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Post by Kilted Cossack on Jan 15, 2013 2:54:40 GMT
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Post by Lukas MG (chenessfan) on Jan 15, 2013 15:46:09 GMT
At least they colored it appropriately...  DF makes good blades but REALLY screws up with hilt and assembly. Damn shame. |
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Post by Kilted Cossack on Jan 15, 2013 17:00:14 GMT
I'm really attracted to the rest of the sword, that's the hellish part. OK, not hellish. Hellish is going too far. Annoying? Irksome? Scrinch up your face and wonder why puzzling? So close, and yet, the nut plays the role of the proverbial turd in the punch bowl: spoils the whole thing.
I've decided that I need a representative sampling of the sabers descended from the prototypical Turco-Mongol saber. I picked up the Hanwei Charlemagne saber in December, and it's a darn good start to the collection. To round it out, I'll need a Persian-style shamshir (a la CS or Windlass), a slightly heavier Tartar saber from the 17th century, a Polish war saber (maybe Bathorowka style, to hit the Hungarian thing at the same time), and to represent the Eastern side of things, a good wicked dao. And, spoiled by the Charlemagne, I'm inclining towards a little higher level of fit and finish (and, of course, price).
But that nut. Grrr.
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Post by Parasanctus on Jan 16, 2013 0:42:08 GMT
I think all of the Chinese swords produced by Huanuo, who actually makes the Dynasty Forge swords, uses the same hilt construction. The main structural nut is hidden inside the pommel, and the nut outside only supports the pommel itself. See this image of an older model of the Cold Steel Gim for an example:  It might still be possible to find a more attractive replacement, like the one pictured, but I have no idea where you would be able to. |
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Post by Kilted Cossack on Jan 16, 2013 0:52:19 GMT
A-ha! Come to think of it, that's the way Windlass sets up some of their swords, too---at least, that's how their Shasqua is set up.
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