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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2009 4:22:44 GMT
which company makes the most durable one? Thanks in advance
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Post by musicalpoo on Jul 13, 2009 5:18:15 GMT
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Post by shadowhowler on Jul 13, 2009 5:32:01 GMT
Aye... if I were going to get one, that would be the one.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2009 6:30:56 GMT
does hanwei sell a wallace claymore?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2009 11:17:21 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2009 12:37:28 GMT
Generation 2 makes one, if you want a cheaper sword. I haven't heard much about it though, so I don't know how good the quality is. I do know that they have a reputation for tough swords.
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Post by musicalpoo on Jul 16, 2009 0:32:12 GMT
For the price, I'm sticking with a Fable blade, $600 isn't that bad for one of Brandon's BRILLIANT swords
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2009 0:38:52 GMT
muscial (spelling error deliberate), it's Brendan mate I also second the fable blade wallace, Brendan does work that I would stack up against any other wallace sword, production or otherwise.
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on Jul 16, 2009 1:44:13 GMT
Well it's one of my earlier pieces, but is still a worthy sword. I would let it go for an 'apprenticeship' rate of $450us, but the post will sting a little to the US, it'll be around $160us.
However if I were to reproduce the sword with my current powers of creation, it'll be above the grand mark.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2009 15:53:27 GMT
what if you redid it with your current powers of creation cheaply ?
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Post by shadowhowler on Jul 16, 2009 19:35:44 GMT
what if you redid it with your current powers of creation cheaply ? I don't think he can really 'un-learn' what he has learned... and if I could somehow do so, he would not want to. As an artist, once you get better (which you do almost daily) every day that goes by, you become more and more critical of your past work. The further back it is, the less happy you are with it... till at some point you almost just want to make all of the older stuff just disappear. At least, thats how it was for me when I was an artist trying to get a job in the comic book industry. I was at a point where each project I did showed improvement... and so every project past I started finding more and more things I would have liked to go back in time and do differently... only you CAN'T. So for Brenno... he would be willing to sell the older sword for less because, to him, it's not a good representation of what his current work is. Its a totally serviceable sword... hand made and better then a LOT of what you could find out there... but to HIM, it's an example of where he WAS, not where he IS. Asking an artist to do less then their best, or to 'dumb down' their work... well... I don't know many that would agree to that.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2009 22:29:03 GMT
Well said.
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on Jul 17, 2009 0:34:00 GMT
Absolutely right Shadowhowler. I consider them my apprenticeship pieces. They are perfectly good swords, but if I could do them over I would change a point or two on each. Even when I did Garrigal for slayer I went over it and drawfiled the bumps and marks off the blade, refinished the grip and so forth. So if anyone wants to take the following swords off my hands at a discounted rate, get in touch with me and we'll work something out: * Braveheart* Heart of the Lost Crusader* Whispering Woods* Edward of Euphrania. Braveheart is peened and glued together, which many prefer, but I like to assemble my swords via a recessed nut for easy takedown. The Langettes are silver soldered on securely as per Dan D's instruction, but if I did it now I would weld them. The leather is Chamois, but if I did it now I have the perfect leather for it. The Crusader has a screw on pommel which is strong but I'd do it with a recessed nut if I could do it again. It also has a micro fracture on the guard where I twisted it and it went below critical. Whispering woods is another with a screw on pommel. Again I prefer the recessed nut method. Otherwise it's great. Edward has a recessed nut pommel which is keyed to the tang, which is the best way to assemble a takedown sword. But the blade has a slight bump in it where it was straightened after heat treat. That bugs me but it's again better than most swords. If you've ever looked down a windlass blade this has nothing on them. I just like my blades to be dead smooth. I'm anal, what can I say. Like SH says, I'd sell these for less than they are worth given the work thats gone into them. But I'd rather not look at them anymore, cos they don't represent where I am now. The only one I won't sell is my Falchion, as that is my first ever sword. And it's my beater, tree lopper. And it's got my blood all over it, lol haha, Darn spikey cotton palms.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2009 4:53:16 GMT
Personally, I'd go for the Del Tin, not only for it's quality, but also because Del Tin made the swords for the movie Braveheart, including the Wallace sword (the steel swords used in close ups and other shots, the aluminum and rubber stunt swords were made by someone else).
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