, then after a long story ended up settling on the border of England and Scotland, in the employ of the English kings. One of the group is an Architect by trade and has a construction company. Their building is a recreation of a Landsknecht's hold (a small castle for a small group to defend) that was built in England! And it is a beauty.
So...while I was standing around chatting with this fellow about all kind of Landsknecht history and really getting a deep lesson on what it was like to be a Landsknecht, I spied a familiar-shaped object sitting on a side shelf on top of a bunch or misc. armor and such. HEY! THAT'S A GEN2 HALFLING SITTING THERE!!! And it was too.
So quick as a wink, while listening to my ardent new friend telling me about all kinds of interesting and cool Landsknecht stuff, I whipped out my tired and overly abused credit card and SNATCHED UP this little Halfling sword. For just under $200 I think I even got a good deal.
I plan on doing a bit of light cutting and testing and will post a real review. But I thought I would go ahead and post this while it's fresh in my mind.
Enjoy!
A while back I was talking to Clyde Hollis about a dozen different things and mentioned Scarborough Faire being near my home, only an hour and a half away. He said one of his oldest dealers had a permanent building on the ground...sort of a big rock structure. Their name being Wild Wolf Forge.
As luck would have it, someone at work gave me two free passes to Scarborough Faire so my GF and I attended last Sunday. One of the first places I went looking for was Wild Wolf Forge.
To say they had a "big rock building" was an understatement! These guys are living history reenactors of a group of Landsknechts who occupied Rome for a number of years, then after a long story ended up settling on the border of England and Scotland, in the employ of the English kings. One of the group is an Architect by trade and has a construction company. Their building is a recreation of a Landsknecht's hold (a small castle for a small group to defend) that was built in England! And it is a beauty.
So...while I was standing around chatting with this fellow about all kind of Landsknecht history and really getting a deep lesson on what it was like to be a Landsknecht, I spied a familiar-shaped object sitting on a side shelf on top of a bunch or misc. armor and such. HEY! THAT'S A GEN2 HALFLING SITTING THERE!!! And it was too.
So quick as a wink, while listening to my ardent new friend telling me about all kinds of interesting and cool Landsknecht stuff, I whipped out my tired and overly abused credit card and SNATCHED UP this little Halfling sword. For just under $200 I think I even got a good deal.
I plan on doing a bit of light cutting and testing and will post a real review. But I thought I would go ahead and post this while it's fresh in my mind.
Enjoy!
