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Post by Ulrich on Sept 12, 2013 2:00:07 GMT
Wow! That's a very beautyful saber. Seeing the pics you hold it in a position that I've just learned is called saber hold, I've immediatly grappled the one saber I own and now I need to update my last post on the 50 posts on sabers thread. Argh - did it again today, touched the rust loving hilt without gloves...
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Post by Onimusha on Sept 12, 2013 2:32:49 GMT
That looks like a good sword. Would you trust it for a lot of cutting?
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Post by Kilted Cossack on Sept 13, 2013 13:13:38 GMT
Most excellent!
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Post by Beowulf on Sept 13, 2013 21:19:16 GMT
Wow, that is amazing!
Excellent review!
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Post by Uhlan on Sept 18, 2013 14:31:58 GMT
Excellent review as always. So it seems Universal can produce something good. It even has distal taper! I hope this is a trend setter, but I am not holding my breath. Now , if we could find a way to convince them to use better casts for the hilt parts they could corner the repro market.
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Post by Elrikk on Sept 18, 2013 17:41:20 GMT
She's beautiful!
Once again we get an interesting history lesson from Mr. Kelly.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2013 2:13:35 GMT
A very sexy model of sword that one is, it's too bad it proved to be a short-lived model.
The pommel seems pretty heavy, does it serve as some sort of counterweight or is it just for show?
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Post by Afoo on May 9, 2015 2:55:58 GMT
*revive* I just got a second hand version of this sword from KoA. I was going to post a review of this, but then realized that I would have said anything markedly different than what was presented here. As such, I add it as an addendum. Overall, I agree with the Kelly - its a very nice reproduction, with good handling characteristics. Quantitatively, its not much different from the CS ANXI - PoB is 0.5 closer to the hand and the weight is almost bang on identical, but it feels much nicer in the hand. A big part is likely due to the design of the grips - much more room to grab it and control it - the handle fits your hand rather than the other way around. Very nice. The figures for my sword are as follows: (corresponding values from Dave Kelly's sword) and [CS AN XI] Weight: 2.38 lb (2.21 lb) [2.3 lb] PoB: 6.1 inches (6.25 inches) [6.75 inches] Thickness - at base: 7.8mm (7.53 mm) [7 mm] - At PoB: 6.5mm (6.42 mm) [5.5 mm] - At 1/2: 6 mm [5 mm] - 1 inch from tip: 3 mm (2.72 mm) [2.5 mm] As we can see here, there is a fair amount of consistency between the two swords. Curiously, it almost appears that the CS French sabre has *more* distal taper than either of the Light Dragoon swords. However, the grips on the LD's make up for it. Also, as discussed here, this sword does not have a full tang. Rather, it has sheets of metal bolted to both the top and bottom of the grips to give the impression of a full tang. If you look at the front of the sword you can see the pins holding those cover plates in place. Its a rather strange way of constructing a sword - as far as i can tell the only benefit this has is to increase the number of parts you need to machine and the number of steps you need to assemble it all together. It also means that the tang can come loose (as mine did), and that there is no good opening into which I can inject epoxy to fix the issue Lastly, the langets do nothing. I don't get it - having langets fit the scabbard isn't a hard concept....
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Post by justin520 on May 9, 2015 10:21:43 GMT
I've wanted one of these for a while now.
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