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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2010 12:18:56 GMT
I know Long Quan means that the blade was made in the style of the old Long Quan forge weapons, the Ming style is the "ace of Spades" type guard, and Qing Has the horns of the hilt pointed away from the hand. That's the extent of my knowledge. I would love if Sichea to repeat what he said without the Japanese terms as well so I could understand what he was saying. What we really need are either Garrett or Gundoggy chiming in here to explain this. Those are the two that know what the heck they're talking about.
Every time I do a search on the history of Chinese swords, I keep getting the same article by Phillip Tom, Thomas Chen's site, or Seven Stars trading.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2010 15:29:23 GMT
I don't even get those when I do a search...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2010 16:36:04 GMT
Hey it took me months to get that much. There's just not much about it written on the web in English, which unfortunately is all I speak. (except for a smattering of Spanish that cannot be used in polite conversation)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2010 15:03:23 GMT
anyone thought about differential hardening on a jian? I'm wondering if it is worth the extra price.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2010 18:40:55 GMT
The Han jian I have on order is supposed to be differentially tempered I'll let you know my observations when I get it.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2010 7:33:16 GMT
I'm considering going with the twistcore option on mine, just a matter of working out what I can justify and what I can't.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2010 15:52:09 GMT
What's the functional difference between twistcore and pattern-welded (which I'm assuming the Steel 2 Option is)?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2010 16:16:26 GMT
it is the same thing basically, the steel 2 option is just folded steel, and Garrett does not yet have pictures of it up on his site so I asked him if he could do an HD vid of it and put it up on youtube or something. The price he is offering twistcore for is more of a bargain than just about anything I've seen in the sword world of late.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2010 23:16:07 GMT
Man, Bloodwraith, I was envisioning a twist-core blade for my future green dragon Tang as well. Are we on the same wavelength or not?  I've got to think of something to differentiate mine from yours... |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2010 0:21:12 GMT
Heh, definitely on the same wavelength I think, though I have been wanting a twistcore since Garrett and I have been talking about them back before he even started his company. Ask him if he can do it in hello kitty theme, that would differentiate them  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2010 0:25:20 GMT
A Japanese cartoon cat on and jian is wrong......................
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2010 0:47:43 GMT
mmmm twisty goodness;
Definitely have to pay a bit more and get that option, granted I could buy a sword for the same price but that is just all kinds of sexy.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2010 5:47:37 GMT
I was really liking the look of the twistcore, but I want functionality as well as elegance and if pattern-welded is a better steel than twistcore...
My other concern was where Garret's forge has gotten on detailed furniture in the last year or so. Last I talked to him his stuff was rather plain. I definitely want some detail to the feathers and such on my furniture...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2010 6:26:29 GMT
Do you know what you are even talking about? What makes you assume that twistcore is of an inferior quality in terms of functionality? Garrett is all about functional chinese swords, just because something is harder to do doesn't mean that it is inferior quality.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2010 6:36:22 GMT
No, actually, I'm not certain. That's why I asked earlier what the functional differences between pattern welded (Steel Option 2) and Twistcore were. I want the better steel, if there is one. Can't say as I've ever sen a thread comparing the qualities of each.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2010 6:50:25 GMT
twistcore and pattern welding are both ways of manipulating the appearance of the pattern seen on the steel. They don't affect performance or function at all, just how it looks. What affects performance is tempering/hardening of the blade.
Oh wow, so Garrett offers Twistcore now? I definitely want a jian or dao from him now!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2010 7:03:43 GMT
The steels are the same in terms of quality, there isn't one steel better than the other, though twistcore is the harder to do correctly. Pepperskull: Yep, he sure does and wait til you find out the price for it, unbe-freakin-lievable! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2010 12:08:14 GMT
mmmm twisty goodness; Definitely have to pay a bit more and get that option, granted I could buy a sword for the same price but that is just all kinds of sexy. That's really pretty... Is it just the lighting, or is the steel actually darker? I REALLY like that. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2010 15:19:25 GMT
twistcore and pattern welding are both ways of manipulating the appearance of the pattern seen on the steel. They don't affect performance or function at all, just how it looks. What affects performance is tempering/hardening of the blade. Oh wow, so Garrett offers Twistcore now? I definitely want a jian or dao from him now! I was under the impression that they were different ways of assembling the separate pieces of steel into a blade and therefor had significant differences on the structural level. ...Of course, this might well still be true and still have no difference at the functional level... |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2010 18:00:23 GMT
minute differences on a structural level. Not significant at all in terms of how it affects function.
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