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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2012 1:23:13 GMT
Hi all, just curious, I found this sword whilst procrastinating for a Uni exam: www.ebay.com/itm/190619452864?ss ... 1423.l2649 Is this a legitimate way of making a good sword? And how did they do it? And yeah, I know ebay is not the best place to find a good sword, but this one looks really attractive.
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Post by chrisperoni on Sept 21, 2012 2:33:23 GMT
it's a coating on the blade. Folded steel is fine in theory but on lower costing blades it can be the cause of a weak spot/fatal flaw since the folding is not done very well. to my eye the sword isn't worth $150 - I wouldn't pay more than $80 for one of these. In particular the furniture looks cheap. Very cheap synthetic ito (looks like cheap nylon), the fuchi, kashira and menuki are very likely zinc, and the tsuba is a terrible copy/re-casting. I had a stright blade katana with the same kind of tsuba - it's a commonly copied one - but the more times it gets copied the poorer the results. Mine was actually copper and had much more fine detail in it. this one looks a lot like a copy of a copy of a copy and looks to have been poorly cast. this seller is either a variant of Ryanswords or of Swordmaker 688 - but that's a whole other ball of wax
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Post by Taran on Sept 21, 2012 17:52:08 GMT
We saw this in another thread just a few weeks ago. May not be this sword in particular, but there is one out there with the colour folded into the steel rather than as a coating. Here's the thread: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12736It's about a blade from Trueswords: www.trueswords.com/dark-knights- ... -6318.html We never got very far in discussing it, though. Got distracted by something.
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Post by Kuya on Sept 21, 2012 21:41:32 GMT
I have a folded steel blade from that eBayer... it cuts fine and isn't broken. Everything fits well (except the saya, which is super tight). Then again, the one I bought cost about $215 due to being DH. If people are going to trust sub-$100 Musashi Studios Swords (I've seen many recommend the Musashi Warrior series), a $165 should be just as worthy.
The fittings are cheap and your basic Artsfeng goodness, but you're paying for the neat looking blade.
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Post by Paul on Sept 21, 2012 21:54:27 GMT
Whenever I see something about colored steel blades I think of the swords described in the book series Eragon. Zar'roc a 1 handed red steel blade & Brisinga a hand and a half blue steel sword. But I've only seen wall hangar versions of these.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2012 23:11:30 GMT
Thanks for the info guys For something that is simply good to look at would you recommend a purchase? Or are the cheap fittings and accessories simply not worth it.
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Post by Kuya on Sept 21, 2012 23:28:54 GMT
I would say it's worth it. People hate on Artsfeng koshirae, but they're really not that bad. The sword I gave away when a replacement was being sent to me had the musashi double rings with dragon motifs all over them ( like the set option pictured in this auction), and they didn't feel cheap or fragile. But it seems that the swords with the copper based fittings cost about $10 more. The alloy fittings (which I had put on another eBay comparison sword) will feel light and "tin" like when you tap on them, but the design carvings and "3D-ness" of the raised surfaces were good. The pattern on the folded steel blade I got from the particular seller you linked was quite prominent and looked very good. I didn't get the red coating on it, but on another test sword I had with "tungsten adsorb" on it took way more than a few passes with 1K US grit sandpaper. For a show piece that can cut and be used in a pinch, I think the price is fair, especially since the shipping is free (for reference, Hua Wei usually charges around $45 for shipping from China).
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