I've got two of Donnie's swords: a Glasgow-style basket-hilt with a Del Tin blade, and a regimental backsword (again, with a Del Tin blade). I also have had several conversations with Donnie, not only about swords, but about our experiences as U.S. Marines - Donnie was a combat photographer and I was an infantryman in Vietnam about the same time. I think that I, too, saw the Walter Allen sword you mentioned, and I've also seen two replicas of it - Donnie did beautiful work.