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Post by bfoo2 on Jan 26, 2018 5:29:38 GMT
Interesting I have not seen a "Windlass" marked official pattern sword for sale on the second hand market. Post-war WKCs and Wilkinsons turn up all the time, as well as some more obscure local cutters. Here in Canada is mostly William Scully and Inglis, but I recently found post-war swords made by JS Clement and Coghlin & Upton. Yeah, I never heard of them either, but here it is on the ricasso... My point is that, while relatively uncommon relative to pre-WWII antiques, you can certainly find a plethora of official military swords issued during the past 20-40 years. And so far none of them that I have found have "Windlass" written on them. That being said, lack of evidence does not count as evidence against. Also possible that Windlass makes the swords blank with no markings, and sell them to "cutters" such as William Scully who stamp their own logo on it. PS I believe my JS Clement marked sword now belongs to Pino . Have you found out more about that particular maker?
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Post by Afoo on Jan 28, 2018 20:34:17 GMT
Guthrie Woods also sells swords in the Canadian market. They explicitly say theirs are obtained from WKC. I think Scully is the same. I think even the ones used by our cadets are WKC, but not sure.
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Post by Dave Kelly on Jan 29, 2018 0:24:45 GMT
Okay, enough. I yield the point. Nobody in their right mind buys a woggy sword to put in their scabbard.
The topic is the Marie Rose sword. Enough with the "no loyal subject of the British Empire buys Windlass Military Swords.
Thanx
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Post by Afoo on Jan 29, 2018 0:52:18 GMT
God Save the Queen! Also, the one they have on their website now shows a different grip material. Maybe they heard your comment about it being ahistorical? :P
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Post by Dave Kelly on Jan 29, 2018 1:13:20 GMT
God Save the Queen! Also, the one they have on their website now shows a different grip material. Maybe they heard your comment about it being ahistorical? :P The leather/wood core is historically correct for the recovered examples. This is the standard shop photo. However, ever since I started writing them they told me the presentation sword was pimped up to a wire grip. Case of left hand/right hand.
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