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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2010 4:40:49 GMT
...We are the most totally awesome group of people on the planet. Love what you said, Slayer. So true and so awesome! You're getting a karma cookie for that! And uh, Random, if that's the case, does that make me like Heidi Fliess or somethin? I collect action figures too. X3 And the question I'd like to pose to everyone in regards to 'normal' is this: define 'normal.' ;D <------------Swordnut and proud of it! \m/
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2010 4:43:52 GMT
There can be no such distinction as normal because there can be no established baseline for individuals. If we were less individualistic then it might be possible but even within people groups the concept of normal is a non-entity.
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Post by ecovolo on Jun 5, 2010 5:08:56 GMT
When it comes to the types of nerddom I've seen out there, collecting edged weaponry and training in their use is pretty tame. I knew I had swordphilia at a young age, when I saw "Conan The Barbarian" on TV. I loved it for two reasons: 1) Naked women (I'm hetero; why lie? ), and 2) The *awesome* swords and other edged weapons in that movie. Since then, it's grown into a healthy appreciation for various types of edged weaponry and their uses. My name is ecovolo, and I'm a swordaholic . . . well, more like a swordphiliac . --Edward
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2010 5:39:51 GMT
I knew I had swordphilia at a young age, when I saw "Conan The Barbarian" on TV. I loved it for two reasons: 1) Naked women (I'm hetero; why lie? ), and 2) The *awesome* swords and other edged weapons in that movie. Are you familiar with BabesWithBlades.com?
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Post by ecovolo on Jun 5, 2010 7:24:03 GMT
Are you familiar with BabesWithBlades.com? *Checks out the site.* Well, I'm familiar with it now! --Edward
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2010 7:25:13 GMT
My girlfriend called me the one day shes like "what you doing" my reply "looking at porn" shes like "really ?" I reply "no I'm looking at cool swords" she says "y know the first one would have made you normal..." When we're watching TV or a movie and nice sword or a swordfight come on screen, my wife goes, "John's got a semprini," in this little sing-song. Kinda gives a whole new meaning to the word swordfight, don't it? Jim
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2010 8:15:09 GMT
My friend is an English teacher at a school in Israel. She says the cool kids look down on anyone who shows too much emotion over anything and sneer that they are "mitlahevim" which simply means they are enthusiastic. She points out that being enthusiastic is a good quality. I'm proud and happy to be a mitlahev sword nerd.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2010 8:28:32 GMT
Although I have a very dim view of hummanity and our species, on this point im not entirely convinced were such a minority....
Theres a reason pretty much all kids grew up with toy swords be it cardboard tubes at christmas, plastic gladiator type sets or the like. I reckon most people find swords inherently interesting, although most wouldnt know about their place in history, I think it does bring out a basic primeval instinct in us, an instinct that has been made redundant due to evolution (or whatever, lets not go there...) but is still inherently inate in all of us. All that seperates people like us from alot of the population is weve embrased it, whereas most people dont.
I have swords all over the place in my house, and it never fails, somone walks in and has either one of two reactions... 1. "Cooool!" and proceeds to check them out 2. Notices, dosent say anything but you cant have a conversation with them because their eyes keep checking the swords out
And countless other examples I could give on reaction to my sword collection. Best personal example is being my other half, told her about the collection on the first date, she viewed it as part of my quirky nature (other hobbys being playing the bagpipes and collecting antique political memorabilia, quirky is putting it nicely) shes been exposed to them so much I now have her not objecting to use my Yoshimtisu Tanto to cut our wedding cake, should we get hitched...
So yea, on a basic "Do you like swords" level, I dont think we are such a minority, weve just embraced it...
IMO anyway....
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2010 9:39:42 GMT
Most of the things said so far are quite true. Being a nerd, of almost any sort is a good thing now a days. last halloween I wore my chainmail to the party at my work and women were all over me. The irony of that situation was amusing to say the least.And any of the women that have had cause to see my swords have been impressed for some odd reason by my geekery. Terrified of sharp things, but still impressed.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2010 11:42:55 GMT
ive actually had a girls friend who broke up with me cuz most of my spending cash went to swords or sword care or makeing things for swords ,,lol,, i never even gave it a second thought , i was like hey this is who i am ;D ya im a sword geek ;D even in school i was obsessed with swords, when i was a lil kid i never played with cars and truck unless some one was sitting in it with a sword,,lol,,
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2010 12:14:02 GMT
But we're manly freaks. People see what we're doing and won't mess with us because we scare them with our long, hard, shiny steel. And when I thrust my CS Gim deep into the loins of a fresh plastic bottle filled with water there's an explosion...
I really miss my wife.
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Post by Dom T. on Jun 5, 2010 15:04:00 GMT
Hey, it's the real women who are unclean. Actually, all six-or-so of my dakimakura are still factory sealed...except the Rustle one, which I opened for photographing purposes. I need to get a good pillow for it........ ...Totally normal. Random, I think the only reason I'm not more like you is because I really don't want any friends/other-people who might wander into my room to see that sorta stuff. Swords are a bit more acceptable. ...Truth is that I really want a dakimakura though.... and some cast-off figures, and one of those CandyGirls, and... yeah, I think you get the point, and I've probably said too much. I've spent so long trying to be normal. Hairu, I have those moments... all the time. Last Legend sale, much.
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Post by randomnobody on Jun 5, 2010 16:23:24 GMT
People love walking into my room. I have so much that they are actually totally overwhelmed and can't really see any one thing. ...The rest is locked away.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2010 17:35:21 GMT
My room is the semprini ! my mom painted it with textured paint so its got dinosaur fossils in the walls so awesome ! then I got swords knives and a badass airsoft gun secondly ric willys comment was my favourite
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2010 18:03:47 GMT
Even tho I've been a sword owner for 9 months, I've embraced the nerdism fully. It doesn't matter which group of friends I'm hanging around, I always seem to fill any silent moments with talk of swords.
Speaking of groups of friends...
I have several different groups of friends. Some of them play nice together, some don't. It's just one of tho's things, ya know. Anyway, no matter which group I bring my swords and bottles to, ALL of them LOVE cutting, even the ones that are horrible at it.
I think that more people would buy sharps if they knew about them and let the idea fester. I had one of my friends contemplating between rent money and getting his first sword. I had to sit him down and tell him "If you are that strapped for cash, you don't need to get a sword yet. It's not like in the old days where you might be able to muscle some coin outta the farms as a dastardly brigand."
He got the idea.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2010 18:09:27 GMT
weapons will get you through times with no friends better than friends will get you through times with no weapons!
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Post by Dom T. on Jun 5, 2010 19:07:40 GMT
People love walking into my room. I have so much that they are actually totally overwhelmed and can't really see any one thing. ...The rest is locked away. You, sir, are a genius. Overwhelm them with sheer numbers, making them unable to decipher your true motives! ...Flank them! You get a +2 attack bonus!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2010 19:58:13 GMT
I am so interested by swords that I've managed to get my wife a little involved in the whole thing. She now knows the basic difference between a functional and none functional sword just by looking at it.
She now even imagines better grip wraps on my swords when they arrive on my doorstep. She can tell the difference between good and low quality scabbards. She know almost as much about blade geometry, bevel, sweetspot and balance as I do.
When my new Tinker Norman came in the mail which she bought me for my birthday, she was just as excited at it's handleing characteristics as I was. I noticed a twinkle in her eye and she admitted to wanting to cut with it.
Excellent! ;D
The only thing better than being a bonified sword geek is having a loving wife who accepts and supports my high carbon interest.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2010 20:13:32 GMT
The only thing better than being a bonified sword geek is having a loving wife who accepts and supports my high carbon interest. This is true. My wife isn't into swords like I am and probably never will be, but she's very supportive. And she likes them for their decorative qualities at least.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2010 3:33:14 GMT
And yes, I too have a girlfriend who thinks I'm wierd for spending so much time focusing on obsolete weaponry from hundres of years ago that costs precious money that could be used for video games, but *I* happen to be lucky in the fact that she shares my swordly whim, if only to a slight degree. I don't think you're weird! If you ever needed.. $300 for a sword that you really wanted and you couldn't get that much money I'd definitely try to help you get it, no question about it. YOU are the one that got me interested in swords, after all! Hell, I want you to bring at least one or two up with you when you come to Wisconsin. That way you and me can be together and do something that we both will enjoy(not to mention I won't injure myself with you being with me, Brogdon). Although I will (definitely) beat you at Guitar Hero. Video games, horror movies, and anime/manga are my weak points. They "overpower" my interest in swords.
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