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Post by randomnobody on Mar 17, 2008 23:28:08 GMT
That is some gorgeous wood. If Gen2 is using this type of stuff, then I wish they wouldn't cover it up. That wood may have just sold me one of these swords, if I ever feel up to putting some work into it. Let us know what you do with the ricasso...uh...thing.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2008 3:23:21 GMT
Major improvement! That wood looks nice.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2008 14:05:46 GMT
That is some gorgeous wood. If Gen2 is using this type of stuff, then I wish they wouldn't cover it up. That wood may have just sold me one of these swords, if I ever feel up to putting some work into it. Let us know what you do with the ricasso...uh...thing. We are looking at two ways of doing the wood handles. 1. A semi dark wood then use a dark stain, seal it. or 2. The same wood as you see here, stain it, seal it. I should get some samples next month coming with a shipment and let them know which looks better and will hold better.
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Post by randomnobody on Mar 18, 2008 16:02:47 GMT
That's awesome, Clyde. You may or may not remember that I bought one of the 12th Century/Norman Daggers as customized by Dan Davis (handle stripped down to wood, blade and furniture blued) a while back. I'm still in love with the wood, just as much as the bluing and the dagger itself.
Apart from mt dagger, and this claymore, there have been several members (you know who you are, I'm too lazy to fetch names) who've shown how gorgeous the wood(s) Gen2 uses can be. I can't wait to see what you come up with.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2008 13:17:44 GMT
Thanks for the karma. It would definitely be cool to have this sword weigh in at 4.5lbs, but I think it would be hard to do in this price range. My thoughts run like this; The blade is fairly flexible so to lighten it without making it too whippy would require a fairly complex grind, you could increase the distal taper so that it is more than slight,that is apparently a time consuming process and the sword is already $300. the guard is .5" square stock, you could thin it down a little but not much i think, the pommel is already on a really long handle and it balances the weight beautifully so I wouldn't mess with that. It's definitely a short duration practice sword. But I looks sooo cool ! Just a note: My coments are intended to be conversational only! I am definetly a Gen2 Fan and I like this sword.
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Post by Con on Sept 3, 2008 18:25:59 GMT
As me and my friend are looking at this review we are drooling all over the keyboard. Nice, +1
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2008 0:14:45 GMT
I love the wood on that grip, truly beautiful. I've been wanting a Braveheart sword since I was a wee lad when I first saw the movie. I've only recently gotten into the world of functional swords (shamefully many a wallhanger haunt my past) and as one could expect I'm cautious about what swords to buy. So this review has warmed up my cold feet. I cant buy it now but I will have this sword by the end of the month. Thanks for the beautiful pics, awesome videos, and righteous beard
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2009 2:24:53 GMT
Thanks for the review! Brendan was right, the wood looks much nicer than the coat they place over it. Nice work on the sanding and polishing! Big swords are always cool
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