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Post by vinland on Nov 2, 2015 22:02:03 GMT
Not a fan of flamberge style blades used on some two handed swords or rapier. Don't like twisted guards, and while I haven't held one myself, the leather wrapping that BKS uses on their swords doesn't look too nice to me Usually I don't like wheel pommels, but I do like this one. The hammered and polished surface on it is nice, also the hollow wheel pommels on some Irish swords is another style of wheel pommel I love
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Post by cobra525 on Nov 6, 2015 5:06:12 GMT
I must sencond Mr.Swiger's dislike for faux peen blocks.
I also tend to not be attracted to swords with really thin frail looking guards.
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Post by Aaron on Nov 6, 2015 23:37:21 GMT
Anything with a lot of decoration puts me off, gilding and gemstones, etc. My ultimate "dream" plans for my Atrim involve both of those things! lol
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Post by Jordan Williams on Nov 30, 2015 2:25:34 GMT
Gemstones, Blackened blades/guards, (aside from some cutlasses) rubber/plastic grips, faux leather, (when it's noticeable) any neon color, spikes, and the "COLD STEEL" logo.
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Post by Rob C on Dec 1, 2015 22:07:38 GMT
I think I might be in the minority, but here goes:
Swords that are too flashy (with a lot of decorative features). Mirror finished swords. Wire grips. Oversiezed pommels. Most fantasy swords (mainly Because of the first point). Asymetric guards. Guilding.
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Post by hypurr on Dec 24, 2015 3:04:52 GMT
Suede. Thin fullers or double fullers. Drifting too far from historical accuracy. Ring and circular pommels.
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Post by Gunnar Wolfgard on Jan 15, 2016 15:22:51 GMT
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Post by Madmartigen on Jan 15, 2016 19:32:24 GMT
Fake brushed-on hamon. Fake cross-polished kissaki. Cheaply done "reverse" hamon etch.
Axe-shaped tsuka. Sorry Bugei, no matter the blade quality, I ain't buying this.
Cheaply painted-on, flashy copper/silver-like fittings.
Euros: wide guards matched with small pommels, especially if the guards are C shaped down the blade.
Mirror finishes matched with sloppy furniture/assembly. Mirror finishes on well-executed high level swords are beautiful if put right, but on some production swords they look like confetti on a pootato.
Smaller things: habaki unmatched and not aligned with the blade. "tactical" swords with full-tang construction (with exposed tang). Large and low-grit secondary bevels. Suede. White (ish) leather on scabbards and Euro sword handles.
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Post by snap on Jan 17, 2016 5:53:21 GMT
Multiple fullers. A single fuller makes most blades look better but multiple fullers look really tacky and gross.
I don't get why so many people don't like wheel pommels, I've always loved them.
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Jan 17, 2016 7:13:42 GMT
I'm surprised by the dislike of narrow and multiple fullers. Here's a sword with multiple narrow fullers: albion-swords.com/swords/albion/nextgen/sword-landesknecht-maximilian.htmWas already posted upthread as "twisted steel stops purchase". I think these are well-done and appropriate multiple fullers. Even just restricting things to Medieval European swords, there are swords which I wouldn't buy unless they had narrow fullers, or multiple fullers, because those are appropriate to the type (well, maybe I'd buy without if they were really cheap). A nice antique with multiple narrow fullers: www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=20930&page=1(My newest sword (not Medieval European, but a takouba) has triple fullers, which is the most common for the type, though plenty have no fullers, single fullers, double fullers, 4 or more, short fullers, long fullers, narrow fullers, wide fullers.)
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Post by thazari on Jan 17, 2016 9:06:50 GMT
Probably going against the majority here, but I don't like plain swords, especially not if the guard or pommel has this smooth grey finish (that's quite a lot of swords I know). Probably the main reason I never owned an european sword with the exception of some ornate rapiers long ago. ^^ horror. Fake leather grips that look like they're glued on. Mad amounts of fullers. Logos of any kind.
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Post by William Swiger on Jan 17, 2016 15:21:23 GMT
I personally like the simplistic look of a well done plain sword. To me it just has a very business-like look to it.
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Post by sonofarwyn on Jan 23, 2016 4:09:50 GMT
Lack of symmetry. Misaligned guards. Poor tsukamaki. Blades that look like they were hammered out of a leafspring. Reversed hamon.
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Post by chrisperoni on Jan 23, 2016 4:29:40 GMT
Reversed hamon Wide risers Fake peen blocks Colour coated blades samurai 3000 anything Not crazy about twisted guards Thin disc pommels
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Post by Madmartigen on Jan 24, 2016 8:06:03 GMT
I don't like plain swords, especially not if the guard or pommel has this smooth grey finish (that's quite a lot of swords I know). Fake leather grips that look like they're glued on. That's precisely the reason why I didn't buy a production jian, despite I'm practicing jian and have been looking a decent one for some time now. These are either insanely (and cheaply) ornated with faux stones and whatever, or just very plain, cast-pot-metal look-alikes. Nothing good inbetween. Can't agree to your remark on majority of Euro swords tho. There are many beautiful examples of Euro swords with perhaps not overdecorated, but beautiful fittings, design and geometry. Not plain at all.
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Post by Arkhane on Jan 31, 2016 16:04:35 GMT
C shaped crossguard. I just can't do it. I love me a good mirror finish, twisted fittings, and if done correctly, dual fullers. I also love plain fittings and a consistent satin finish. But if you stick an aggressively curved crossguard on it, it automatically sucks. Very small curve, no problem.
I also can't do overly ornate hilt designs. Particularly when the pommel looks like a circle with a cross in the middle. Always makes me think it's a wallhanger.
Lastly, I can't do completely round or bulbous grips. This includes the Roman gladius as the main culprit. I don't care how historically accurate it is, or the history behind it. The way it looks is just terrible.
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Post by Mikeeman on Jan 31, 2016 16:10:47 GMT
Just as a personal thing... I think I'm done buying swords all together. While I'm still a complete scrub at bladesmithing, I'm really only in to katanas and I can make whatever shape/dimensions I want. No need to buy the closest thing available and modify it, anymore.
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