golden shellback

Sorry pretty bad week at work, didn't mean to let that reflect here.

Capt. Flint, Well if angel sword was selling fakes as you suggest, then i hope they get ran out of the business. When I said a 3 to 10,000 dollar sword for only a year wait was a good deal, I was certainly putting it into the same catagory of a rolls royce, and wasn't expecting just anyone to plop down the cash for one. For a sword of that quality, your not waiting a year for the maker to finish it, but usually 8 or 9 months while he/she is finishing other orders before they get to yours. Once again it all depends on your tastes, your expectations of reliability, and just how deep your pocket book runs. I know a knife maker that sold a replica dagger of king tut's dagger for 1.5 million dollars. I'll never own a knife like that, but some people do. Of course the knife is made of gold, and jewels and the gold and jewels alone acount for 90% of the knifes cost.

If your looking for a custom made sword, that is as beatiful as it functional then I would suggest Jonathan Loose. www.jloose.com I have ordered a bowie knife, that will be more of a short sword with a damascus blade from this man. Also this is a web sit to the american bladesmithing society. http://www.americanbladesmith.com/ Anyone involved with this society that is going through the rankings can make you a blade that will perform better, and look better than any manufacturer. But it will cost you. Especially if it's a mastersmith. I have also heard of www.angelsword.com but had never heard of him conning people, and would like to hear more about this. And 3000 to 10000 dollars for a custom made sword, with only a year wait, is not a bad turnaround for swords of this quality.

capnwilliam, I would like to talk to you about some anne rice stuff off the board, how do I get a hold of you?

wish I could go, I'm not to far from there. But were in an outage, and i only got this day off to get dental work done. I wont have another day off for the month of may. Maybe next year.

Thanks for the help, just ordered the book and i can't wait to get my hands on it.

I'm a american bladesmithing society apprentice smith looking for a replica of cutlass to make. It will be made to the same qualities as an original pirate would use, but i'm definitly gonna dress it up enough that it would make any pirate jealous. Lots on info allready, and i think i'm gonna order a cutlass from priates tressure and see what i come up with.