Which Sword Should You Buy 2: Medieval & Renaissance (Longsword, Messer, Falchion, Rapier, etc)

Part1: Antiquity & Early Middle Ages
• Which Sword Should You...
Part 3: Non-European & Fantasy
• Which Sword Should You...
This is a mini series of recommendations, to answer this common question. These are reproductions that I either have personal experience with, have seen positive reviews of, or can suggest based on other designs from the same maker.
Separated into era as well as price range (budget / mid range / high end). Part 2 is about swords from the Middle Ages, with a few from the Renaissance as well.
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What I recommend in this video (anything from Kult of Athena is an affiliate link, the others are not):
Balaur Arms
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Cold Steel hand-and-a-half sword
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Ronin longswords
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Albion Squire Line Bastard sword
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Kingston Arms arming swords
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Traditional Filipino Weapons (TFW) claymore
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TFW longsword
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Valiant Armoury Signature Collection
www.valiant-ar...
Angus Trim competition cutter
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Albion Crecy war sword
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Lockwood Type XVIIIa 15th century longsword
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Swords by Michael Tinker Pearce (stock varies)
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Windlass Steelcrafts Falchion
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Reviewed on the Medieval Review channel
• Medieval Review - Wind...
Cold Steel Man At Arms Messer
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Various messer designs
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Albion Soldat
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Albion Knecht kriegsmesser
www.albion-swo...
My opinion of Windlass Steelcrafts in general
• My Opinion of Windlass...
My opinion of Hanwei
• My Opinion of Hanwei (...
An introduction to sword collecting (where to look, what to avoid)
• How to start sword col...
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