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Post by vermithrax on Jul 1, 2017 1:52:33 GMT
Great post! I grew up in an inner city and no real family history. Then I saw "The Highlander" film and I was hooked!
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Post by Croccifixio on Jul 1, 2017 9:12:38 GMT
Hehe I've answered this question several times already, but I've never grown old of it. Funnily enough, a young sword collector I knew had an essay/survey assignment and asked me some questions which I can just post here (might go into more than just your topic though, so forgive my rambling and tangential answers):
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Jul 1, 2017 9:57:21 GMT
As a child I've read Prince Valiant and fantasy novels. I also was always interested in history. A few years ago I found out that I could order swords via internet. Mightybigbadaboom!
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Post by RickDastardly on Jul 1, 2017 14:19:14 GMT
Not sure I'm allowed to join in this thread... given that I don't actually have a sword (yet!). However, I'm a pirate at heart so rules can walk the plank As I approach half a century on this ball, I've realized that I'm missing a sword. I've always been interested in medieval weapons and combat, and swords in particular, for about as long as I can remember really. Some of that probably came from assorted movies and reading fantasy novels as a kid (and later, doing some D&D and LARP) but really I think I was born with the interest. I'm a few centuries displaced. My mother says I was always stealing the carving knives out of the kitchen to play with, when I was a really little kid (too young to remember that) and that she had to hide them. My first 'real' knife (a six inch bowie style) was a gift from my father when I was about nine. I did once go to a big martial arts supplier in town (I did a lot of karate in those days) and buy what was described as a 'battle ready' katana. The next day, after trying to sharpen it and finding it was basically made from shiny pot metal, I returned it in disgust. I've no interest in anything that's not 'real'. No internet in those days to buy online. Since then I got into collecting knives, slowly. I'm an outdoors enthusiast (backpacking, bushcraft/survival, jumping off mountains) so most of my knives were practical, at least to an extent that I could justify the purchase to myself (even an 18" Al Mar Pathfinder combat machete). If I was more wealthy I would have got into swords fully; I was interested enough. Life wasn't that kind though (medical reasons) so I had to limit my interests. Anyway, I don't intend leaving this planet without at least having one sword. In about a year that will be a cutlass and parrying dagger made by Rob Miller of Castle Keep. Unless I change my mind on the sword type in the meantime. I doubt that though; a good pirate cutlass will suit me. So, I suppose it's my equivalent of reaching a certain age and buying a Harley-Davidson, or suddenly starting going to rock concerts
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Post by Cosmoline on Jul 3, 2017 19:35:56 GMT
When I first handled a friend's Alibion Liechtenauer, and learned about HEMA. Since then I've been getting deeper into swords and fighting. I usually do three classes a week. Two in I.33 and one rotating. This summer the third class is messer. I love not only having old swords and accurate reproductions, but coming to a deeper understanding of how swords actually work.
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Post by Ifrit on Jul 8, 2017 5:02:08 GMT
I've given all kinds of answers on this, but I think to simplify it, I have always been drawn to swords. Since before I coukd even remember. My parents would take me to toy stores and to the cheap plastic katana I would always make my way over to.
It was always kinda just engrained in me. I used to think maybe a certain show got me into them, but I think I was into the shows cause it had swords
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Post by DangerDan on Aug 14, 2017 15:09:27 GMT
When I was a kid, I had an uncle who would pull out a bowie knife and help us cut sticks for roasting marshmallows. To me it WAS a sword, ha ha. Then years later it was a combination of the Highlander TV series and taking kenpo karate. Now I'm 33 and I have a pile of sharp things (and a few scars, ha ha) and my oldest 2 kids got their first knives (Victorinox classic sd).My how time flies.
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Post by gruggier on Sept 4, 2017 19:08:47 GMT
The look of anything Merovingian/Migration, Carolingian/Frankish/Norse, Norman, type X/Xa swords. To me these swords can be elaborate or simple looking. They have the blacksmiths heart and soul in to some of these designs. Even the modern blacksmiths who recreate these swords are limitless to the imagination of their creations and recreations. The ancient/antique swords are just awe inspiring to me. Then when modern day blacksmiths take up the challenge to recreate these historical pieces man it just blows me away. If I could only afford all of them....
LOL
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Post by howler on Sept 5, 2017 5:42:35 GMT
It started with knives (first folders, then fixed), which led to Katana (more common and popular at the time), followed by everything else that struck my fancy (Western types, polearms, machete type blades) as I became more immersed.
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Post by SandStormZA on Sept 5, 2017 7:20:44 GMT
I remember being a fan of swords from a young age, but collecting started with my grandfather. He gave me my first knives, a generic combat knife, and a Soligen-made simple folder. From there, I became a fan of kukris, then katanas, and after discovering Skallagrim's channel, European weapons.
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Post by christain on Sept 6, 2017 14:42:01 GMT
When I was just a young kid(7or8), my Uncle had a huge(to me) Brazilian-made machete that he used to chop kindling wood. I remember seeing that big blade swish through those chunks of firewood and leave them in thin slivers. I was thoroughly impressed, and knew from that moment that one day...one day...I would have a big ol' blade like that. Now, 40-odd years later, I have a room full of them with no plans of stopping yet. (And I DON'T chop kindling with them.) Hmmm...I might have to build a bigger room. ....Chris
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 2:02:23 GMT
Because knife blades are short.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 13:32:34 GMT
Because machete blades are too flat.
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