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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2009 21:48:45 GMT
Thanks Bill! .. Here is a picture of the sword of Cortez and yes it is as you said .. sorry for the small image it's the only I have in my files .. it's for the Real Armeria de Madrid, in Spain.
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Post by Sonny Suttles on Mar 19, 2009 23:23:29 GMT
Christian Fletcher has redesigned the Pizarro already and it is slated for next year. It will be a thing of beauty. As for the old models. I still have stock from when I bought the company, I haven't reorder any from the forge so when they are gone we will introduce the new ones. I am considering blowing them out really cheap so maybe they can be used for project swords. Email me if you have any interest and maybe I can set something up with a couple of vendors to help move them.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2009 0:16:46 GMT
Additional info about the man taken from Wikipedia and checked on my old history books:
Following the defeat of his brother, Huascar, Atahualpa had been resting in the Sierra of northern Peru, near Cajamarca, in the nearby thermal baths known today as the Baños del Inca (Incan Baths). After marching for almost two months towards Cajamarca, Pizarro and his force of just 106 foot-soldiers and 62 horsemen arrived and initiated proceedings for a meeting with Atahualpa. Pizarro sent Hernando de Soto, friar Vicente de Valverde and native interpreter Felipillo to approach Atahualpa at Cajamarca's central plaza. Atahualpa, however, refused the Spanish presence in his land by saying he would "be no man's tributary." His complacency, because there were fewer than 200 Spanish as opposed to his 80,000 soldiers sealed his fate and that of the Incan empire. Atahualpa's refusal led Pizarro and his force to attack the Incan army in what became the Battle of Cajamarca on 16 November 1532. The Spanish were successful and Pizarro executed Atahualpa's 12-man honor guard and took the Inca captive at the so-called ransom room. Despite fulfilling his promise of filling one room (22 feet (7 m) by 17 feet (5 m) [2]) with gold and two with silver, Atahualpa was convicted of killing his brother and plotting against Pizarro and his forces, and was executed by garrote on 26 July 1533.
Historians have often compared Pizarro and Cortés' conquests in North and South America as very similar in style and career. Pizarro, however, faced the Incas with a smaller army and fewer resources than Cortés at a much greater distance from the Spanish Caribbean outposts that could easily support him, which has led some to rank Pizarro slightly ahead of Cortés in their battles for conquest. Based on sheer numbers alone, Pizarro's military victory was one of the most improbable in recorded history. For example, Pizzarro had fewer soldiers than George Armstrong Custer did at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, while the Incas commanded forty times as many soldiers as Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull did.
NOTE: 180 men vs. 80,000 equals that in a pitched battle each Spaniard had to kill 444 Incans in order to achieve victory. That said, this battle could rank on the same level of Alexander the Great's huge victory in Arbela or Guagamela (pick your naming) in terms of tactical prowess.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2009 0:22:46 GMT
Karma Jose .. great info .. it's good to know something new every day ! .
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2009 0:29:29 GMT
No problem at all!!!!
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Post by kidcasanova on Mar 20, 2009 2:38:51 GMT
Christian Fletcher has redesigned the Pizarro already and it is slated for next year. It will be a thing of beauty. As for the old models. I still have stock from when I bought the company, I haven't reorder any from the forge so when they are gone we will introduce the new ones. I am considering blowing them out really cheap so maybe they can be used for project swords. Email me if you have any interest and maybe I can set something up with a couple of vendors to help move them. Sonny Thanks for the info Sonny, it's been something I've wondered for some time now. I can't wait to see what's in store. Again, I am continually impressed with you and your company.
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Post by shadowhowler on Mar 20, 2009 3:07:55 GMT
Thanks for the info Sonny, it's been something I've wondered for some time now. I can't wait to see what's in store. Again, I am continually impressed with you and your company. Here here... In fact... aside from buying something now and then to review and then sell... I have recently decided that I'm not buying any more production swords... EXCEPT the new stuff coming from Valiant Armoury. Thats how much of an impression the new products have made on me. ;D
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Post by kidcasanova on Mar 20, 2009 3:46:04 GMT
Pssst, don't forget Tinker's Greatsword.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2009 4:02:54 GMT
Christian Fletcher has redesigned the Pizarro already and it is slated for next year. It will be a thing of beauty. As for the old models. I still have stock from when I bought the company, I haven't reorder any from the forge so when they are gone we will introduce the new ones. I am considering blowing them out really cheap so maybe they can be used for project swords. Email me if you have any interest and maybe I can set something up with a couple of vendors to help move them. Sonny Cool! Maybe I'll wait for the new one then. I've also been thinking of going in the direction Shadowhowler is. Give me Valiant or give me death!!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2009 18:01:01 GMT
Thanks Bill! .. Here is a picture of the sword of Cortez and yes it is as you said .. sorry for the small image it's the only I have in my files .. it's for the Real Armeria de Madrid, in Spain. That is a very nice sword...I like. A fine reproduction of this piece, I buy anyday. (I still can't believe I missed this place (Royal Armouries) when I was in Madrid!)
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