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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2009 6:41:06 GMT
The year was 2001, and my best friend was getting married. The ceremony was being held in a small brick building somewhere in the middle of suburban hell. My best friend looked radiant in her elegant white wedding gown, of course. So why did I show up to her wedding dressed all in black, carrying a machete? No, I was not dressed as a ninja - think of something more like a Victorian era funeral outfit. Complete with black face netting attached to my hat. I realize that Victorian era funeral-goers rarely carried machetes. But I was. I look back on that day and I realize, how much more classy it would have been, had I been carrying a decorative sword from wildweapons.com rather than a rusty $5 machete from the local army surplus.
But no, I showed up to my best friend's wedding with a machete dressed in funeral garb because she was marrying a tool and I knew it.
Well, truth to be told it was two machetes, but they were both still old and stained and crappy. At the time, (yes, in a way this was before the internet - or at the very least, it was before internet retail) swords were incredibly expensive and the only way to get one was at the mall - at an overpriced cutlery store. Unfortunately, as a struggling college student, decorative swords were way out of my price range. If I'd had the means, I would've brought something far nicer, and I probably wouldn't have bought used either.
In spite of this I was still warmly welcomed at the ceremony by my friend, and by our friends...not by her new husband, though, he never liked me strangely enough. It must've been that whole incident with the tying him to the chair and interrogating him under a 300-watt lamp - an incident that again involved the two machetes. Oddly enough, it was another incident that would've been greatly accentuated by a decorative sword. But that was college.
I had missed the ring ceremony - which was unfortunate, because I was supposed to be a bridesmaid, but was just in time for the cake. I had been waylaid by a Herculean effort to find my misplaced machetes - a problem that would've been alleviated had I owned either some form of scabbard, or perhaps even a wall mount. But alas, one of the machetes was inelegantly consigned to the back of my closet, and the other was under my bed.
At any rate, I turned over my machete, both of them actually, to the groomsmen, who hammed it up for the camera, and anyone watching. But, then they, in turn, handed them over to the groom. Not the best idea, considering how little he cared for me. But, he and my friend did end up cutting the wedding cake with the machete - much to everyone's delight. It was a fantastic photo op. Memorable. My friend still talks about it to this day.
But, again, it would’ve been far more pleasant had the machete been a stainless steel decorative sword, and not completely covered in rust.
As for cutting your own wedding cake with a sword – I recommend planning ahead. Buy your sword far in advance of the ceremony...why not today? That way, you can be sure to have the best experience and all the blade you need for your special day!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2009 6:46:29 GMT
... I'm not ever sure how to respond to that. Welcome and thank you for the intelligent first post  Although rust in the wedding cake...not so much. |
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Post by kidcasanova on Jul 14, 2009 7:02:04 GMT
In the words of the late, great Obidiah Stane, "Very clever, Tony." But I see what you did there.  |
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on Jul 14, 2009 7:08:42 GMT
Hmmm Not too sure about this {<-click}hmmm Although you do go on to say Which is ok in it's self, but scary when in reference to a sword described as hmmmmm..... It's not a combat sword. Some newb could get hurt... Maybe you can change the description to "people commonly use this type of sword in wedding cake cutting demonstrations" |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2009 7:34:21 GMT
Is.....is this spam??......  Edit: for more question marks
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on Jul 14, 2009 7:53:11 GMT
Is.....is this spam??...... Edit: for more question marks
If it is it's served with gravy, lol Lets let the mods decide. I've PM'd Slavia |
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Post by Marc Ridgeway on Jul 14, 2009 11:39:04 GMT
Hmmmm I was impressed by the writing in the SCI Fi spam..... this one.... not so much.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2009 12:01:42 GMT
I wouldn't jump to conclusions, as she has also posted this;
/index.cgi?board=ancientswords&action=display&thread=11222
and I have to say that it is rather well written and better yet it has elemental research, so I'm thinking it isn't spam. just my opinion.
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on Jul 14, 2009 12:12:50 GMT
Well, it's advertising, but its very entertaining and well written, so as I say, it's spam with gravy. I was just scared about the advertised stainless steel combat 'sword'. And the fact that they don't even sell any real swords. But the question is: "Wildweapons, do you want to be a constructive part of these forums, or do you just want to advertise your website?"
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Post by Marc Ridgeway on Jul 14, 2009 12:18:50 GMT
Well, it's advertising, but its very entertaining and well written, so as I say, it's spam with gravy. I was just scared about the advertised stainless steel combat 'sword'. And the fact that they don't even sell any real swords. But the question is: "Wildweapons, do you want to be a constructive part of these forums, or do you just want to advertise your website?" Read this one... /index.cgi?action=display&board=fantasyswords&thread=11221&page=1 Nicely written ... too bad its SPAM for junk.... |
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Post by Marc Ridgeway on Jul 14, 2009 12:20:20 GMT
I wouldn't jump to conclusions, as she has also posted this; /index.cgi?board=ancientswords&action=display&thread=11222 and I have to say that it is rather well written and better yet it has elemental research, so I'm thinking it isn't spam. just my opinion. Not questioning her writing ability... however even the "history" lesson there was SPAM |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2009 12:28:19 GMT
ah, I missed that bit, thanks marc, butting out now.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2009 13:03:31 GMT
Have you looked at that website? It is a danger to society! If they clearly stated that the swords were for display purposes, that would be fine. The problem is that some of the swords clearly state that they are meant to be used for battle and reenactment! It even went so far as to say that stainless steel is as good or better for combat than carbon steel! I think that the mods need to delete her account and posts before somebody gets hurt.
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Post by Dave(utilityslave) on Jul 15, 2009 2:57:53 GMT
Wow, third times the charm. Fool us once..................shame on us..........I mean.......no comment!
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Post by YlliwCir on Jul 15, 2009 4:25:32 GMT
I've already got my cake cutter.  |
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Post by shadowhowler on Jul 15, 2009 4:53:07 GMT
I've already got my cake cutter. ...and now I have one just like it! ;D First impressions are favorable, Ric... but the handle/pommel all feels very light and flimsy... does yours feel this way? See what you did with yours, I have to think this feeling is very, VERY wrong. Oh... in regards to the Spam... I actually found it to be very poorly written and quite annoying.  |
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Post by YlliwCir on Jul 15, 2009 5:04:12 GMT
Sean, I notice no "flimsyness" in the grip assembley nor any looseness except for the brass plate which I've mentioned before and right now I can't move that either (seems to be a bit loose after rough use but tightens up again after awhile. I have no idea why). It is definately blade heavy tho I figure thats on par for the type.
Edit - I just compared the balance to a few of my other gladii and it's definately more blade heavy than those but then again the blade looks thicker. I figure that makes the grip lighter?
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Post by shadowhowler on Jul 15, 2009 5:13:52 GMT
Sean, I notice no "flimsyness" in the grip assembley nor any looseness except for the brass plate which I've mentioned before and right now I can't move that either (seems to be a bit loose after rough use but tightens up again after awhile. I have no idea why). It is definately blade heavy tho I figure thats on par for the type. Edit - I just compared the balance to a few of my other gladii and it's definately more blade heavy than those but then again the blade looks thicker. I figure that makes the grip lighter? Oh, there is no looseness in it... just the whole hilt/pommel/grip assembly feels really light and, like you said, its very blade heavy. I figure thats from the big wide blade and the pommel being wood and very light. I'm just not used to it yet, but it sounds like you describe so I guess thats just normal for the sword. I think I want to stain my grip like you did yours... its a bit to light and I'm not sure I like the contrast. |
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Post by YlliwCir on Jul 15, 2009 5:35:41 GMT
Sean, I didn't think yours was loose, I was just pointing out that mine had held up well so I didn't think it flimsy. Light yes, I reckon so. Yeah, I like the stained look better even if I did mine on accident. LOL Edit - I was going to apologize for hijacking this thread, then I figured it needed hijacking. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2009 5:31:59 GMT
Hello all! Here is a quick word from my superior officer. ;-) Cheers, Joy *** Thank you for the feedback about the article and our website. It's true that currently most of our weapons are display only swords, although they are higher quality than many you will find. There are probably ten different factories around the world that produce identical copies of most of the generic looking swords, and there IS a quality difference. Currently we sell one all-business sword: www.wildweapons.com/product_info.php?cPath=105&products_id=65 In the future, all of our business growth will be geared towards more functional weapons. In fact, we started selling display swords to raise the capital to move in this direction. I hope it's OK to post these informative/entertaining (I hope) articles here while we expand the business in this direction, so it will make more sense in the future. Regarding the stainless steel vs. carbon steel comments - please read the passage again on our product page www.wildweapons.com/product_info.php?cPath=102&products_id=16. It states that stainless steel is superior for display or costume swords. This is true. The passage goes on to say that carbon steel is safer for combat swords. It's silly to say that carbon steel is better period - if this were true nobody would use SS, because it actually costs more! Essentially SS is just carbon steel with higher chromium content. In response to some of the criticism here we have done a few things. We have updated the description on the Medieval Combat Broadsword www.wildweapons.com/product_info.php?cPath=102&products_id=16 to leave out the part about combat demonstrations. We have also added the text "All weapons are for display purposes only - playing with weapons is dangerous!" to all our product descriptions. Note that this information has always been linked from the first page of our online checkout. Thank you again for reading and for all the constructive (where applicable) criticism. Jon www.wildweapons.com |
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Although rust in the wedding cake...not so much.
