Ideally, the more sword you are exposed to the easier it is to decide on what you want. Otherwise you have to go with your period of historical interest and your own personal style of ...
I thought the collecting public was smarter than that. My suggestion to collectors is that any fraternal sword needs to have a family connection and some other documentation with it in order to be ...
Another choice is to buy a finished and mounted sword, if you haven?t the time, patience or talent to do your own finishing work. There are a number of smiths working in North America who do such ...