10-18-2003, 04:59 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-18-2003, 05:02 AM by Rhydderch Hael.)
Albion Arms is releasing this sword as its most recent product. A fully faithful reproduction of a historic Swedish sword, as designed and crafted by one of the finest swordsmiths you'll find today. The measures are precise, the maker is highly skilled and clean in his lines, and every attention to detail has been made. This is, no doubt, one of the most exacting and finest-made European war swords you'll see reproduced in the 21st century...
...it also happens to be listed in price for a cool two and a half grand. :unsure:
Sure, it's a real sword. Unfortunately, we live in an age were swords are not an implement that would spell the difference between life & death, which is where its use & wear would be most justified. Which means that while it looks like a real sword, feels like a real sword, and sure as heck will cut like a real swordâ there's no one in this day in age who'd dare spend $2,500 on a real sword, and then treat it like one.
What a very, very lovely piece of wall decoration, is it not?
Back in the day, a sword and horse would cost more than a year's salary to purchase. But those were times when the purchase spelled the difference between those who survive under the threat of a sword, or those who live in spite of its menace. It would have been "money well spent", and that notoriously expensive sword was put to hard use. After all, the knight's life was the more infinitely valuable commidity in the exchange, no?
But those are the rules of their days, not ours. Even I have my limits as to the purchases of a sword, and I won't spend more on 3 pounds of steel than what I can get a 3,000 pound car for.
...it also happens to be listed in price for a cool two and a half grand. :unsure:
Sure, it's a real sword. Unfortunately, we live in an age were swords are not an implement that would spell the difference between life & death, which is where its use & wear would be most justified. Which means that while it looks like a real sword, feels like a real sword, and sure as heck will cut like a real swordâ there's no one in this day in age who'd dare spend $2,500 on a real sword, and then treat it like one.
What a very, very lovely piece of wall decoration, is it not?
Back in the day, a sword and horse would cost more than a year's salary to purchase. But those were times when the purchase spelled the difference between those who survive under the threat of a sword, or those who live in spite of its menace. It would have been "money well spent", and that notoriously expensive sword was put to hard use. After all, the knight's life was the more infinitely valuable commidity in the exchange, no?
But those are the rules of their days, not ours. Even I have my limits as to the purchases of a sword, and I won't spend more on 3 pounds of steel than what I can get a 3,000 pound car for.
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