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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2009 2:38:55 GMT
I was wondering if anyone out there might be able to point me towards any models I should be looking at.
I have a bit of spending money, but moreover, family is asking what I'd like for my birthday in a few months. I would like to get something to take to the woods for some backyard cutting misc fun!
The problem is, I had wrist surgery a year ago and all my current swords I find quite taxing and even painful to swing around after much prolonged use.
I am quite hard on two of my swords- my MRL Ranger kit and early MRL practical Katana, I think they're both made by Windlass. Well, the ranger certainly is. I think the katana is too. It is one giant bit of carbon steel with wooden grips bolted onto the giant tang. It is a BEAST and cuts quite well, though isn't a traditional katana in the slightest.
I have found I prefer swords with longer grips. But perhaps a shorter blade to reduce weight. It is my dominant strong hand that is injured....avascular necrosis in the bone in my right wrist...I'm in crazy pain about every second of every day any time I move the hand at all...but after a year, Ive pretty much mastered controlling it. I guess having a bone die off is one of the more painful experiences. But I digress.
I'm thinking perhaps...a windlass arming sword? A gen 2 knight's riding sword? Maybe even a spartan short sword or a gladius? Not all those choices have room for two hands but they might work...
Something light and fast but something I could still whack bottles and branches with is what I'm seeking.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2009 2:43:14 GMT
traditionalarcherybows.com/If you can't find what you want, contact Chris (member: ArcherOut) and he can probably whip up something for you.
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Post by randomnobody on Dec 31, 2009 2:47:10 GMT
Seems you're looking more to the European market? Not much out there I can think of that would meet your needs...at least, that I can personally vouch for. If you want a short blade but long handle, there's really not much out there...but there are other ways of reducing weight than shortening the blade, like taper, fullers, etc. as well as counterbalance via guard and/or pommel... My left wrist has been in sheer agony lately (an old injury recently aggravated) and I've had to put down my two-handers as a result; not many one-handers and it seems my right wrist hasn't the stamina it once had...so yeah, nothing much for me lately. I'm not sure I'd look to any of your mentioned swords in your case...but perhaps the Gen2 might be manageable? I seem to recall it has a longish grip... I'm sure others will be along with more info, just thought I'd chime in on the ol' "I hate my wrist" party. Oh, and what BW said. Wow, did it really take me four minutes to type this? My wrist must be worse than I thought.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2009 3:39:07 GMT
I'd say a Ko-katana, but that is not the style of sword you mentioned.
Also thought of a Cold steel magnum kukri matchete, but that is one handed and your dominant hand is injured. They are cheap and maybe you can make a longer handle for it.
These are long shots, I know. Good luck in your search!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2009 20:42:37 GMT
SBG Bastard Sword
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2009 20:48:02 GMT
I'm going to say, since they are both lively but light and tough, either the Valiant Armoury Actium or the Hanwei Tinker Viking. I recently acquired both and am very impressed with them. I haven't cut with either but both are designed just for that, so I'm sure they're good for some good cutting.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2010 1:12:06 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2010 2:30:25 GMT
The Gen 2 Knight's Riding Sword is short, but extremely well balanced and very light. The grip is just a bit longer to facilitate the use of a gauntlet, so is very generous to a bare hand.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2010 3:14:10 GMT
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Post by Tom K. (ianflaer) on Jan 1, 2010 6:40:19 GMT
Mr. riddle you have a tough niche to fill. I'm not familiar with the Gen2 knightly riding sword but considering who is reccomending it I think it is going to be pretty good stuff. for something a little longer that is light and lively that may not give you trouble I would suggest the Hanwei Tinker Bastard sword (fullered veresion) that sword was very easy to move, it did need some work to get the edges up to good cutting sharp but once it got there it was so much fun I had a hard time sending it on to its real home. I may still get one for me someday. one or two handed both were easy and fun.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2010 18:27:09 GMT
Another option would be to pick up a Valiant Atrim arming sword (very light) and have someone lengthen the handle by extending the tang "up" the blade by grinding the shoulders.
Or if you're willing to step outside traditional european blades the Hanwei ninja-to seems like it would fit your requirements as well.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2010 23:22:19 GMT
Both Hanwei Tinker Bastard and Longsword are very easy to wield swords. But they do need some work on the edges...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2010 0:07:18 GMT
Again if you feel the need to venture away from Euros Jin-Shi is excellent at producing custom Chinese blades with very very reasonable price tags. For the most part Jian (Chinese straight sword) and Dao (Chinese Saber/Broadsword) tend to be very lightweight compared to European Blades.
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Post by Tom K. (ianflaer) on Jan 2, 2010 4:41:11 GMT
I keep forgetting how light the new VA arming swords are. that would probably be a good choice too.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2010 20:28:38 GMT
Thank you all so much for the suggestions! I recently learned I live about 3.5 hours away from Kult of Athena...so I have access to checking out like 2,000 + swords. I think I'll be making a voyage over there soon so I can check out tons of examples in person and see what works for my gimp hand, lol. I am just more into western swords at the moment, not sure why. I was very into katanas a few years back. I am going to look into the Gen2/Legacy riding sword and some other examples mentioned here. As an aside if anyone is interested in how any specific examples of different swords look or handle in person, please feel free to shoot me an message and I can check them out in person when I go here in a few weeks Thanks! Jon
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2010 0:05:59 GMT
Hey, check out any of the Kris Cutlery Chinese models and give me a shout about 'em.
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