Caporegime
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That's a lovely piece of history, shouldn't that be in a museum somewhere?
Images of items I have purchased.
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There are plenty of these in regimental museums around the UK, but they are not rare enough to be classed as proper museum pieces. This is fairly 'generic' really: the ones that are worth big bucks are the ones that have owner's details on them with which you can trace their service history. For example, if you have a sword that you can prove was used by its owner in anger at something like the Battle of Waterloo then the price shoots up and the item becomes truly outstanding.
This one was very cheap due to not having a scabbard: £185 (I bartered down from £225). A replacement scabbard will be rare, but it's in lovely condition and I've been after this particular pattern for a while. Three previous swords slipped through my grasp at auction, so I just went for it.
Do you have a dress sword in your line of business?
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30 mins ago i didn't want a sword, now i do.
Dammit.
Dammit.
Kind of a random one today!
After what seems forever of decision making we finally committed today!
Bought this piece of land to build a house on
Is just over an acre backing on to the woods in the rear and has views of the lakes and City skyline from the front. House should be built by the end of the year!
Lovely...just that picture alone puts most of the UK to shame, we sure do live in a dump compared to the looks of that.
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I been there, it will cost you lots of money.
Go with it, Raymond! There are plenty of elegant and affordable patterns out there - all of them genuine slices of history that are only going up in price as they become rarer.
This is an 1845 Pattern British infantry officer's sabre. It has the beautiful 1822 Pattern 'Gothic' hilt (so named due to the supposed similarity between the shape of the bars of the guard and the arches in Gothic architecture). You can just see Queen Victoria's decorative VR in the cartouche.
This particular item is in fantastic condition and you wouldn't think it has probably been around since the Crimean War.
A few more pictures reside in the spoilers tags in which you can see the curve of the blade, the length of the piece, the folding inner guard section and some of the decorative etching. They are only phone shots though, sorry.
They don't make em like they used to springs to mind!
This is an 1845 Pattern British infantry officer's sabre. It has the beautiful 1822 Pattern 'Gothic' hilt (so named due to the supposed similarity between the shape of the bars of the guard and the arches in Gothic architecture). You can just see Queen Victoria's decorative [I]VR[/I] in the cartouche.
This particular item is in fantastic condition and you wouldn't think it has probably been around since the Crimean War.
A few more pictures reside in the spoilers tags in which you can see the curve of the blade, the length of the piece, the folding inner guard section and some of the decorative etching. They are only phone shots though, sorry.
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What an impressive sabre!
Do it Raymond! - I bet you could take some great pictures of it too!
"My sword, next to my tiny pan"
"My sword, strategically placed on my awesome coffee table"
... I jest
<3On another note, I feel I may be posting some thing up here rather soon! spending spree coming on!
Thanks. I have my own business
I certainly will be! Asking all kinds of advice! Those houses on the left are amazing! ($1mil+) Ours will be nothing near that size! Hopefully building will start in June/July. Just finalizing floor plans etc - We're aiming for a walk out ranch style house (so main floor with covered deck, walkout basement, and couple rooms upstairs). 5bdr I believe.
The picture is a little dated. our lot is mostly cleared as of now (majority of trees remain) and a couple houses are in or going up. Most of our back garden will be the woods (why we picked the area). The area behind us is actually a protected nature reserve, so no one else can build any further which is nice for the future. See deer all the time bouncing around
You should get in touch with the Grand Designs people, if anything you get some great shots and progressions footage.
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Rims could do with a bit of a wash.
yup, but I'd just came off a 12 hour shift and that's what nightshift drivers are for
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And take that locking wheel nut adapter off!!!
LMFAO.....that's the funniest things I have seen in a long time.
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