Quality budget longswords for sale

[admin]

I hope to be selling these at around £190 each soon - this is the prototype:


They have a blade of about 36 inches long, hardened to about 50-52 Rockwell, about 7mm thick at the forte and ditally tapered. The total weight is about 3.5lbs.
Available sharp as standard, or blunt on request.

Other models will be developed as well.

[Anders Linnard]

With the scabbard?
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[admin]

That's being negotiated at the moment . But possibly, yes.

[Harry]

looks really nice, who made it???

[admin]

My smith .
Oh, I forgot to mention that these are partially forged by power-hammer rather than pure stock removal.

[Paul]

That looks pretty good.

Are these swords of Western European, Eastern European or Far Eastern (i.e.Indian, Chinese etc.) manufacture?

[admin]

Australian Aboriginal. Just kidding... Eastern European.

[Oli]

interested

[Fab]

I'd say Polish.

What do I win ?

[Alex]

My bet is Czech.

[Jeffrey Hull]

Hello:

Would you give a more definite price in Euros for that nice item, so as to avoid the vagaries of these nationalist currencies like Pound-Sterling and $US ?

Much appreciated,

[Alina]

Any chance your Eastern European smith can make Eastern European sabres? Or maybe....Turkish ones?

[Patrick Williams]

Japanese penguins armed with shamshirs?

[Monster Zero]

I like Matt... They do Messer?

[admin]

Would you give a more definite price in Euros for that nice item, so as to avoid the vagaries of these nationalist currencies like Pound-Sterling and $US ?

Much appreciated,

I will do when I have the final costs in hand - my £190 is an estimate - I'm trying to keep the price as low as possible, while still ensuring a good product and enough of a profit margin to make it all worth my and my smith's while.

[admin]

Any chance your Eastern European smith can make Eastern European sabres? Or maybe....Turkish ones?

Yes, in the long term we should be able to offer custom jobs of any sort (not just swords). But obviously one-offs will be more expensive, though still fairly priced compared to British or American-made goods.

[admin]

I like Matt... They do Messer?

If everything works out, I am planning a quality budget messer, a single-handed sword, a couple of longswords, a couple of polearms and a rondel dagger.

[Anders Linnard]

I like Matt... They do Messer?

If everything works out, I am planning a quality budget messer, a single-handed sword, a couple of longswords, a couple of polearms and a rondel dagger.

For us the most valuable training sword at the moment would be an historical one, as albion's is going to be expensive and so far our waiting has been in vain.

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[admin]

You mean the German style longsword foil? Yes, that's on the to-do list as well.. The chap I'm working with has already made a few actually - it's just a question of getting the specific details sorted out and then making it in such a way as to keep the costs down.

[Herbert]

I am interested Matt if the balance is good. For blunt training swords 50 - 52 HRC is good but for a sharp I would want a little more hardness.

Herbert