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Post by MakChingYuen on Dec 27, 2012 22:25:12 GMT
Here is my take on the scottish broadsword, sharing with you -- the kungfu way. Enjoy!
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Dec 27, 2012 22:34:24 GMT
very cool to see you adapt a weapon to your style!
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Post by MakChingYuen on Dec 27, 2012 22:44:52 GMT
Thanks, that is also more cool to have a "cool weapon" though, a crappy weapon won't tap me into the mood, haha!
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Dec 27, 2012 23:22:51 GMT
same with me, im picky LOL
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Post by Silver_Fan on Dec 28, 2012 11:37:28 GMT
Considering that sword is a monster in terms of weight you make it look like a feather light blade. Lovely movement, bravo.
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Post by MakChingYuen on Dec 28, 2012 15:00:00 GMT
Thank you!
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Post by Razor on Dec 29, 2012 5:34:34 GMT
Hey MakChingYuen,
I seen both your basket hit vids and I can help you with your terminology. At the end of the pommel, it is called a tang button. The blade is usually broken down in two parts and some schools the sword blade can be made into 4 parts. From the hilt to the middle of the blade it is called the forte(strong) and the middle of the blade to the tip is the foible(weak).
The forte is for strong and is used for defence and that is why Cold Steel probably didn't sharpen theirs, also I have a friend who as a 17th Century basket hilt sword and his forte is blunted at the bottom. Part of his foible is sharp with the last 6'' from the tip down is very sharp now and probably would of been close to if not razor sharp. Just like my kung fu instructor told me that the Chinese dao forte was also blunted for defence. And when I got my 1st sharp dao, it came with the foible sharp and the forte blunted. And to this day, I still don't like to sharpen the forte of my swords.
The foilbe is for attacking but the false edge(back edge) is used for defence, one of the ways is just like what you did in your vids.
In your 1st vid you had your frog clip is facing the wrong way, it should be facing the outside of your body not the inside.
But I have to say the Cold Steel Basket hilt sword is a poor modern reproduction of the basket hilted swords. The weight and balance is off.
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Post by MakChingYuen on Dec 29, 2012 7:31:30 GMT
Thanks for the comments and terms help. Yes I do know the defense part and I do agree that it need to be not as sharp because of that reason too or else we will have to fix dent edge all the time, haha..
oh the frog clip thing - yeah, I figure that out later on too, it make more sense the other way around. I just need a belt to learn the truth, haha, now I get it.
CS's reproduction is off with the balance? um.. what's the specs suppose to be like then?
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Post by Kilted Cossack on Jan 4, 2013 0:11:57 GMT
The main problem with the CS broadsword is a lack of distal taper. It starts from fairly thin stock, and the thickness of the blade does not diminish as it does on more traditional swords. I had a spare Hanwei Tinker one handed sword blade, and fit the basket hilt to it. I don't have my notes anymore, but that shaved almost a pound off the CS's weight. I had to make a wooden pommel to maintain POB.
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