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Post by spikeynorman47 on Oct 3, 2017 1:30:56 GMT
Hello! What is your favorite time period for swords?(Or any weapons for that matter)
Mine would have to be 13th century and 15th century for both swords and other weapons.
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stormmaster
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I like viking/migration era swords
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Post by stormmaster on Oct 3, 2017 1:34:25 GMT
my favorite is a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away
jk my favorite historical era has to either be the migration era or the 11th century
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Oct 3, 2017 2:16:19 GMT
For me, I'd say the Bronze Age and 14th Century... Though saying that feels a bit cheaty, since so many earlier swords were still in use during the 14th century.
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Post by spikeynorman47 on Oct 3, 2017 2:26:45 GMT
For me, I'd say the Bronze Age and 14th Century... Though saying that feels a bit cheaty, since so many earlier swords were still in use during the 14th century. Oh really? How far back would they go? Like say 12-13th century swords were still popular then?
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Oct 3, 2017 4:02:19 GMT
For me, I'd say the Bronze Age and 14th Century... Though saying that feels a bit cheaty, since so many earlier swords were still in use during the 14th century. Oh really? How far back would they go? Like say 12-13th century swords were still popular then? Just by what Ewart Oakeshott recorded, the only types that weren't in use during the 14th century were the Type X, Xa, XI, XIa, XVIII family, XXI, and XXII. Other than that, the rest came about or were still in use during the 14th century according to Oakeshott; and since that's only what he recorded, the earlier types could have still seen use, though that's unlikely as they were closer to Migration Period swords. Now, we could narrow things down quite a bit if we limited it to only swords that were developed during the 14th century, which would be the Type XVa (1350), XVI (1300), XVIa (1330), XVII (1335), XIX (1350), XX (1350), and XXa (1350). All swords I really like the lines of, though annoyingly, my personal favorite (the XIV) misses out on that restriction by about 25 years.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Oct 3, 2017 5:20:17 GMT
I have no favourite time period, I like them all, bronze swords, kopesh, celtic swords, gladii, spathae, migration period swords, viking age swords, knightly swords, twohanders, rapiers, sabers and all the stuff from other cultures. Only the daily focus changes.
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Oct 3, 2017 5:34:11 GMT
Hard to narrow it down - like AndiTheBarvarian, I'm pretty omnixiphophilic.
If I did have to narrow it down, I'd say 19th century, since antiques are relatively available, we have plentiful written sources (manuals, other historical info), and my nicest antiques are 19th century.
2nd choice might be early Medieval/Dark Ages (Migration Period/Viking swords, Heian, Tang, Korean Three Kingdoms).
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Oct 3, 2017 5:43:30 GMT
Omnixiphophilic, cool! (Wasn't there a song about in Mary Poppins?)
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Post by Dave Kelly on Oct 3, 2017 5:52:48 GMT
18-19th Century Europe, particularly Cavalry swords/sabers.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Oct 3, 2017 6:01:08 GMT
That's omnixiphopathic, beware of somnambulism!
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Post by Croccifixio on Oct 3, 2017 6:10:03 GMT
1100-1300 Europe
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Post by William Swiger on Oct 3, 2017 10:00:39 GMT
8th century to the mid-11th century.
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Post by RickDastardly on Oct 3, 2017 11:17:33 GMT
If I had to pick one period, I would have to say 17th century, given that my favourite period in general is the Golden Age of Piracy.
That aside, swords from any period before firearms started to replace them interest me. Less so the more recent they get.
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Post by spikeynorman47 on Oct 3, 2017 15:33:28 GMT
I have no favourite time period, I like them all, bronze swords, kopesh, celtic swords, gladii, spathae, migration period swords, viking age swords, knightly swords, twohanders, rapiers, sabers and all the stuff from other cultures. Only the daily focus changes. I feel like that's me too I just focus mostly on medieval stuff. Lately my focus has gone to side swords and gladii.
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Post by Zen_Hydra on Oct 3, 2017 18:40:52 GMT
My favorite time period is now. We have the most sophisticated metallurgy we have ever known as a species, and a high level of surplus wealth with which to buy it (at least in North America). Also, a circumstance which allows for the ownership of such objects without the necessity to use them.
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Post by gruggier on Oct 3, 2017 21:34:10 GMT
Anything Roman, Merovingian, and Carolingian period. Norman also.
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Post by bbycrts on Oct 3, 2017 22:51:28 GMT
Norman conquest through the crusades, mostly. William the Conqueror was a great-great-great+ grandfather, so interested in the era that contains his family through Henry III, pretty much.
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Post by spikeynorman47 on Oct 3, 2017 23:12:41 GMT
Norman conquest through the crusades, mostly. William the Conqueror was a great-great-great+ grandfather, so interested in the era that contains his family through Henry III, pretty much. I want to trace my ancestry back to the middle ages. I have English, Dutch and German heritage that I know of but I'm not sure how far back it goes. I'd love to know and focus my studies as well!
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stormmaster
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I like viking/migration era swords
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Post by stormmaster on Oct 3, 2017 23:41:33 GMT
i also really like the qin dynasty style of swords, i really need to get me one of those tbh
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Post by bbycrts on Oct 4, 2017 23:34:54 GMT
Norman conquest through the crusades, mostly. William the Conqueror was a great-great-great+ grandfather, so interested in the era that contains his family through Henry III, pretty much. I want to trace my ancestry back to the middle ages. I have English, Dutch and German heritage that I know of but I'm not sure how far back it goes. I'd love to know and focus my studies as well! It's all thanks to my sister - she did all the work and discovered the Norman/Plantagenet connection! We enter the royal family tree with William I and exit after Henry II (through one of his daughters).
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