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Post by somebizarredude on Jun 27, 2013 9:32:00 GMT
hello, first post here and first sharp purchase. after some research ( mostly on here) I decided to go with the VA practical longsword and had some trouble finding them in stock... but luckily I got in touch with sonny and he had one blade and scabbard left :mrgreen: since it wasn't assembled yet I got him to install the pommel from the Malatesta signature model so that the feel is more similar to my cold steel trainer and a hand-me-down (heavily used and abused) albion Liechtenauer. The quality of this sword is excellent, its pretty sharp and it has a good feel to it. the balance point is right at 5 3/4 inches from the guard on this one, so it is just a tiny bit blade heavy compared to the Albion. but the overall weight is a bit less on the atrim so I don't really notice a huge difference. after I picked it up from him today there has been a steady bottle and box massacre going on :twisted: now i am completely out of things to cut up and I think it is starting to annoy my wife..... :roll: anyways here it is,
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Post by William Swiger on Jun 27, 2013 9:55:21 GMT
Congratulations on the new sword.
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Post by Paul on Jun 27, 2013 11:29:12 GMT
Great 1st sword and welcome to the forum
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Post by Madmartigen on Jun 27, 2013 11:47:36 GMT
Excellent purchase, congratulations!
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Post by Kilted Cossack on Jun 27, 2013 14:10:51 GMT
Man, that's starting out the right way.
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Post by Nilfgaardian on Jun 27, 2013 14:27:49 GMT
Very cool sword, reminds me of some of the swords from The Witcher 2, due to the combination of a high medieval blade style, and a late medieval pommel type.
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Post by somebizarredude on Jun 27, 2013 20:31:13 GMT
thanks fellas,I am enjoying it allot. I spent a few hours practicing one handed with a dagger and my forearm is pretty sore :lol: I think I am going to talk to my father in law about machining me out a tungsten pommel to bring the balance point closer to the guard. that way I can just swap it out depending how i want to use it. also sonny at V/A told me he was planing on releasing several new models this year so I may have another one fairly soon. I would like to get a new blunt before the years end. and Nilfgaardian I never noticed before but it does sorta resemble Geralt's steel sword, I never looked that closely when playing the game. I will have to play it again
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Post by Luka on Jun 27, 2013 22:47:29 GMT
I don't think heavier pommel would be a good idea. VA practical blades are quite light, it's better to keep overall weight lower than pull the balance closer to guard and raising overall weight.
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Post by somebizarredude on Jun 28, 2013 2:57:25 GMT
good point, also my father in law just informed me that a Tungsten billet in the size I will need is over $100 so..... I will leave it as is. :lol:
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Post by aussie-rabbit on Jul 1, 2013 12:38:00 GMT
If your pommel is the screw on type you could try adding some lead shot, easy in - easy out, if it's peened you could try some lead strip and saran/cling wrap just to see what difference it would make.
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Post by somebizarredude on Jul 1, 2013 18:34:27 GMT
Thanks for the tip, after a day or so it has grown on me so I dont really notice now.
I also scored a hanwei tinker bastard sword blunt new for $159 with free shipping on ebay :-D But I wont get to see it until The 15th because I am out of state on vacation.
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