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Post by cearball on Mar 19, 2018 17:20:56 GMT
A few questions. Is that the windlass 1860? If so how do you feel it compares to the French 1833 replica? Also did you get the French from USA? |
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Post by cearball on Mar 20, 2018 2:08:20 GMT
Both are quite nice for what they are. It depends on what you want. The gladius is meant to be used with a shield, in the first place, and in formation. My exemplar has a reground tip for robustness – it still penetrates very well, but now is – much – less prone to bending. The barong is meant for cutting, primarily, and does that well. The barong’s handle is great for powerful cutting and aligning the thrust. It is fun to handle, however, cutting orientated swords of that length are somewhat, well, problematic from a “fighting” perspective, imho. Both blades are very robust. Can’t go wrong with either if you like the style and want something to use hard and/or for constant training, without having to worry too much about maintenance etc. I thought the barong was meant to be a reasonable cut & thrust weapon which is why I was curious how it compared to the gladius. Do you feel the gladius is a better mix of the two then? |
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Post by cearball on Mar 20, 2018 2:13:24 GMT
A few questions. Is that the windlass 1860? If so how do you feel it compares to the French 1833 replica? Also did you get the French from USA? Yes, it’s the Windlass. It’s miles above the 1833 (which I got from a French seller). The 1860 is the “best” sword of that length category I`ve ever tried. Nimble, yet powerful, good hand protection and the right amount of blade curvature. I was talking with you about this in the "cold steel cutlass machete" thread. looks like you finally decided to pull the trigger. seems like it was a good purchase for you? |
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Mar 22, 2018 14:46:49 GMT
Thank's for the pictures of the Warsword Machete tang in the database!
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Mar 22, 2018 15:54:12 GMT
Haha!
How handles your pudao?
Blade heavy or balanced?
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Post by cearball on Mar 26, 2018 23:19:48 GMT
Hi,
Quick question.
Have you cut or tried thrusting with the 1860 cutlass?
I found the last 1/4 of the blade quite flexible on mine, is it similar on yours?
Wondering if that effects it in the thrust.
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Post by markus313 on Mar 4, 2019 21:20:34 GMT
Currently owned swords...
H/T EMSHS RK Euro 7 Windlass French C&T
CS EBS
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Hanwei Rapier blade shortened to smallsword, mounted on Southern Swords hanger fittings
Southern Swords 1840 NCO
Windlass 1860 Naval Cutlass
WE Dutch Klewang
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Post by markus313 on Mar 5, 2019 12:19:28 GMT
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Post by markus313 on Mar 5, 2019 12:22:26 GMT
clubs, sticks, staves and polearms
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Post by markus313 on Mar 5, 2019 12:23:11 GMT
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Post by pellius on Mar 5, 2019 15:00:36 GMT
Nice.
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Post by cearball on Mar 5, 2019 16:36:01 GMT
Did you sell your antique 1860?
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Post by markus313 on Mar 5, 2019 17:58:54 GMT
Did you sell your antique 1860? It`s for sale right now on the biggest German weapon sales site. |
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Post by cearball on Mar 5, 2019 18:47:23 GMT
Out of interest what is promoting the sale?
If I remember you said the handling was better than the Windlass replica or along those lines.
BTW I like what looks like a mounted CS warsword machete. I am annoyed they don't sell the machete in the UK.
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Post by markus313 on Mar 5, 2019 19:08:02 GMT
Out of interest what is promoting the sale? If I remember you said the handling was better than the Windlass replica or along those lines. BTW I like what looks like a mounted CS warsword machete. I am annoyed they don't sell the machete in the UK. Yes, the handling is better (more distal taper, better grip). But I think the repro`s handling isn’t that much worse. Selling to finance my new stuff (and my offspring, of course, lol).
Mounting the CS CWSM on the CS Swiss halberd`s shaft was a fun project. Didn`t like the machete as it was – though not much of a fan of it now either, I must say  |
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Post by markus313 on Mar 9, 2019 11:09:17 GMT
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Post by markus313 on Mar 9, 2019 11:10:01 GMT
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