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Post by jack88 on Aug 10, 2021 22:49:53 GMT
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Post by jack88 on Aug 21, 2021 14:43:04 GMT
My wife nabbed a baby scale for obsessing over our daughter's weight so I just inadvertently received a uber accurate scale for sword weighing! Highly recommend it to a collector.
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Post by jack88 on Aug 28, 2021 17:45:56 GMT
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Post by jack88 on Aug 28, 2021 22:00:50 GMT
New arrival today! An Ottoman Pala with a fine wootz blade   |
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Post by stormmaster on Aug 28, 2021 22:55:33 GMT
Any close ups of the wootz that looks very cool
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Post by howler on Aug 29, 2021 0:08:44 GMT
New arrival today! An Ottoman Pala with a fine wootz blade What a curve on that baby. Talk about Peyronie's disease for swords.  Pretty cool looking. |
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Post by bas on Aug 29, 2021 21:30:28 GMT
That's an awesome sword Jack, congratulations on the new addition. Nice looking pattern to the blade, a high-quality piece.
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Post by jack88 on Aug 29, 2021 23:37:27 GMT
That's an awesome sword Jack, congratulations on the new addition. Nice looking pattern to the blade, a high-quality piece. Thanks! It's an incredible piece, I'll enjoy writing about it. I've already read Rivkin, so I'm just up to taking pictures and typing it out. |
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Post by jack88 on Sept 13, 2021 19:26:15 GMT
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Post by jack88 on Oct 23, 2021 0:00:03 GMT
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Post by snubnoze on Oct 23, 2021 1:25:28 GMT
Well that's a freakin' amazing sword. I'm thoroughly jealous. Congrats! Looking forward to a write up...
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Post by bas on Oct 23, 2021 9:02:08 GMT
Another quality piece Jack. I must say that you are a braver man than me dipping your toes in these waters. Too many swords of questionable heritage for me to risk my money on.
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Post by jack88 on Oct 23, 2021 12:54:28 GMT
Well that's a freakin' amazing sword. I'm thoroughly jealous. Congrats! Looking forward to a write up... It weighs less than my Brit 1796LC officer yet is sturdier and larger. Information is quite scarce on these, working towards one more avenue before I present what I've found thus far. Another quality piece Jack. I must say that you are a braver man than me dipping your toes in these waters. Too many swords of questionable heritage for me to risk my money on. Thanks! Have to risk it sometimes, my biggest win (my Young Guard Saber) is from before I had a solid network of advisors to ask. This one came from a source if it wasn't legit they'd be embarrassed and refunding me. So it was worth the risk for this rare saber. |
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Post by pellius on Oct 23, 2021 14:08:11 GMT
Wow. Very nice.
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Post by jack88 on Dec 22, 2021 20:22:32 GMT
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Post by bas on Dec 26, 2021 12:22:22 GMT
Look forward to seeing the write-up Jack. Definitely one of my favourite hilt types.
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Post by jack88 on Jan 17, 2022 14:35:36 GMT
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Post by jack88 on Jan 18, 2022 14:26:42 GMT
After many months of waiting, the new crown of my collection has arrived! A British 1822 Lancer's Mameluke with a 16-17 century classical Ottoman blade! Will be a lot more to come about this one, the blade is wootz under that mess! Cheers  |
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Post by jack88 on Feb 21, 2022 17:18:31 GMT
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Post by jack88 on Mar 11, 2022 12:04:46 GMT
My latest acquisition for awhile, I've started up grad school therefore funds are being funneled in a different direction now. Dutch no. 1 1813 made by Gill from the Rijksmuseum collection, this sword very likely saw action at Waterloo with the Dutch light cav due to the Rijksmuseum provenance  |
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Pretty cool looking.
