New Member, First "real" Sword. Signature Series Hedemark
Jan 23, 2011 4:32:14 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2011 4:32:14 GMT
Hello new here, 1st post... Yes I know "thank you mister obvious." Not sure how I got the bug to buy a real sword, but I did, I blame you guys and the evil they call the internet. I was very happy with my LoTR Anduril Sword of Aragorn, (what you guys call a wall hanger). Then I found SBG and the SBG Forum. After reading posts here and other forums and the review on SBG, I bought the Hedemark Viking sword. My thinking was "ah what the h3ll, "one" real sword will fit in nicely with my firearms collection"
Then the thing showed up on my chair when I got home from work. I didn't give it much thought, pick up the box, "hmm kinda lite", moved it to the table, dropped my keys, lose change, and wallet on the counter, greeted my dog, and roommate, got something to drink from the fridge and sat down in front of the TV. ah the box, Back over to the table, pull out my trusty old Spiderco, and pop the tape on the box. ah box inside a box, (I remember, that was in the review) dropped first box on the floor, pop the tape on box number two. I'm very familiar with the smell of leather and oil wafting from the now open box. Not so much with the sight of the weapon laying before me on the counter. Now, I think i should prefix this next part with a second reminder that this is my first real sword. OMG this thing is beautiful. I'm not accustom to bare metal, but the matted carbon steel next to the rich medium brown leather wrapped scabbard gives a since of belonging, as if that's the way it should be. The dark chocolate brown wooden belt loop and leather wraps are almost black. This only helps the matted steel to "pop" next medium brown of the hilt and scabbard. One of my roommates walks up commenting "damn, that's cool". about that time the other one walks in, "what are you grinning for... what the h3ll are you going to do with that?" I retort: "It's for the zombie apocalypse and never has to be reloaded." I was very please, I don't normally think that fast. I pulled the sword from it's scabbard, the sound of steel rubbing across the inner wood of the sheath made a very distinctive noise, along with the metallic "ring" of the tip clearing the opening.
Now, if you have seen the movie staring Steven Corral, Despicable Me you'll get this... "Light Bulb." The Christmas tree is still in the back yard. I know, your having visions of a redneck telling his buddy... "hey, hold my beer and watch this" Well, just for the record nothing bad happened. So drop the paper bag and stop hyperventilating. Well, nothing bad happened to me anyway, but the Christmas tree is not expected to live. Then I recalled the videos you guys have of 2 liter bottles full of water. I headed back inside, but before getting to the door I see my roommates looking at my like I have gone completely round the bend. "What"? That's when they informed me that I was laughing so sadistically wiliest eviscerating the once noble spruce, they didn't know if they should let me back in the house so armed. I had to let them know that after turning a tree into kindling a screen door wouldn't be much of a barrier. Okay that last part was exaggerated, except, the laughing part, but i guess I was enjoying myself. I didn't no I was laughing out loud.
Where was I, yes the 2 liter water bottle. I only had one, so I was trying not to mess it up. And you guy are not funny, you show the videos when the bottles cut nice, or when they fly across the yard. Why don't you show the once when the sword goes three quarters of the way through, and hangs on the up turn it cut in the plastic, humm? Well I know why, and it's not funny, well okay it was a little funny. I probably don't need to tell you that the one liter of water in the bottom of the two liter bottle followed the up swing of the sword and return to earth where I was standing. ya ha ha ha, go get your paper bag back... Payback for the tree I guess. Needless to say I want another sword. (B radio edit D) you put warnings about cutting your appendages off, but what about addiction? And I only had one Christmas tree, oh wait a minute, the palms look like they could use some trimming...
Okay that's all for now. Thanks guys for the new torment.
FYI
No Swords where harmed for the entertainment of the idiot poster.
New New people, don't do what the I did. I also climb cliffs, ride racing motor cycles, It been a while but I also jump out of perfectly good airplanes, and have unprotected sex. Not at the same time, the jumping out of airplanes and unprotected sex part, and it hasn't been awhile for the unprotected... oh never mind. just don't do what I did. I am a professional idiot.
Note: in the SBG review, there was a gap between the crossguard and scabbard, mine does not have this gap. When held up to the light, there is a paper thin sliver of light that can pass thought the, what I presume is the left side of the crossguard and scabbard.
Then the thing showed up on my chair when I got home from work. I didn't give it much thought, pick up the box, "hmm kinda lite", moved it to the table, dropped my keys, lose change, and wallet on the counter, greeted my dog, and roommate, got something to drink from the fridge and sat down in front of the TV. ah the box, Back over to the table, pull out my trusty old Spiderco, and pop the tape on the box. ah box inside a box, (I remember, that was in the review) dropped first box on the floor, pop the tape on box number two. I'm very familiar with the smell of leather and oil wafting from the now open box. Not so much with the sight of the weapon laying before me on the counter. Now, I think i should prefix this next part with a second reminder that this is my first real sword. OMG this thing is beautiful. I'm not accustom to bare metal, but the matted carbon steel next to the rich medium brown leather wrapped scabbard gives a since of belonging, as if that's the way it should be. The dark chocolate brown wooden belt loop and leather wraps are almost black. This only helps the matted steel to "pop" next medium brown of the hilt and scabbard. One of my roommates walks up commenting "damn, that's cool". about that time the other one walks in, "what are you grinning for... what the h3ll are you going to do with that?" I retort: "It's for the zombie apocalypse and never has to be reloaded." I was very please, I don't normally think that fast. I pulled the sword from it's scabbard, the sound of steel rubbing across the inner wood of the sheath made a very distinctive noise, along with the metallic "ring" of the tip clearing the opening.
Now, if you have seen the movie staring Steven Corral, Despicable Me you'll get this... "Light Bulb." The Christmas tree is still in the back yard. I know, your having visions of a redneck telling his buddy... "hey, hold my beer and watch this" Well, just for the record nothing bad happened. So drop the paper bag and stop hyperventilating. Well, nothing bad happened to me anyway, but the Christmas tree is not expected to live. Then I recalled the videos you guys have of 2 liter bottles full of water. I headed back inside, but before getting to the door I see my roommates looking at my like I have gone completely round the bend. "What"? That's when they informed me that I was laughing so sadistically wiliest eviscerating the once noble spruce, they didn't know if they should let me back in the house so armed. I had to let them know that after turning a tree into kindling a screen door wouldn't be much of a barrier. Okay that last part was exaggerated, except, the laughing part, but i guess I was enjoying myself. I didn't no I was laughing out loud.
Where was I, yes the 2 liter water bottle. I only had one, so I was trying not to mess it up. And you guy are not funny, you show the videos when the bottles cut nice, or when they fly across the yard. Why don't you show the once when the sword goes three quarters of the way through, and hangs on the up turn it cut in the plastic, humm? Well I know why, and it's not funny, well okay it was a little funny. I probably don't need to tell you that the one liter of water in the bottom of the two liter bottle followed the up swing of the sword and return to earth where I was standing. ya ha ha ha, go get your paper bag back... Payback for the tree I guess. Needless to say I want another sword. (B radio edit D) you put warnings about cutting your appendages off, but what about addiction? And I only had one Christmas tree, oh wait a minute, the palms look like they could use some trimming...
Okay that's all for now. Thanks guys for the new torment.
FYI
No Swords where harmed for the entertainment of the idiot poster.
New New people, don't do what the I did. I also climb cliffs, ride racing motor cycles, It been a while but I also jump out of perfectly good airplanes, and have unprotected sex. Not at the same time, the jumping out of airplanes and unprotected sex part, and it hasn't been awhile for the unprotected... oh never mind. just don't do what I did. I am a professional idiot.
Note: in the SBG review, there was a gap between the crossguard and scabbard, mine does not have this gap. When held up to the light, there is a paper thin sliver of light that can pass thought the, what I presume is the left side of the crossguard and scabbard.
But she eventually came around 
