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Guillemin
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| 06/14/2006 4:30 PM |
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Wow, when I look at one of those, all I see is a beautiful blade and, unfortunately, a full year of school. Or two.
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Melusine
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| 06/14/2006 6:38 PM |
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In my case it's main gauche, $5500, or trip to Paris in Sept. Of course, we're going to Paris instead of rebuilding the garage, so I already have my priorities skewed somewhat.
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Lasairiona
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| 06/16/2006 12:28 PM |
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Re your trip to Paris .
Do make sure you go into "Hotel des Invalides" Where Napoelon's tomb is.
they have an amazing armory. And if you can find the catacombs I recommend a visit, unless you're claustrophobic or really don;t like to see human bones.
Have fun you'll enjoy it.
Priorities sound fine to me..
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Melusine
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| 06/17/2006 1:08 AM |
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| I did both the first time I was there (lived just outside of Paris when I was 18). I'm going to pass on the Catacombs this time, but Les Invalides is a must. Especially the chapel with all the battle flags. |
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Sebastien
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| 06/29/2006 4:14 PM |
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Yeah my last trip I filled a data card on my camera with pictures in Les invalides, but since tripods were not allowed only about 1/4 were any good. This time I'm brining a monpod and I'm going to get better pics.
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welder
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| 07/03/2006 10:34 PM |
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| As long as we're hurting ourselves looking at things we can't afford, I recommend:
Hermann Historica
Look under "Recent Auctions" in the side bar and then choose the auction with "arms and armor". They also have nice early firearms if such things excite you.
A direct link to the swords section of auction 49 is here |
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SimonFencer
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| 07/04/2006 12:46 AM |
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Posted By Melusine on 06-14-2006 6:38 PM
In my case it's main gauche, $5500, or trip to Paris in Sept. Of course, we're going to Paris instead of rebuilding the garage, so I already have my priorities skewed somewhat.
Melusine
lol. I have Disneyland in August, and England during my sabatical next June (paid sabatical, plus I still get my regular 25 days PTO, yes I know, I suck. lol)...plus I have been coveting an STI Racegun (Trubor Grandmaster...a slightly scary $3300) plus a host of other things before I would consider a $5500 dagger that I can't even hit my friends with. 
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Rhodric
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| 07/04/2006 7:13 PM |
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Hi All
Evil, evil evil.. I just lost a pefectly good keyboard while entranced by mere pictures. Methinks I must go outside and pound metal into shape to feel better! Brrrrr, makes me wanna sell a perfectly good truck!
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welder
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| 07/05/2006 11:27 AM |
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Interestingly, they list this one (CAR5) as a "Spanish Rapier":
I'm not a professional appraiser, but some things leap out and scream "Italian" about this hilt. The cup is deep, the grip is long, and--most damning--the pommel is way too elongated to be Spanish. Also a potential clue is that it has no rompa punta (whose spelling I may have mangled), the rolled edge that acts as a "point breaker" around the periphery of the cup.
There is also something about this sword that makes me think "Victorian repro" but I can't pinpoint what it is, so you may feel free to dismiss me as a crack smoker on that point.
An example of something more Spanish from the same period:
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Dormouse
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| 07/05/2006 6:20 PM |
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Hmmmm, it'd be nice to see if there're any maker's marks on it...
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Mat
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| 07/06/2006 2:05 AM |
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you can kinda see what looks like a maker mark or lettering anyway in this pic
http://www.antiqueswords.com/images/car5-9.JPG |
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Mat
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| 07/06/2006 2:08 AM |
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ACK! why when I click the edit button does it take me back to the main forum area, lol!
Thats This pic here! |
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Dormouse
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| 07/06/2006 6:33 PM |
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Interesting.... Never seen those particular marks before... But that doesn't mean anything. There's a lot of marks I haven't seen...
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