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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2010 13:06:47 GMT
Anyone had a chance to see them in person/handle them at all yet? It's so hard to find good looking production Chinese swords that are quality and look good (Jin Shi excluded), so I was wondering what anyone's thoughts were.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2010 14:05:49 GMT
I have not handled them, but I like the quality of Dynasty Forge's katanas. If there anything like them they should be good.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2010 4:01:43 GMT
I checked out Dynasty Forge's new Chinese line at KOA, because they show close-up photos of their better swords. I was surprised-- and extremely turned-off-- by Dynasty Forge's usage of a modern non-authentic hex-nut at the end of the pommels. This is such a glaring bad-taste choice, that I'll not buy one until DF improves this 21st century feature.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2010 4:28:00 GMT
I checked out Dynasty Forge's new Chinese line at KOA, because they show close-up photos of their better swords. I was surprised-- and extremely turned-off-- by Dynasty Forge's usage of a modern non-authentic hex-nut at the end of the pommels. This is such a glaring bad-taste choice, that I'll not buy one until DF improves this 21st century feature. Truthfully, that's such a tiny detail compared to the overall picture that the only people who really care about something like that are those who are anal and obsessive over historical accuracy. And blades that are truly historically accurate are usually custom jobs that cost $1,200 or more, so for about 400$, I'm perfectly fine with this almost inconsequential detail. |
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Post by wiwingti on Aug 1, 2010 16:04:52 GMT
i've had them in hand and loved them.
personally, i am not into the historical accuracy, so they are very nice.
but one of those who bought them from me had the same comment, that they were not made the same as they were supposed to(details missing)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2010 16:29:31 GMT
i've had them in hand and loved them. personally, i am not into the historical accuracy, so they are very nice. but one of those who bought them from me had the same comment, that they were not made the same as they were supposed to(details missing) What do you think of the Manchurian Imperial Guard Dao and the Jian (the one with the green wrap) in particular? Aside from the regular broadsword, those are the two I'm most interested in. |
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Post by wiwingti on Aug 1, 2010 17:00:08 GMT
i loved them,
will soon buy one of each to put on my chinese wall for sure.
Marc
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2010 0:46:49 GMT
i loved them, will soon buy one of each to put on my chinese wall for sure. Marc Do you have a wall for each country ? |
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Post by wiwingti on Aug 4, 2010 18:32:24 GMT
yeah started to do that because all in the living room was taking too much place and the wife didn't like it ha ha ha
Marc
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2010 5:20:40 GMT
Truthfully, that's such a tiny detail compared to the overall picture that the only people who really care about something like that are those who are anal and obsessive over historical accuracy. And blades that are truly historically accurate are usually custom jobs that cost $1,200 or more, so for about 400$, I'm perfectly fine with this almost inconsequential detail. True. I'm anal and obsessive over historical accuracy, but I'm probably not alone. Other members of these threads might want authenticity, and it can be bought for a lot less than $1200. It depends on where you shop. You can get an historically accurate sword from Jin-shi, and it will cost less than $400. I was simply giving an opinion on the general lack of correct historical detail that we see in nearly the entire genre of Chinese swords. |
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