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Post by Rob C on Aug 19, 2015 1:08:48 GMT
How do these compare to each other or what do you guys think about these repros in general? Edit: I Will add the 1885 to the discussion
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Post by Afoo on Aug 19, 2015 1:24:55 GMT
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Post by yuner on Aug 20, 2015 12:53:46 GMT
Love the Avatar Rob, great movie
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Post by Rob C on Aug 20, 2015 21:11:00 GMT
Yah It Is a great movie, though I think It's a default pic from the site haha.
I read kelly's review but I have not found any info on the two other models.
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Post by Afoo on Aug 20, 2015 22:49:54 GMT
I suspect that the 1885 will have a similar blade as the 1853. The ballance seems okay from Kelly's review, but aesthetically the spear point looks a bit off to me.
For the 1821 - do you mean their pipe-back sword, or the 1845 version with the "Wilkinson" blade. Their 1845 looks okay, but the blade is only 33' - seems a little bit short for a cavalry sword, but I could be wrong. Oldswords gives me a range of blade lengths, so possibly room for individual customization going on.
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Post by Dave Kelly on Aug 20, 2015 23:31:41 GMT
Late to the party. Frankly, been avoiding having to speak up.
India swords go back at least 35 years. Most of the stuff was engineered for display pieces. Manufactured, with little finishing work on blades. Real carbon steel swords, but marginal historical context. A lot of these are still being sold. All the swords with the well known French pallasch double fullered, hatchet faced point are old school renderings shared commonly in French, British, Russian, German swords. The blade is grossly over weight and completely lacking in historical taper. While many of these historical swords were 3 lbs weight, they were meticulously tapered to be well maneuvered.
The British Enlisted 1821 was the unique new dragoon blade of the English. The style was so successful that it and the French 1822 Dragoon, became the bell weather for all combat sabre blades to the end of the Century. I believe the Universal 1822 is an officer type with a significantly lighter blade. The 1853 article you read. Blade is a little off in the foible and handles slower than the original, but of three replicas I've owned it is the best functioning. The 1885 was a major revision of the 53. The blade is 3 inches shorter. Effort to lighten the load. I'm not familiar with this one. I had hoped it was an 1864 ( a 53 with a full plated guard replacing the three bar half basket).
Buy KoA as Indian law doesn't permit sharps in country.
There isn't a lot of momentum for these small markets to risk venture capitol upgrading their process and models. Just not the same level of demand for 19th Century weapons as exists for Medis and Oriental swords.
Some of the newer stuff has improved. The Prince of Wales, Guards Junior Officers of the Mounted Chasseurs, Swedish 1864 Cav Sabre are of note.
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