Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Richard Dellar, sword fraudster?!

In my opinion Richard Dellar, a self-proclaimed expert on swords is nothing more than an over-opinionated collector who can not accept when he is wrong; I also contend evidence shows that Dellar is a maligned malicious cheat, fraud, bully and liar.

Update
Richard Deller's lawyer (Kate Freeman of CMS Cameron McKenna LLP London) tried to get this blog removed but failed; Google's Blogger Support ruled in my favour. What is really bad about Richard Deller's and Kate Freeman / Cameron McKenna's attempt is they claimed I had been served with a legal notice for defamation when I had not. What makes matters worse is they apparently sent their "notice" to and with it accused the wrong person! Wow, seems likely I am not the only one who has the exact same problems with Richard Deller. Further, even if I were that other person and / or had received their "notice", which I was kindly forwarded a copy of by Google after the fact, it appears Kate Freeman is not a defamation lawyer nor does Cameron McKenna practice defamation law, so maybe Kate and Richard have something else going on there! Anyway, this blog is not defamatory as it is truthful and clearly in the public's best interest. And Deller's and Cameron McKenna's acts do IMHO show how much of a pathetic bully with an untenable ego Richard really is.

So here then is my blog then about Richard Deller;

1) Having been a member of SFI ("Sword Forum International" or perhaps "Sword Fantasies and Incest"), I crossed swords with Richard Dellar (AKA Aquae Sulis - Latin for "Bath" the town in England) when he deemed he could be 100% sure about identifying a particular sword described in scant detail by a new member without first seeing a picture of it! From that moment on, Richard Dellar would criticise every post I made on SFI, so I quit what I see as a little boys forum.

2) Richard Dellar in one famous moment denied the existence of the French Model 1816 Cavalry Sabre; this from a man who describes himself as the font of knowledge regarding Napoleonic Swords & matters generally (OK, 1816 is the year after Napoleon was captured but it replaced the previous Napoleonic AN XIII, so Richard Dellar should have known it existed).

3) Richard Dellar actually does know quite a bit, but a) he deems it is his place as some self-appointed sabre god to tell people what they should think and even write, b) he does make mistakes (we all do) but he never, ever admits to them to the point he will drone on and on and on to convince others he was right in the first place; a process of suffocation. If you look at his writing style on SFI, I am confident you will see a man who has to be right, and therefore whose judgment has to be questioned. At the very least, you will probably see Richard Dellar as I do; a rude, over-bearing little Hitler of a man.

4) Richard Dellar told me he was a consultant to the RA; I contacted them and they denied any knowledge of him ("I think that you have sent your email to the Royal Academy of Arts in London by mistake. Might the RA be the Royal Artillary Museum")! Perhaps Dellar meant the Retentive Anals.

5) Richard Dellar boasts that he has contributed to several books, including Robson ("Sword of the British Army" by Brian Robson), although Robson seems unaware of this as I can find no mention of Dellar's name in that book's preface (where Robson thanks certain people). I have seen photos of some of Dellar's collection in "Swords and Sword Makers of England and Wales" (Richard H. Bezdek) but again Dellar is not mentioned on the thanks page which has a section for photo contributors. I can only assume therefor that Dellar had sent Robson and Bezdek photographs along with some of his same suffocating, pompous text as I have suffered, and that Robson and Bezdek felt in retrospect they owe him no thanks at all, which I can certainly understand.

6) Deller along with his bosom buddies claim that modified spear pointed French AN XI / XIII Cuirassier sabres could not have been at Waterloo, despite the fact the Musee de Centre General Gerard at Ligny in Belgium displays several which were taken from the battlefield, despite the fact so many exist in the UK and appear on the auction market regularly. Deller likewise claims the so-called Mark 3 or 1816 Pattern AN XIII scabbard could not have been at Waterloo in 1815 even though it is well known the French developed and introduced new models / patterns and then made them official a few years later, unlike the British. Again, M 1816 scabbards (probably made in late 1814, early 1815 when it is believed the French started spear pointing their AN XIII sabres according to real experts) are found in Waterloo museums and frequently with the large number swords found in Great Britain. Confusing the inspection marks on scabbards of two totally different inspectors, Deller has wrongly stated as fact that all the AN XIII's in Britain with spear points and Mark 3 scabbards were bought after the swords were decommissioned many years after Waterloo; I say "What a jerk!". For further reading see: French AN XIII Cuirassier Sabres

7) Richard Dellar trades in what I consider to be tacky little items on eBay using the seller name aquae_sulian, for example silver Nike trainers with pink laces! Yes, you've got it, the picture I show in "About Me (About Sharp Things)" area is what we are talking about here; hmmmmmmmmmmmm!. The thing is and why I expose Richard Deller's actual commercial activity is that he has been accusing me of being a "peddler of low end of market rubbish, out to make a quick buck". Funny, there I am selling Household Cavalry and Napoleonic swords on eBay while Richard Dellar sells apparently gay friendly trainers while accusing me of selling tack; Freud!

8) Dellar also uses other eBay accounts (against eBay's terms and conditions), one being j_j_runkel. Why does Richard Dellar have more than one eBay account? Quite likely so he can "schill" bid up his own items for sale (as an eBay seller, it is often easy to see when someone has bid much more as a maximum and schilling is where the seller uses foul means, another account they control, to get the buyer to pay more by the seller bidding on their their own item) and / or email hate to other sellers anonymously, as I experienced. I know this about Richard Dellar as he contacted me anonymously as j_j_runkel, and then when I replied, he made the almighty gaff of replying back to me as aquae_sulian and then confirming his identity to me when I said "I recognize that writing style [sic]"; ooops Richard!

I do not think Richard should call himself "aquae sulian" (person from Bath) but "Unda in caput capitis" (water on the head / brain). I consider he is a nasty, over-bearing, jealous, falsehood purveying cheat of a man, and he can kiss my Brighthelmstone backside! I think I would rather be stuck in a tropical city elevator with someone who suffers from aggravated bowel syndrome, who had just eaten a bean and cabbage curry, during a black out than have to listen to Richard Dellar.

The above is my sole opinion, unless as where stated as fact. Kate Freeman (Cameron McKenna London) and Richard Deller; go choke on my human and civil rights; shame on you and your falsehood purveying bully boy / girl tactics. All Richard Deller had and has to do to get this blog removed is to apologize for being such a bully on SFI and for operating multiple eBay accounts for fraudulent gain, promising to never do such things again. Plus to stop insisting he is right about everything, especially about AN XI / XIII sabres.