Sword?

[OldRookie]

I would really love to have a katana sitting on my mantle over the fireplace. Why?.....because I can! Don't think the little woman would appreciate my decorating touch though....

 

I have plenty of firearms & am an avid bowhunter also, but- a sword has always had a bit of mysterious fascination about it.

 

Ahh edged weapons, can't you feel the testosterone level rise when you just hold one?!!

[Blade13]

O.R.-Preach it my brotha! lol

 

Sakimaru- Ive never used one of those swords, but my judgement was based on the fact that Ive seen them sell for $2.50 on their own and sets of six for about 12 bucks. They do look cool, but I dont think they would hold up well if they had to cut anything. I could be wrong though. Oh yeah, I know in the original post I made about these, I said that they sell for 20 bucks, but since then, Ive seen them with these new prices.

 

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[ This Message was edited by: Blade13 on 2002-06-02 17:15 ]

[Withers M.A.A.]

OldRookie - Another firearms person. I used to collect swords but now I do firearms... hehe

 

Actually, though I just purchased a handmade Paul Chen Practical Katana off Ebay for $120.00. They are hand forged and are suppossed to be combat ready. I bought the cheapest one to see the quality. If the quality is good then I will be buying a more expensive blade such as the Musashi replica.

 

Pete

 

 

[chuckleberry]

I saw a handmade shinken katana at http://www.onlinedollardeals.com for under two hundred dollars.

[ckdstudent]

I'd kind of like a battleaxe over the fireplace.

 

 

[Bitseach]

ck - what was the name of that nutter who's just been released from the asylum, the one who went amok with the sharp "Samurai" sword?

 

"Police liaison officers are now giving support to Strang's victims, many of whom were seriously injured in the attack with the 3ft sword.

 

Strang told psychiatrists God ordered him to slaughter the congregation to save his wife Michelle, 26, and five-year-old daughter Olivia from eternal damnation.

 

He stripped naked to be "clean and pure", the court heard.

 

A psychiatrist at his trial said he was a full-blown paranoid schizophrenic: "You can't get much madder than this.""

 

[from http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_2074000/2074494.stm]

 

And this is why we don't like sharp weapons freely available! It's funny how all the nutters are so attracted to Eastern martial arts and their acoutrements - I mean you don't hear of men going amok with claymore swords or longbows too often. Testosterone! Sheesh!

 

 

[Martial_Artist]

You're right bitseach we should cut the nuts off every man out there. Remove testosterone completely.

 

We'd save the world, peace would dominate, oh wait....population would decrease, humanity would flail itself into nonexistence. Unless women then grew a pair(through the miracle of modern science and bioengineering) and made man obsolete. :razz: :lol:

 

What a strange sight that would be....

 

ps

 

You know I'm just funnin. Don't take this too seriously.

 

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[ This Message was edited by: Martial_Artist on 2002-07-02 15:30 ]

[Bitseach]

Martial Artist - LOL, well I'd hope you were just funnin'!! (although of course population health is more determined by the female - everything comes down to the price of eggs in the end!)

 

[i was, of course, referring to OldRookie's comment about testosterone in my post!]

 

 

 

[Don Gwinn]

Bugei swords use Hanwei (Paul Chen) blades in all models as far as I know. They are good blades. No, you should not get a rattle in a good sword. It's that kind of looseness that allows parts to break.

 

I haven't handled a sword from Century, but they look just like the United Cutlery models and I suspect that's what they are. If so, they're absolute junk. I've never seen a quality product come from United Cutlery. Their swords are what they call "420 stainless" or "Surgical Stainless." Now, 420C or 420HC are good stainless steels that can be made to work very well, though not much good for a sword blade. But the steel United uses is actuall 420J, which has so much chromium in it that it's very shiny but almost impossible to heat treat correctly. It becomes so brittle with any heat treat that it seems they do nothing to it but a mild temper. Of course, that leaves it abominally soft.

 

If you want a low-cost alternative, try http://www.kriscutlery.com

 

They're a Filipino company that only started making katana blades a year or two ago, and they won't be as polished as the display pieces from UC, but the fit and finish is actually superior and the blade is honest-to-God 5160 carbon steel with an actual heat-treatment applied. I don't think Kris Cutlery does a differential heat treat, so there's no hamon, but that's not really necessary with modern spring steel anyway as long as the treatment is properly done. Ancient Japanese had to do it because their steel is crap. Modern smiths do it for that extra advantage, but it's a costly service on a blade so large.

 

 

 

Bitseach:

 

I await submission of your plan for banning and confiscating all swords, axes, and kitchen knives.

 

Are you SURE you want to try that?

 

(EDIT)

 

All right, I just went back and read the first page. Bitseach, what is it with you and your insistence on insulting and hating everyone who isn't afraid of a weapon? Deliverance jokes? If you're going to insult me, can't you do better than that?

 

For your information, I've collected knives since I was a child. I now forge my own in a charcoal-fired neo-tribal forge I built myself. I am about as peaceful a person as you'll ever meet. Most of my knives are not designed as weapons; however, I'm not a hoplophobe and I'll make a weapon if I choose.

 

You have nothing to fear from me. I'm sure that doesn't reassure you, but then hoplophobia is an ugly and pervasive illness.

 

Currently I'm working on two trapper-style stag-gripped hunting knives for an old friend and a small wharncliff-style cutter for another. The first guy is going bear hunting with a flintlock he built himself (including boring and rifling his own barrel) and the second guy is an old high-school buddy who now works as a botanist with a project in Florida to save endangered orchid species. He wants something simple and light to make clean, easy cuts on stems.

 

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[ This Message was edited by: Don Gwinn on 2002-07-10 09:04 ]

[Don Gwinn]

Waaait a minute--just saw page two. Bitseach, you were mad because someone used "personal insults?" You didn't like it that someone insulted your country?

 

What exactly were you doing when you said that people who were "into" knives were ******ed hillbilly rapists? Spare me your righteous indignation about personal insults.