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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2009 14:47:58 GMT
I bought the DT5157 based on Bill Goodwin's review of the DT5155. It is a longer version of his sword. Mine is 51 inches and 3.6lb where as his is 47 inches and 3lb. I have got to say, they are truely the equivelent of Squire Line Albions for less. I bought mine off of KOA, I cannot recrommend them enough. When I scrap some more cash in the future, I will buy more Del Tins! No rattles, nothing, blade was a tad whippy however it is a long blade. Solid construction, absolutely great hilt components. I can see why people like them. Also, their edges are 1mm stock which should not prove hard to sharpen. Though, I need to scrap cash to get magnetic files to do that. I'll let you guys know how it cuts when I do that. Sorry there is no pictures. Don't have a camera right now. Here is the sword though on KOA. www.kultofathena.com/product~item~DT5157~name~Del+Tin+Gothic+Hand+and+a+Half+Sword.htm
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2009 15:55:07 GMT
Big congrats to you! I'm right there on wanting more Del-Tin's also. The more I use my 5155 for doing solo longsword drills the more I love it.
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Post by YlliwCir on Feb 28, 2009 16:20:36 GMT
Very nice, Steven. I have been an admirer of Del-tins for some time now. I look forward to a review.
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Post by ExtremeDeathman on Feb 28, 2009 19:19:08 GMT
I mostly like the Celtic Sword of Del Tin, altough I don't have the cash right now to purchase it. well it' pay day in a week, muahaahaaaahaaahAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAH! Ahem, sorry, a bit overconfident...
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Post by hotspur on Feb 28, 2009 20:49:40 GMT
My 5157 came to me through a trade and then I bought back my traded sword for even a bit less than that sword, so it was a good bargain. I have also been asked by the same person that he wants to buy back the A&A sword that shuffles back and forth beteen us. The 5157 is a long, long sword and I can understand how some may feel it a bit whippy but I have to wonder if those same folk have actually tried cracking it with a whip or fish pole. I have found it takes an extreme amount of checked swing and reverse to feel that at all in these swords. My 5157 is also one of few in my stable that will cleave empty plastic jugs. I have set the pommel and cross a couple of times in the past several years but it has always tightened up with very little amounts of bonking. I get a bit less than 3 1/2 (3 and 3ozs iirc) pounds on my spring scale, which is pretty good. Compare that to the Del Tin 2160 and my A&A German bastard at more than four pounds for slightly shorter swords. All there manage to bely any statistics of weight except for stopping and reversing longer heavier swords. I can't say every stable needs a 5155 or 5157 and some aren't fond of them once in the hand but a good number that have adopted them tend to hang on to them for awhile. The 5157 is a really long sword, longer than my GBS by a couple of inches. they need a lot of space is folk are playing inside. I would caution really heavy targets at extreme velocities because of the slim hilt I have not read of many bad incidents but the ARMA boys did manage to bend the tang on another very long Del Tin (I'm forgetting the model number) Like most, mats are not an issue for the longer swords. I can't find the 5157 in action on my files but here is a friend falling through a wara with the GBS. Literally doing little more than letting the blade tip fall through a target. My one other Del Tin is a svelt little XVIII that was mounted back in the Museum Replicas era. It has often been a favorite bush tool when excavating my phone line from the vines. Cheers Hotspur; Now I have spring fever but we expect another blizzard tomorrow
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2009 4:55:18 GMT
Awesome stuff Hotspur. I had sometime after work the last two days so I finished sharpening the sword. I got to say, I would not recommend Del Tin for full contact sparing. Those one millimeter edges are too thin and easy to sharpen. Sure cuts paper well though! I'll avoid trying to slice concrete bricks! Thanks for the advice...
*Not that I would ever test it against such a hard object anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2009 17:12:33 GMT
Congrats man; the first time I heard of the DT line was on Albion's site, they were clearing out the warehouse and had a few bare blades in stock. I have not heard anything negative about them.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2009 18:18:49 GMT
One thing about Del Tins. It seems all of their swords, awesome as most of them may be, are unsharpened at most retailers'? Even KoA, even in your link, doesn't seem to offer sharpening. Do you have to custom order it?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2009 1:36:19 GMT
Pay someone to do it or learn yourself. I know how to sharpen myself but it came through great pains... There are people who will do it, probably for around $70-$150 on average depending on the sword. Brian of DBK will custom sharpen swords.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2009 2:03:54 GMT
Del tin are all unsharpened because of italy export laws. As are all windlass swords. The sharpening option that windlass swords have is basically windlass swords that is shipped to museum replicas and sharpened there over state side. The early sharpening service they did was utter crap and useless. They basically ruined a sword (too much angle was bad enough...but they stayed too long in spots so small areas of your edge was annealed sometimes). The new one is suppose to be much better but I won't be using that service again. As for getting a sword sharpened...because the shipping itself can be as high as 40 bucks for a round trip in the contiental US...on top of the 70-150 price that Steve mentioned, local is better and doing it yourself with the edge exactly how you like it is best. It's not that hard. But then again considering how many of us are around the country that can sharpen swords, you might be able to find somebody on this forum near you willing to do some sharpening for ya...humm maybe we can start a list of forumites willing to do some sharpening along with locations somewhere....I think I'll start a thread in general about it right now .
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