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Post by chrisperoni on Nov 13, 2010 4:45:48 GMT
Hey man- don't knock it. After all, it's the results of 2600 years of sword making! Ha! :lol:
I'm sure there are hundreds of swordsmiths turning over in their graves every day because of the kind of sputum these ads are rife with
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Nov 13, 2010 4:50:25 GMT
If that hilt weren't so ridiculous looking, it wouldn't be a half bad looking sword. It's things like this that depress me for the sheer absurdity people go through to make things look cool.
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Post by chuckinohio on Nov 13, 2010 4:57:45 GMT
Come on guys, read all the way to the bottom of the page and you will at least learn about chinese carp history :?
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Post by Sir Tre on Nov 13, 2010 6:51:14 GMT
perhaps this sword would be perfect practiceing the art of fighting without fighting... what i mean is... when you are confronted by an angry enemy swordsman, and you draw your sword to prepare to fight... he just breaks down laughing so hard he almost falls over, then simply walks away and asks his fellow swordsmen, "did you see that shxt???!!!"
amazingly enough, it would work in a lot of various situations and be the hit of the party at the next ren-fest, or worse case scenario, you get asked to leave until you can buy a decent sword.
on a real note... i agree with vince... looks like a decent blade, depending on construction, of course.
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Nov 13, 2010 7:13:34 GMT
That's true. I was thinking more along the lines of the blade's lines which are so attractive and the scabbard itself. The scabbard can be ostentatious and not detract from the sword; hilts like that, though, are highly depressing to me simply because they're so impractical. The carved scales and the ribs that come from the coiling of the dragon would probably give you a decent grip since it would act like checkered kraton in theory, but then you get into the sheer uncomfortableness of it. A metal hilt? Try using that in cold or really hot temperatures and you're going to have problems keeping hold of it. Plus, the spines on the dragon's back would most likely dig into your fingers and palm, the dragons arms and head would probably catch on your clothing as it wove back and forth, and other such idiocies. But then, that's just me, and I happen to like a little subtlety to my blades and I prefer, above all, that it's practical and functional; that's the real beauty of a sword.
A sword that can't cut is just a club, a sword without a properly made hilt becomes a helicopter of death, and a sword with an ostentatious or jewel encrusted hilt is uncomfortable to hold (ever held a replica of the Harry Potter sword? That thing digs into your palm something fierce), it's too gaudy to be beautiful, and, if we were still in an era where we wore swords on a daily basis, it would do nothing but attract bandits. Sure, if you had skill, you could probably deal with them, but then you get the blade all dirty and it has to be cleaned, which is just more work after making corpses and then getting rid of them. Some two hundred pounds of dead weight several times over is murder on the shoulders. But I'm getting on a tangent. Point is, goofy looking swords like this are an embarrassment to the sword world, no matter how many people find it cool.
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