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Post by Nox on Aug 11, 2012 16:26:02 GMT
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Post by chrisperoni on Aug 11, 2012 16:50:41 GMT
2 very nice pieces - I like looks of the sinosword one.
edit/add- I meant to say the folded one- got mixed up. but hey, they both look god anyway
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Post by ineffableone on Aug 11, 2012 18:14:02 GMT
very nice, thanks for sharing your new swords.  Look forward to hearing how they cut. |
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Post by Taiwandeutscher on Aug 12, 2012 7:08:17 GMT
Yes, those look nice, but I prefer the plain stuff to the flowery one! Also for the direction of the Hushou!
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Post by Nox on Aug 13, 2012 5:33:08 GMT
Got a chance to test them out a bit today, I only tried some water bottles and thicker gatorade bottles, no tatami yet.
The V.T Jian is very sharp which was expected of a Hung Shing sword, it did really well against the thicker gatorade bottles easily slicing through them with one hand pi and hua cuts, The Sinosword Jian is decently sharp also, but takes a bit more effort to cut with than the Hung shing Jian. I want to eventually try using one in each hand and cuttign multiple targets once I practice some more, though I haven't really looked into much about historical dual Jian techniques if they exist.
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Post by 8GatesTaiji on Aug 15, 2012 6:59:16 GMT
I've also been looking for a good jian. I know a bit about the sinosword, but I don't know much about the Hung Shing jian. Could you tell me a little more about that sword, like how much it weighs and what the point of balance is? Is the Hung Shing blade differently hardened? How far down to the hilt is it sharpened?
I'm a martial arts instructor rather than a collector, so I'm really interested in how lively a blade handles, as well as how well it cuts. I'd really apreciate any information you could give.
Oh by the way, double jian technique does exist, but it's kind of dangerous because the jian is double edged. Double dao is a lot safer.
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Post by Nox on Aug 15, 2012 19:08:22 GMT
No problem, it's a great blade, I am going to try some more cutting with it this weekend and I'll see if I want to have it tweaked further, if I do decide to, how sharp might it be after that say compared to one of your windglider swords? I own one of them and it's now become my standard for sharpness lol. :lol:
I believe the blade is an alloy of T-10 steel ?, and is differently hardened, but I'm not entirely sure.
The weight seems to be about 2 and a half pounds or more ( it's decently heavier than the other jian I have handled)
point of balance is 6 inches from the guard and the blade is sharp all the way down to the habaki/blade collar (not sure what it's called in chinese) it's a very tough sword like it's name implies, very solid and strong feeling and I would say the best Jian for cutting I have picked up so far.
my balance for using two jian at once is a little off becasue I'm used to using the off hand for balance by using what is sometimes called "sword talisman fingers", so I think I'll start on butterfly swords or dao first to get the feel of using two swords at once.
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Post by Kuya on Aug 15, 2012 22:57:44 GMT
Which is which? I like the one with the designs, it has better looking blade folds and actually has designs on it. On a katana, plain fittings aren't so bad, since the fittings have smaller surface areas, but on the blank jian... not having anything at all on so much dead space is an eyesore compared to the one with the designs. Li Mu Bai would be disappointed in the plain one.  |
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Post by Bushido on Aug 17, 2012 20:10:27 GMT
Kuya, the sinosword one is the bottom one in all of the pics. I know, because I have one myself :lol: I actually think the plain fittings look good. Looks like they mean business you know... Engravings can look very good indeed, but I still think plain has its charms. A plain fittings sword sort of says "I was made for one thing and one thing only, and that is not looking pretty" to me... Which is why I too chose plain fittings. But I like both, and I think my next one will be slightly more ornate:) Nice looking swords man, thanks for sharing! |
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Post by Kuya on Aug 17, 2012 22:43:13 GMT
Yeah, it's a matter of taste. I know the charm of plain fittings on a katana (I like how Kris Cultery's fittings are somewhat plain). I guess my limit to plain surface areas are on the lower end of just how much plain surface area there is. It's just with the Jian's big open guard surface, it looks TOO blank for me. Either way, when it comes down to it, if they both cut, they both cut.
Nox, after looking into the HSTS Jian, I saw some posts saying that the guard or tang moves around a bit until "permanently epoxied in place" or a seppa or two were added (looked kinda off given the different style of how seppas look with jian fittings). Was yours epoxied or seppa'd?
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