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Post by Razor on Dec 15, 2009 2:59:01 GMT
MRL is offering the Sword of Roven at closeout for $199. E Bay Hutchinson's has it for a couple of dollars less. I urge anybody to purchase this sword. It was previously labelled the Long Sword. This is a good sword. I am not a big fan of this sword. The handling isn´t exactly crisp...the cutting ability isn´t very good...and the pommel is threaded. It´s not a BAD sword...but unless it was in the sub 150 range (like say it was a MRL deal of the day), I would choose other swords over this one. You just can't cut with my sword Cold lol. I can cut fine with mine but some people do have a hard time cutting with it. It is flexible but before i sharpened it I thrusted it through 8oz leather taped to a heavy duty card board tube that was used for carpets(The carpet was wrapped around it like paper towels) The tube was 1/2" thick, it went through the first side but stopped on the other side. My friend has an older MRL sword, I think it's a Del Tin and it wasn't sharpened and it's a little stiffer then mine. I did the same test with his sword, his sword went through the leather and all the way through the tube. My windlass might be whippy but if it can do that much damage to the leather and tube, it has no problem doing that to a body. the winlass's are fine but they are better longswords in the sub$300 now. It's all up to you and how much money you want to spend. I have both the Windlass longsword and the VA PLS and I train in the German style and have no problems. When I first saw Colds H/T longsword I didn't like how it cut but since he put a better edge on it, it does cut a lot better. I would recommend either the VA or the H/T
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2009 3:25:20 GMT
Well I did say it wasn't a BAD sword...just not really something competive with what you can get now.
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Razor
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Post by Razor on Dec 16, 2009 3:39:01 GMT
Well I did say it wasn't a BAD sword...just not really something competive with what you can get now. Yes I agree. VA and H/T have really steeped up the game for the sub$300. I mean....Gen2 is almost forgotten, You don't really see anyone ask about them like you used to. And when someone ask for "what long sword I should get" I don't think anyone gave any mention about Gen2.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2009 18:43:01 GMT
I remember reading somewhere that the Tinker Longswords had some problems that were isolated to the first few on the market... something about the threading on the tang...
Other than that, the Tinker Longsword is the best option I've seen.
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Post by Jeff K. ( Jak) on Dec 24, 2009 4:38:43 GMT
www.therionarms.com/reenact/therionarms_c959.htmlI have one of these and am very happy with it. Dont be fooled by the "Bastard" label hanwei gave it...it is a full long sword. Peened construction and a good robust blade. Quite agile for a big sword like this too.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2010 21:54:18 GMT
OK, this is my 2 cents worth, take it as you will. A couple of years ago my wife got me an Albion Meyer for XMas, my sword group immediately nicknamed it "The Hotness", cause not only was it sexy, it handled like a dream. The trouble was, it literally chewed up every other sword it was put up against, ( not bad for me, but my training partners always had to do a half an hour of touch-up on their blades after class). The tinks fared worse than most cause of their not as robust blades, even though they handled very nice, so the search was on for a blade that could hold up to "The Hotness" with out actually getting another Meyer. In the end the only other one that could hold up to "The Hotness" was the Gus Trim I Beam Trainer, And it is less than half the price of the Meyer, 200 bucks, I even use it myself sometimes and I highly recommend it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2010 23:54:51 GMT
In the end the only other one that could hold up to "The Hotness" was the Gus Trim I Beam Trainer, And it is less than half the price of the Meyer, 200 bucks, I even use it myself sometimes and I highly recommend it. That's some interesting info, Gryndar. I've had my eye on the I beam trainer for a while now. Does she handle well in the bind?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2010 0:35:17 GMT
I've been using the I-Beam for awhile now. It eats Hanwei longsword trainers (even the Practical LS), and faires well, on par with both Albion Maestro and the A&A Spada di Zhogo.
The wheel pommel could be replaced with a scent stopper, but my hands are so large that I work just fine with the wheel. Some people could compain of this however.
I'd recommend the I-Beam. The only downside is finding someone that actually has them in stock, my distributor ran out of them last month.
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