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Post by William Swiger on May 3, 2014 19:51:49 GMT
Member Leader Bee posted a review of the Kern and said his did not come in the white box. Maybe KOA does not use the white box for Albion orders outside of North America.
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Post by Sean (Shadowhowler) on May 3, 2014 20:54:03 GMT
Its possible. International shipping can be expensive... especially if you use something other then USPS. The Albion White Boxes are very large and have a lot of open, empty space. When each dimension can add dollars for inches, KoA might find it a lot better for their bottom line to re-pack the swords in a smaller box and save cash on shipping.
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Post by Odingaard on May 4, 2014 7:52:09 GMT
Actually, I've seen quite a few without the white box from KoA. From my understanding, this is because the Albion boxes tend to be a bit larger on some models (example - won't fit into a Mercenary sized box, Maximillian box is too long) so they are shipped in smaller, closer fitting boxes to save on 'across the pond' shipping (or meet size requirments for military shipping). Only this happen on international/APO shipments - so it's as good a guess as any.
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Post by Sean (Shadowhowler) on May 4, 2014 14:34:57 GMT
Ah hem...
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Post by mcapanelli on May 4, 2014 15:38:21 GMT
Well that explains it then.
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Post by mcapanelli on May 4, 2014 15:48:44 GMT
As for the sword, I'd personally send it back. I can accept that from say, windlass, but Albion? The price point is too high for me to accept a sword in that condition. I'd deal directly with Albion though.
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Post by john570 on May 4, 2014 16:34:41 GMT
I'd second that!
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Post by Paul on May 4, 2014 20:46:43 GMT
I agree, I'd send it back as well but from past experience Albion won't deal with you direct, I had an issue with a knight, they were happy to look at it but referred me back to KoA. But at the end of the day you are going to be up for the $80 - $120+ in postage to send it back.
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Post by William Swiger on May 5, 2014 3:32:58 GMT
I have decided to just keep the sword. There is nothing wrong structurally wrong with the sword. The finish is just not as good on the blade as other ones I own. Disappointing but not bad enough to warrant the hassle of sending it back. A normal Albion finish would be a 10 and the finish on this one would be an 7 if I had to put it to a scale.
I did a Mothers Mag buffing on the blade which brought it up to an 8 out of 10. I think the only other option would be to go over the blade with some 1000 grit fine sandpaper but not sure if the current finish bothers me enough to do so.
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Post by mcapanelli on May 6, 2014 12:38:17 GMT
Are you going to do a review of this Will? I can't tell you how many times I've ogled the one in the MET.
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Post by William Swiger on May 6, 2014 13:00:55 GMT
Will try to get some detailed pictures this weekend.
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Post by William Swiger on May 8, 2014 4:16:48 GMT
Posted a review.
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Post by gtk4158a on Jul 15, 2024 1:34:14 GMT
I've held both and was allowed to swing them around. The Wheel pomel while beautiful I felt did not allow you to use the full swords capability. What I mean us that the Principe allowed you to add a couple inches of extra force to the sword. With the wheel pommel your lower hand felt like it was searching for more leverage. Only thing I can compare it too was like having a hammer with a shorted handle on it "Alexandria" opposed to the longer reach of the Princepe". I ended up with a Princepe. With the Princepe I felt like I got the right feel to it. Both are brutal cutters. Both are very forgiving cutters. Going to a 2 handed transition the Princepe allows a longer reach. I love both swords. I love the princepe more
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