Bryan Heff's collection updated 12/31/2020 - now..PIC HEAVY!

I HAD a collection thread but it was pretty old and outdated and all the picture links where broken (thanks photobucket trash).....so I just did a quick and dirty video of most of my current swords, and bonus you get to see my dingy basement too!



UPDATED 12/31/2020 with PICTURES!!!

Been trying to reorganizing and recovering a bunch of sword pictures that were victim to photobucket's evilness a few years ago.  People enjoy sword pics so here we go....a bunch of swords that I either own or owned over the past 10 years or so.  It's not everything but its a lot of what I have/had.

Albion "Frankensword" One-off - Knight blade, Reeve/Gaddhjalt brazil nut pommel and Mercenary cross guard.

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Del Tin 2121 - I redid the grip.  One of the better handling Del Tin Medis.

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Albion Condotierre and Gallowglass - Albion's hexagonal cross section swords are really REALLY well done.  Both of these are XIX blades...the Gallowglass in particular is one of their most handsome swords IMO.

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Damion Sulowsky XIIIa....a pretty awesome sword as you can plainly see

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Custom one-off Arms and Armor type XV bastard sword.  Basically it is their French Medieval Sword with a longer grip....got it during their black Friday week of specials in 2019.  Its really more of a smallish type XVIIIc to my eyes but was advertised as a XV.  Very cool and handy sword, very sharp...quite "mean" I would say.

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Albion Arn - Purchased from KOA from their used page...has a weird inclusion on the pommel that simply will not go away no matter what..doesn't bother me all that much though.  Adds character. A beautiful sword...can't believe they sell it for a little over a grand when to my eyes its on par with some Museum line models if not "better" in terms of looks and what you get (blade etching..pommel etching...etc etc).

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Custom H/T bastard (sold) - Made this piece on a H/T bastard blade using a complex guard I bought from a guy on myArmoury and a printed armory pommel.  Turned out nice but sold it to fund other things.  The only issue I have with H/T bastard blades is for me they are just a bit small, I like a bigger sword I guess.

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DT Migration sword (sold) - Redid the grip to 1) shortened it to be more historically typical 2) new wood grip.  This sword was wicked sharp.

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Albion Chevaliar (sold) - A really beautiful sword.  Kinda sad I sold it.  Lots of "bling" on this piece and the hollow ground blade was truly impressive.  Loved the grip treatment.

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Del Tin "forget model" and Albion Sempach (traded) - Swords while different types are very similar in their usage...both stiff, very stiff stabbers.  The DT is more of War Sword proportions.  I miss the Sempach...hex cross section on the blade was really nice and the red grip really popped.


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Ronin XVIIIc (sold) - The blade was a site to behold, extremely well done in terms of geometry and crazy sharp....pommel I felt was too meek in comparison...threw the balance and proportions off a bit.  A very imposing sword which I liked but it never truly connected with me for some reason.


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"Dark Age Spatha" (traded) - A sword I built off of a Windlass A Knights Tale sword that was gifted to me by our very own Bill Swiger.  The original two-handed sword had a bit of a flexy blade which I didn't love so I cut it down and also built out the hilt furniture from the original cross guard and turned it into this piece...which was to my eyes a plausible "dark age" type transitional sword.


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Windless Ulfberht (sold) - A VERY good sword for the price.  One of the best values in budget swords out there if you want a good value sword that handles really well.  Custom grip.

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Hanwei Sword of St. Maurice (sold) - a pretty cool sword from the first run that had an issue with the blade meeting the cross guard.  The grip was crazy thin.  I liked the proportions overall but never truly connected with it.



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Antique British 1796 Light Cavalry Saber - My one and only antique.  Such a cool sword except at some point in its long life some ding dong ground the edge off completely.  My guess is it was a victim of some law about edged weapons.  You can see where they used some power tool to completely obliterate the edge.....but at least I get to experience the unbelievable handling which is amazing. Its somewhat beat up overall condition pushed the price low enough that I took a shot since the overall piece was still very appealing.  I wanted to see how it felt and handled. I also own the Cold Steel version and the handling difference between an original and replica is eye opening.


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British 1796 Heavy Cavalry Saber made by Universal - A stout borderline wrist breaker....but a cool looking piece.  I reprofiled the tip since it came from KOA a bit wonky looking.

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Albion Sword of Saint Maurice of Turin - A single-handed MONSTER of a sword.  I did a review on this if you care to read it in the reviews section....one of the stranger swords...its sheer massive size makes it pretty unique.  I won't lie and say I like handling it all that much but I love the sword b/c of its awesomeness..

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Albion Jarl (traded) - Miss this sword but traded it to get the Saint Maurice above (I think...).  Very beautiful sword and red grips are some of my favorites.  Want to get my hands on a Huscarl at some point to replace this.

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Windless Sword of Roven (sold) - I tore this piece down and rebuilt it, slightly shorter blade in order to key the pommel so it would not spin, shimmed up the guard and what not, new grip.  Very nice sword.

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Del Tin 13th Century (sold)- One of my first swords I bought from KOA.  I liked the longer grip at the time when I thought swords needed to all have these Hollywood style elongated grips because everything has to be "Katana-like" for some reason.  You know, strapped to your back and wielded with 2 hands.....  Was a very nice sword though and opened my eyes to Del Tin as a maker that I still hold in high regard.  I now much more prefer pretty short grips on most single handed early medieval swords.  I thought of this sword as kind of an early bastard sword.


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Windlass Stiklestad (sold) - Redid the grip and built a custom scabbard for resale purposes.  

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Del Tin Complex hilt long sword - I fell in love with complex hilted long swords and this piece kept calling my name so I purchased from KOA.  Very cool sword.  Very large but the blade is rather narrow.

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Custom XI Maciej Kopciuch (sold) - Maciej made this for me based on my basic design drawing.  The blade length ended up being shorter than I hoped but was a solid sword overall.  Blunt and I bit "rough" in the fit and finish but TOTALLY appropriate for the price I paid at the time.  Think it was early in Maciej's sword smithing career.

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BONUS group pictures!!!!

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Custom H/T Bastard mounted on Hanwei practical Mortuary hilt - the Hanwei practical mortuary sword blade is like a toy for stage fighting I guess, really tiny small and weak....I wanted a "mort" style sword and really liked the hilt but hated the blade so redid using the H/T bastard blade.

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Del Tin #### Viking (sold) - A very good handling DT viking sword.  I sold it to fund other things but still wish I had it.

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Bonus group pic!!!!  That single hander with multiple risers is a cut down HT GSOW.

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Albion Baron - I darkened the fittings b/c red gripped swords and dark fittings are prob. my favorite color combo.  The Baron is near the perfect sword for me.

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Albion Reeve (sold) - A butcher knife of a sword, extremely sharp.  Loved the blade and eventually was able to replace it with a Stamford whose fittings I like a bit more than the Reeve.

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H/T Norman (sold) -  I redid the grip (an early attempt and not all that great) and made a custom scabbard.  Scabbard turned out really nice I thought.  This is an excellent sword for the price IMO.

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Windlass Classic Medieval (sold) - I redid the grip and made a custom scabbard in order to flip it....prob. could have sold the package for more as I think the thing turned out awesome and I think I totally under sold it on ebay...but what ever.

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Albion Count - One of their most handsome swords bar none.  Nuff said.

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Custom H/T bastard Irish ring pommel (sold) - I hand made the fittings and used a non fullered bastard blade.  Cool sword.  Miss this one as I put a lot of work into it but wanted the CASH.

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Arms and Armor custom - My first custom sword I asked A&A to make based on my basic design.  They absolutely killed it and its a super bad-ass sword IMO. Was going to have a wider blade but Craig from A&A talked me out of it for handling reasons.
Work with the experts but defer to their expertise would be my advice.

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Del Tin XIIa (sold) - With the Baron a brother from another mother.  There is a review in the review section I did for this sword.

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Albion Templar - with custom (in progress at the time) scabbard I made (sold the scabbard).  A real chopper and one of my favorite swords.

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Del Tin with "cocked hat" pommel (sold)- I redid the grip with this wire wrap.  It was a cool beast of a sword.  Pretty old piece when I bought it in the classifieds...might have been sold by Museum Replicas back in the day.

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Albion Clontarf and Vinland (sold) Squire line - I got super lucky and the Clontarf came with a Next Gen grip treatment.  One of my favorite swords.  I liked the Vinland almost as much but ended up selling it.

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Albion Senlac - My very first Albion purchased direct from them and one of my top swords of all time....I wrote the "official" review for it over at MyArmoury.com and lots of good pictures over there if you care to see them.

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Arms and Armor German Bastard Sword

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ATrim XIIa with custom made fittings (sold) - Yeshua's Sword milled the cross guard and pommel and I did several grips for the sword. It came with the red grip. Sword could be customized anytime since it was a hex nut and you could swap out the original fittings for the custom fittings anytime you wanted.  Sold it but should have kept it......SAD!

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BONUS GROUP PIC of various what nots!!!!!!

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Windlass Create your Own (sold) - I modified the heck out of this sword over several iterations.  The green grip wood was I think its final look....

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Del Tin XIV (sold) - should have kept this sword.  Very cool unique pommel.

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Windlass "Dracula" sword (sold) - Very cool sword..

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Artillery short sword (sold) - bought this in my teens from who know's where.  Solid chopper.

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Del Tin Viking (sold) - A beast of a sword that I miss owning.  The pommel alone could crush your head.

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Windlass Kingdom of Heaven Sword of Guy (sold) - these things are selling for high dollars these days as some people are trying to get the complete collection....came in the original box.  I bought it from a member and ended up selling it off.  Maybe should have kept it?  Kind of an ugly sword IMO TBH....


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Windlass Irish two-hander and Twisted hilt Claymore (sold) - Purchased in my twenties years and years ago.  Long gone these beauties....when I got re-interested in swords about 10 years ago I sold these to fund new sword purchases but should have kept them for nostalgia sake.

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