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Post by admin on Jul 5, 2016 5:51:27 GMT
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Post by Adrian Jordan on Jul 5, 2016 6:00:17 GMT
Nice! For only $241 dollars a month for the next two years of your life you can own the entire (1 of 500)set of the Three Heavenly Blades!
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Post by Dave Kelly on Jul 5, 2016 7:21:48 GMT
How do you say, "There's a sucker born every minute" in Japanese? LOL!
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Post by admin on Jul 5, 2016 12:10:13 GMT
It gets better, looks like they have recruited Trip Fisk to do the fruit ninja cutting tests for these amazing swords. Seriously, I needed a good laugh - the video sums up how ridiculous this whole thing is..  Mr Fisk Does not Approve of his image being used.. |
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Post by Scott on Jul 5, 2016 12:21:33 GMT
If the video is anything to go by the demon king the three heavenly blades were forged to fight is a greengrocer.
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Post by aussie-rabbit on Jul 5, 2016 12:39:17 GMT
How do you say, "There's a sucker born every minute" in Japanese? LOL! Like baby poo and blankets if you expound enough hype some of it will stick  |
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Post by William Swiger on Jul 5, 2016 13:14:59 GMT
Holy crap - Look at his feedback. People bought these things..........
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Working the tsuka on two bare blades from Ninja-Katana, slow progress
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Post by addertooth on Jul 5, 2016 13:48:07 GMT
Heh, the standard for a good cut is the item not exploding on impact, or the two pieces moving very far from each other. The video gave me some chuckles; thanks for posting.
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Post by Jussi Ekholm on Jul 5, 2016 15:55:36 GMT
I was pretty surprised to hear that they had a table at Orlando Japanese sword show and nihonto crowd didn't think too negatively about them for what I've heard...
I have kinda mixed feelings as I've personally seen how negative some nihonto collectors are towards good quality Chinese made production swords... So I'm bit shocked that these didn't get a straight out bashing. Maybe they had some different c. 300$ models on display in there? Otherwise it just doesn't make sense to me.
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Post by Ronin Katana on Jul 5, 2016 16:26:09 GMT
Between the Ryan Swords re-sellers and this guy, Dallas, Texas seems to be home to some seriously questionable sword companies these days.
I purchased a certified 28 pound rock and hand carried it to China last year to have it smelted down. Almost no usable material. What was usable cracked in heat treat. Overall result - no swords and $5k down the drain. Is it possible to make swords from meteorites? Yes it is. It's been done plenty of times throughout history, and even modern times. Is some guy from Dallas buying rocks and having them made into swords for Ebay buyers? As most of you have surmised, probably not.
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Post by Vue on Jul 5, 2016 23:35:50 GMT
Don't know if it's just me but the layout of the listing looks very much like the work of Hazama-Yakiba.
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Post by johnwalter on Jul 6, 2016 17:37:25 GMT
I was pretty surprised to hear that they had a table at Orlando Japanese sword show and nihonto crowd didn't think too negatively about them for what I've heard... I have kinda mixed feelings as I've personally seen how negative some nihonto collectors are towards good quality Chinese made production swords... So I'm bit shocked that these didn't get a straight out bashing. Maybe they had some different c. 300$ models on display in there? Otherwise it just doesn't make sense to me. Jussi the word I have is no one there was impressed,even the man doing the testing,the swords smacked and batted away more mats than they cut.He was very nice to me until he realized I wasn't complimenting him and then called him on all his bs. |
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Post by Jussi Ekholm on Jul 6, 2016 18:55:40 GMT
I was pretty surprised to hear that they had a table at Orlando Japanese sword show and nihonto crowd didn't think too negatively about them for what I've heard... I have kinda mixed feelings as I've personally seen how negative some nihonto collectors are towards good quality Chinese made production swords... So I'm bit shocked that these didn't get a straight out bashing. Maybe they had some different c. 300$ models on display in there? Otherwise it just doesn't make sense to me. Jussi the word I have is no one there was impressed,even the man doing the testing,the swords smacked and batted away more mats than they cut.He was very nice to me until he realized I wasn't complimenting him and then called him on all his bs. Thanks for the info John. I must agree that is more in line with what I thought. I have only read online what some people said and not asked personally from them. Of course it is reasonable to assume that the answers I have heard were "politically correct" rather than absolute truth. |
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Post by atrixnet on Jul 6, 2016 23:01:26 GMT
CAN'T UNSEE! Oh my gosh that was so awful! |
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Post by zabazagobo on Jul 7, 2016 19:20:25 GMT
Unarguably the GREATEST ebay swords of all time! Any real smith knows that you can make a 2.5 lb sword out of 0.1 lbs of material and 2.4 lbs of BS, especially during the blessing of the eclipse with the help of the keebler elves.
Cool to see what Fuji from Rurouni Kenshin has been up to these days, guess he downsized and moved to Texas.
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Post by nddave on Jul 12, 2016 2:36:27 GMT
It gets better, looks like they have recruited Trip Fisk to do the fruit ninja cutting tests for these amazing swords. Seriously, I needed a good laugh - the video sums up how ridiculous this whole thing is.. Mr Fisk Does not Approve of his image being used.. Just think how sticky and smelly that saya is, yuk... My question is if their mythical katana are really worth $6,000, why they hell are they entrusting their cutting performance testing to the amateur wig wearing masked fruit ninja!? You'd think if these swords were legit they'd have an actual seasoned and or reknowned JSA practioner doing the cutting. Not some dork who'd be better of representing Shinwa or BudK.... |
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Post by gandermail on Jul 12, 2016 2:54:37 GMT
One (and only) nice thing is I was inspired to go re-watch all the episodes of "Cautionary Tales of Swords"
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Post by lygon on Jul 12, 2016 3:51:28 GMT
heh, figures.
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Post by MOK on Jul 12, 2016 8:18:27 GMT
Now, now, people, the blades aren't made only of meteorite! They incorporate "4 types of metal: Certified Museum Quality 875 GMS Meteorite, Folded Damascus TAMAHAGANE steel for the cutting edge, 1095 High Carbon Steel, 1060 Carbon Steel, Iron & TAMAHAGANE."
(I kinda feel like doing a Spanish Inquisition or the Count gag, here, but I think that speaks for itself, really.)
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Jul 12, 2016 8:23:55 GMT
I think that by "tamahagane", they mean 1095+1060 folded steel.
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