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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2009 21:00:33 GMT
I've pretty much spent all my "sword money" this year, and any future purchases are probably going to have to wait till next year (or whenever I have cash, which might be longer!). In the meantime, I'm putting together a "wish list" of swords I'll want to pick up sometime in the future. I think any self-respecting euro sword enthusiast is going to have to add a Scottish claymore to their collection at some point, so I might as well ask: who makes a good one? I know Hanwei has one, Gen2 does, and a few more expensive makers do as well. In y'alls experience, who puts out the best claymore for the money? Let's hear it!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2009 21:06:04 GMT
I think that Arms and Armor makes a pretty good one for the price (which is over $700).
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Post by YlliwCir on Oct 27, 2009 21:25:12 GMT
I've got my eye on Hanwei's claymore, haven't handled it tho.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2009 21:51:24 GMT
Armour Class of Scotland.........excellent stuff.
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Post by enkidu on Oct 27, 2009 21:55:54 GMT
My friend has bought the Hanwei one and i gave it a couple of swings this past summer. I think that you cant get better for the price, you'll have to touch up the edge a little but except this detail you'll be satisfied. I'm curious about the Gen2 one, but it looks like it weights a lot... Its already hard enough to get a correct edge aligment while swinging such a long sword that adding weight to the package cant contribute well to the handling. I've heard very good words about that one: www.armourclass.co.uk/Data/Pages/Scottish_3.htm but its far from the previous two price point ! lol, havent seen Billiam's post
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2009 1:52:58 GMT
Yeah, Gen2 has a good looking one, but I hear it's seven pounds, that's a real chunk of a sword. It looks a lot like the Hanwei, but with a 2 pound difference they definitely have different things going on. That armourclass version sure is flashy, a little out of my league pricewise though. Has anyone out there handled both the Gen2 and the Hanwei?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2009 5:06:42 GMT
Just to clarify, you mean a two hander, right? Not a basket-hilt?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2009 5:17:46 GMT
I have really lost alot alot of respect for Hanwei over the last couple years (the only exception being their Tinker stuff - which I like). They have not really been impressing me with their quality control and tang issues. Their larger blades seem to always have too thin of a tang for my liking. Given a choice between Gen 2 and Hanwei, I'd choose Gen 2 everytime. However, if you are in the market to spend more, Albion's Chieftan sure looks good for the money.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2009 14:12:04 GMT
A member was selling an Armour Class Claymore in the classifieds, maybe it's still up for sale? (If interested, I've found it, here it is: /index.cgi?board=selling&action=display&thread=12499) I too was looking at the Hanwei one at some point, the antiqued version...So Odin, you think the tang is too fragile, not proportional, for the size of the sword? Althought I've often found Hanwei's euros to look fragile, I was under the impression that their claymore was one of their good euro swords?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2009 14:49:36 GMT
Johnerickson- yeah, I'm talking the 2-handed version. Now that you mention it, what's the right use for the word? I always took claymore to mean the big 2-handers, is there more to it? Odin- it's a tough call. The issues you encountered with Hanwei don't seem so good, but on the other hand, the Gen2 sounds like a real beast. Does anyone else make a good one, that's still in my poor-mans price range?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2009 15:24:07 GMT
Technically, the word claymore was not used to refer to the two-hander by its contemporaries, so it's not strictly speaking an accurate use of the term, but it's been used that way for a long time now though, so it's not exactly wrong either. The historically correct way to use the term claymore is to refer to Scottish one-handed basket-hilted swords.
In modern times, in common usage, the word is used both ways, which can lead to some confusion.
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