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I am an apprentice blacksmith, i am opening my shop this summer, and i am going to attempt to make some sort of weapon (i have never done blades before). I am quite good at blacksmithing. I want to make a staff with two sword blades on the ends. the staff itself will be only two feet in length, with both the blades curved. It will be about as tall as me (i am a short person... maybe i should go for an axe?)

Thanx you guys! I just got mine(upload image later) and everyone at class thought it was really cool! and its nice cause after class i am really hot and sweaty, so i like a way to cool down.

me, i believe that there is a Creator and a Life Force, and they intermix. I believe that the Creator created everything by minipulating proteins and the such with chi. i also that there is a center of life in the universe, which my "religion"(I made it from my varius beliefs, so im not sure if it really can be considdered a religion.)calls "the life tree" and as said, it is represented by a tree.

a tactal nuke.

Oh really? the spear aint the most useful anymore. I mean, sicne when do you see horsemen on the street trying to kill people?

Oh yeah, i like fighting ith fluffy pink flesh-eating bunny rabbits. but thats another story, which i have time to tell. Some one is stupid enough to attack me.they charge at me with a crowbar in a dark alley. i duck the crowbar, and have just enough time to unleash my best weapon against them: A fluffy, pink bunnny rabbit!!! ~and he never even saw it coming~ -based on a non-true story.-

oh... im under aged, so i dont thnk i can carry any of those around. plus, you need a license. and fans are cool, because n one else here has them.

i think that the most useful weapon would be a sword-gun. its an old type of rapier that has a "gun" attached to the handle. the barrel of the gun was also the blood channel of the sword. pretty useful weapon, but noones seen one outside a museum for a hundred years. it would be easily disgused if it was put to work in a cane-sword. also, you can use the gun to light the ends of the grain on fire to keep warm! Soo it does have an anti-agricultral use! MAUHAHAHJAHASHGSDFGUR MKJHKMUTMKJKM YUHTGNBhguguene gnhjbnfjfhh..... (has a heart attak)

because fighting fans are cool. and they hurt. and they extend your reach, so that you can hit pressure points from farther away.

well, i was wondering if there were any online videos that i could watch and learn from. if i have to, i would buy one of those vids, but id rather not. our dojo doesnt have fans, and i dont take the weapons class either, because it costs $$$extra$$$. But thanx, those fans are pretty cheap! Which do you think i should get, the Dragon&pheonix, or the plain double set? if i get two Dragon&pheonixs, then its cheaper than a plain set, and i think i like the d&p one better.Or should i get a steel one or iron one? the iron one im looking at is the "Pheonix Iron Fighting Fan". And can you guess what my favorite animals are?

fighting fans. i hardley knew about them(i think ive seen one mention of them before here)and then i had a dream about them. i beleive that the fan is my perfect weapon, besides the short rapier. i mean, the rapier is good, but its not as practical to cary around as the fan.

Ok, im going to get fighting fans, but i would like to know where the cheapest, best fighting fans can be purchased.also, i would like some video tutoritals. thanx in advance.

Actually, i cary around a fluffy pink flesh-eating bunny rabbit in my pocket . but im going to get a pair of fighting fans.

A blind person who sees is better than a seeing person who is blind iranian A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother ben franklin Give a man fire, he will be warm for a day. set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life. Tap even a stone bridge before crossing it. - Korean (on vigilance) The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one. - George Herbert (1593-1633) The continuous drip polishes the stone.- Peruvian (on patience) The devil finds work for idle hands. - St. Jerome (345-420)

i tink that being a large scale chicken farmer would be hard, because i am a small time chicken farmer, but most large scalers hire lots of ppl to do it for them....

a nice power bar are those new army ones. i forget what you call them, but you can probably find something about it on google. also, atkins works too. Train for about 3 hours a day.

If your 10x better than you were then, i would probably give up if i met you in a dark alley. i wouldnt want to meet you in a light alley, nietha. Alleys are scary.

i got a kicking bag, a few new redwall books, and a new jacket for skiing. unforunatly i didnt get a skipass.

career first, do as much game programing as you can!!!get really good at it, so you can program a good game with your eyes behind your back! Do a 45min class in the morning, but if your going to MIT then definitly put magic aside for a while. practice when you get bored. definitly would like to see one of your early games.

kick'em in the shins thats an effective kick.

whenever i try to summon chi-balls, by consintrating on forming the chi, but not thinking, i feel the same tingling feeling. also, if i just let my mind slip into the bliss,(meditaton)it comes very quikly. i also have the pink spots, and i believe that these are where your chi is being emmited. i believe that all the color in your hand is being centralized on a few spots on your hand. i am dark skinned, and so its hard to see mine, though.

hey, i watched the same program! wasnt it weird when the guy stuck a posker through his cheek and then his chi feild disappered? oh well, this isnt about that.i think it was odd that when they interveiwed the people at the seminar, they didnt get them to get KOed. that show was very inspiring to me. i had heard about chi b4, but i never really knew what it copuld do. i just beleived it was the chinese principle for blood. i mean, ci runs along the same paths as chi, correct? and if you lose too much blood, you die, correct? and when you exercise, your heart pumps faster, no? so thats why i thought chi was just blood. well, after watching the show, i said,'i want to do that!' so i tryed, and tryed. ive been practicing chiballs eversince. ive been meditating frequently, too. i want to attend one of his seminars.

thank you soooo much! that was really insipring. my duds been trying to train me in the way of the warrior(or Bujusdo, the japaneze samuri code)but its very hard.it makes me feel like i am this guy sometime lol. but eventually ill become enlightened. its hard been knight, take my word for it. or for me, a squire.

LOLm sprit. i geuss i didnt catch that part. well, anyway thanx for the help(that was my firsty post, so i didnt see it).

i would go with a short rapier. its not that i dont enjoy sberfencing,(My dad has a wicked cool sbaer with his name engraved on it(its a military one))i just like short rapiers best. i dont like length, because though longer weapons have the advantage, short weapons dont draw your strength as fast.