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Post by SlasherBoy on Jul 6, 2011 20:49:57 GMT
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Post by ineffableone on Jul 6, 2011 22:43:30 GMT
At $75 for a tachi I would not expect this sword to be more than a wall hanger. At that low price I would not trust it to cut with. The seller is calling the bo-hi blood grooves which shows they are not trying to correct the false belief that bo-hi are a blood groove. There is no real info on the sword's quality or lack of. I would suspect the fittings are all flash and low quality. They look good in a picture and cheap in person, would be my guess. With this low cost I would suspect poor quality control.
If your just looking for something to hang on a wall and look nice, you might risk this. If you want to cut or practice with the sword, I would suggest looking for something a bit better. A lot of the cost on this will be going to making the tachi fittings look nice, and so you will be losing quality on the sword blade.
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Post by 14thforsaken on Jul 6, 2011 23:50:05 GMT
It also doesn't mentioned how many pegs it uses to secure it. You always want to have one with 2 pegs.
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Post by Maynar on Jul 6, 2011 23:51:42 GMT
What the Ineffable One said.
Also, I have dealt with this company in the past. I prefer to deal with other vendors these days.
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Post by SlasherBoy on Jul 7, 2011 9:38:19 GMT
Thx , I was planning on getting it, tossing the blade, and putting a munetoshi blade on it XD.
I like tachi fittings over the normal ones, any trustworthy tachis in the sub-100 dollar range?
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Post by Dampiel on Jul 7, 2011 11:46:03 GMT
The only issue with that idea would be unless the munetoshi was shadped exactly like the original blade the saya wouldn't work at least not well, and unless the nakago were the same neither would the tsuka.
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Post by SlasherBoy on Jul 7, 2011 13:31:53 GMT
Well... I COULD modify the tang, and then put the blade in the tsuka...
But that does not solve the saya problem unless i mod the saya too
hmm... too... much... problem(s)... brain(s)... no... compute... RAAAAWWWWR!!!
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Post by Brian Timmons on Jul 7, 2011 16:40:21 GMT
It goes with the territory, price-wise. Just under $100 is what I consider as the starting price for a decent pocket knife. Sword? Forget about it. Save your money for something nicer, at least 3 times that price. Otherwise, the grass on the other side will start looking greener really fast.
My first sword-like-object was in that price range, and my initial enthusiasm faded into loathing before long.
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Post by Maynar on Jul 7, 2011 18:43:06 GMT
In that price range about all you're going to find is something like these: www.swordsofmight.com/damascus-s ... tachi.aspx www.swordsofmight.com/hand-forge ... tachi.aspx I can't comment on Ten Ryu swords, I've never owned one. Let the price inform you as to quality, I'm thinking. But I can recommend the vendor, Jason Moore (owner) is a stand-up guy, great to deal with. |
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Post by ineffableone on Jul 8, 2011 6:18:55 GMT
If you are thinking of using a blade you already have, or planning to buy. It might be easier to buy fittings and put them on the saya you have. Six fantastic Hon-dachi style sets from Fred Lohman's site www.japanese-swords.com/pages/hondachi.htm He has some very good prices for good quality. You can also order sageo from him or another source. This is just one option of many where you can find fittings to change a katana into more a tachi style. I would go with this concept over buying a cheap tachi and try and fit a decent blade upon it. |
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