My apologies for the graininess of the images. During post-processing to convert them from 8MP camera-raw to 800x533pixel JPEG I discovered the camera had been set to ISO 1600, rather than the default range of 100 or 200.
I also apologize for the backdrop; white sheet on an inflatable matress, shot from an angle, with shoe-mount flash on the camera. Maybe someday in the future I will reshoot these with a better backdrop, using a fixed photo-lamp and reflector(s) to control the light.
For scale, the molding strips are each 47 inches long. And yes, I do know that Museum Replicas is a subsidiary of Atlanta Cutlery.
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Bastard Sword "Reluctant" | 1280 |
Museum Replicas Del Tin, Italy One of the first 5 styles produced, limited quantity of 500 each (as I recall). |
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Broad Sword "Hungry" |
Museum Replicas Del Tin, Italy One of the first 5 styles produced, limited quantity of 500 each (as I recall). |
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Great Sword Sword of Pavia |
1525 |
Museum Replicas Windlass Steelcrafts, India |
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"Leuterit" Viking | 750 |
Museum Replicas Windlass Steelcrafts, India |
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German Hunting Saber Pommel needs polishing |
Museum Replicas Windlass Steelcrafts, India |
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Cinquedea Renaissance Short Sword (Long) Sword length rather than long dagger style. |
1450 |
Museum Replicas Windlass Steelcrafts, India |
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Scottish Basket-hilt Cutlass Basket needs polishing. |
1690 |
Museum Replicas Windlass Steelcrafts, India |
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Classical Rapier out of focus |
1600 |
Museum Replicas Windlass Steelcrafts, India |
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Military Sword Rapier A transition between broadswords and thin rapiers. Though if I recall the catalog the actual period makes it a reversion as it comes after the development of rapiers. |
Museum Replicas Windlass Steelcrafts, India |
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War Hammer |
Museum Replicas Windlass Steelcrafts, India |
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Yatagan | Atlanta Cutlery | ||||||||||||||||
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Gold Flower Katana Damascus style steel |
Museum Replicas China |
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T'ai Chi (Jian) Sword Damascus style steel Needs a good cleaning & polishing to remove corrosion building up where the scabbard snugs down on the blade. The tassels would probaby be removed for actual practice. |
Museum Replicas China |
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Shirasaya Properly, a shirasaya is a white (bare) wood scabbard and hilt, with no guard, used for long term storage of a katana blade. The red lacquer finish is what makes this an "improper" shirasaya; the lacquer finish can result in the scabbard trapping moisture. This package included a maintenance kit in the box (hammer for tapping out the hilt pin, cleaning papers, polishing duster). |
Museum Replicas China |
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Dragon-hilt Katana A copy of the model used in the Highlander series, from the manufacturer that provided them to the series as I recall, though appears to be a lower-quality than the current Marto of Spain productions. |
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Museum Replicas Toledo (?), Spain |
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Air Force Academy Dress Sword | Modern | ||||||||||||||||
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Basket-hilt Claymore | >1700 |
Atlanta Cutlery Possibly from Windlass Steelcrafts. |
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Civil War Union Saber | 1860 | Atlanta Cutlery | |||||||||||||||
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Civil War Confederate Saber | 1860 | Atlanta Cutlery | |||||||||||||||
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US Infantry Sword | 1840 | Atlanta Cutlery | |||||||||||||||
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US Foot Artillery Short Sword Styled after the Napoleonic short sword, itself based upon the Roman Gladius. |
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The following items are wall-hanger/decorative items. They are made from cheap metals with tangs that would break upon use, or are just so unbalanced that an edge-on strike is unlikely unless two hands are used. | |||||||||||||||||
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Katana Chrome-plated blade, shark-skin pattern plastic hilt, blade pin is loose. |
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Sword of Charlemagne Thin tang, I believe this is a scaled-down model as it was described as a two-handed longsword, but this is not even a hand-and-a-half grip. |
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Battle Axe Blade is too thin, and the balance is such that the only way to swing this reliably is a two-handed hold (one hand at each set of "rings". |
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