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Post by Stromlo_Swords_USA on Jul 17, 2012 9:47:07 GMT
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Post by MEversbergII on Jul 17, 2012 11:40:05 GMT
Very nice! Recognized the gunto model I have and a few I've yet to add to my collection!
M.
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Post by Dave Kelly on Jul 19, 2012 2:24:56 GMT
Apparently WEI has reincorporated itself as Universalswords.com. Check out the unbelievable catalog on their pages. These guys have been in hiding for two years. I see about 7 swords I want NOW.
No idea how to get into the loop with them.
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Post by Svadilfari on Jul 19, 2012 4:03:58 GMT
Very interesting. I'm glad to see a company who obviously takes into account it's worker's occupational health and safety :lol:
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Post by Stromlo_Swords_USA on Jul 19, 2012 5:12:56 GMT
Dave et all, I have been talking to them recently, might be a goer, need to check samples first...
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Post by Dave Kelly on Jul 19, 2012 9:27:40 GMT
Idle, very idle speculation, but recall two years ago when Weapons Edge suddenly went very quiet, then the management sent out desperate appeals to all their sources to get copies of their swords back because they had 'lost" their blueprints.
It appears the loss may have been a major rift in the family that split the brothers and Universal snagged the lions share.
Same old chouhans though; catalog doesn't identify the swords or offer a price list. Nor is their any reason to believe that there is any qualitative difference to what is produced by either side of the family tree. Still, there are some neat items here. Now the mystery of why Military Heritage insists they don't sell WEIs is uncovered. Bunch of mularkey... :roll:
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Post by Stromlo_Swords_USA on Jul 19, 2012 9:38:48 GMT
Yep. At least you cant argue with youtube!
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Post by Pogo4321 on Jul 19, 2012 16:34:58 GMT
So, Rob, you might get back into the selling game? Be nice to have a seller for this stuff I feel I can trust.
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Post by paulrward on Jul 24, 2012 16:20:58 GMT
Hello All ;
Three comments to this very interesting video:
First, what you are looking at is a European or American Sword factory ( with slight modifications for local customs ) of about 150 years ago. The powered trip hammer, the grinding and buffing wheels powered by line shafts, and the extensive use of hand labor would not be out of place at any armory of the 19th century. Only the electric motor on the lathe, the use of oxy-acetylene welding, and the gas-fired tempering furnace really date from the 20th century.
Second, note that almost everything is done with hand tools. Labour is cheap there, machinery is expensive.
Finally, watch the Video again, and study the hands of the workers. Look at the scars, the burns, and the deformed fingernails and fingertips. No safety glasses. Breathing masks for the grinder-polishers, but little or no other attention paid to worker safety. This is the Third World, which is exactly what the entire world was like at the dawn of the industrial revolution. These workers will work until they can work no more, and then they will go hungry.
This is the real cost of our swords.
Respectfully;
Paul R. Ward
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Post by weapon edge india on Oct 21, 2012 11:31:03 GMT
Dear Sirs,
Once again I want to clarify the situation with universal swords that , WEI is not connected with universal swords . before Universal swords were used to sell there indian style swords in local indian markets now they have got our blue prints and mould from some ways and they are trying to compete us... just for 3-4 months now they had seen there capability and started manufacturing cheap quality viking and Roman swords which don't have perfect measurements from any manner... but We make custom swords for Military officers and we had received appreciation certificates from military for best quality swords.
So now please dont compare Weapon Edge India with Universals..
Best Regards,
Nitesh Chouhan
C.E.O. WEAPONEDGEINDIA
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2012 13:58:12 GMT
as my wife would point out the alternative would be to just go hungry. this work still improves their condition in life, just not up to our levels.
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Post by william m on Oct 21, 2012 18:02:16 GMT
Mmmm I was glad somebody mentioned the working conditions and general method in how they create the swords.
My very first thought was the poor working conditions. I really think that safety goggles and face masks are absolutely critical in this working environment, and I can't imagine that they would cost that much. You don't want to get bronze/brass blood poisoning and you don't want to get steel filings in your eyes either.
My second thought was that their machinery looked similar to what workshops would had looked like in the Western worlds 150 years ago or so. But saying that, from the photos I have seen, the workshops here were quite a bit larger and well.. didn't seem so poor and shabby.
Btw, I see one sword I know of there. the Officer Gunto that military heritage.
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