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Post by AlvaroWang on Aug 22, 2014 0:27:16 GMT
I hate to create such a topic, cause I know it generally end up useless, but I have this link of a brazilian trader produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB- ... estionText Can anyone ID this sword and tell me if it is any good? Of course I tried speaking with the dealer, and, of course, he had really no clue of what he is selling. |
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Post by MOK on Aug 22, 2014 7:03:29 GMT
I know nothing about the sword, but it being marketed as a "Chinese Samurai Ninja Kung Fu Sword" really makes me want to back away slowly without breaking eye contact until I'm out of sight and can break into a full run...
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Post by metinemre on Aug 22, 2014 7:37:14 GMT
Not even Chinese, it`s ``Chinesa`` :lol:
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Post by SeanXD on Aug 22, 2014 7:40:48 GMT
Absolutely nothing about that website looks legit. I had near the same reaction as MOK. They have a katana diagram on the secion they are giving the specs of the dao...They also seem to be selling a Zombie themed wall-hanger katana with a wirebrushed hamon for $350. Run as fast and as far away as you can.
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Post by MOK on Aug 22, 2014 7:45:05 GMT
To be fair, I think that's just Portuguese, not a typo.  |
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Post by metinemre on Aug 22, 2014 8:11:19 GMT
Fair enough! |
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Post by AlvaroWang on Aug 22, 2014 15:55:27 GMT
I am pretty aware of those signs the dealer ends up giving, but I felt like I could ignore it just a bit, cause generally speaking, here in Brazil we do not have a market for swords, so, generally, they really are clueless about the goods they sell.
And, since Dao's are a little bit sturdier, it seems to me that they might not be as dangerous as poorly made katanas or jian's
That's why I hoped someone could ID the maker of the sword based on the appearance of it or the words written in the photo's thumbnails (qianniice2somethingsomething).
At least they know that it is a 1060 steel
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Post by MOK on Aug 22, 2014 17:32:30 GMT
FWIW, the sword itself looks way too intricately decorative to be good quality. And even good dao aren't inherently any more robust than good katana, let alone cheap decorative dao, which this looks like; a SLO is a SLO no matter what type of sword it's like. If I have my currency exchange rates correct, a good quality functional weapon with such intricate decoration would cost about an order of magnitude more. I'd expect everything on this item to be cheaply made of the cheapest materials that still look good from a distance (and in marketing photos), and even when it comes to blades the type of steel matters far less than proper heat treatment (which costs money).
I may be talking completely out of my ass, of course, but honestly I'd be amazed.
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Post by AlvaroWang on Aug 22, 2014 19:28:36 GMT
That would be 351 dollars
Well, I just asked hoping to be surprised, I really didn't expect it to be a real actual functional sword… How I hate being brazilian right now…
Just for the record, that was a liuyedao right? I still don't have the differences of liuyedao and niuweidao really clear
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Post by metinemre on Aug 22, 2014 22:10:49 GMT
<3 Brazil. Roberto Carlos, Alex de Souza and many others played for us for many years. Best years when Zico was the head coach |
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Post by AlvaroWang on Aug 22, 2014 22:33:08 GMT
Lol, there was a time we were something when it came to football, now we lose 7-1 to other teams...
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Post by metinemre on Aug 22, 2014 22:43:51 GMT
That happens to everyone, but Brazil... It was ridiculous.
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Post by AlvaroWang on Aug 22, 2014 22:47:56 GMT
I dunno how people from abroad see it, but the way we see it, since 1998 our team can barely be called good, we get lucky most of the time… Buuuut…
Just like our sword market, ridiculous
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Aug 25, 2014 5:44:27 GMT
Yes. Niuweidao is the oxtail dao, with a thin flared tip. They can be pretty varied in terms of size and weight, and blade curvature. Liuyedao vary less (partly because if the vary much in curvature, they get classified as yanmaodao or piandao).
Aluminium-zinc alloy fittings, glued on pommel. I'm currently remounting a cheap dao like that. Thin tang, with a welded-on threaded rod at the end, grip secured by a small nut. Fair enough for under $50, I think. Nice blade.
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