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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2008 22:05:17 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2008 22:51:45 GMT
Based on the price I would believe it is a Musashi. The Chinese DaDao is not very complicated in design. It wouldn't cost much for them to produce it. It's just a big chunk of steel with a handle and guard. What would be interesting is the performance of the blade. If it is high quality this would pretty well kill Cold Steel's DaDao business or anybody's for that matter. Musashi puts out quality blades. Depending on the price point their fittings can be hit or miss. This one doesn't have much in fittings and so the blade should be rock solid.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2008 0:04:41 GMT
and if its better then paul chens....were also talking 30-50$ less!!!
maybe when i get some money soon...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2008 3:17:05 GMT
"blood grooves"....AAAAARRRRGGGHHH!
But looks like it might be a good buy if you want a helluva chopper.
Somebody get one and test it. 'Tis not my cup of tea, or I would.
- R
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2008 6:38:04 GMT
Based on the price I would believe it is a Musashi. The Chinese DaDao is not very complicated in design. It wouldn't cost much for them to produce it. It's just a big chunk of steel with a handle ad guard. What would be interesting is the performance of the blade. If it is high quality this would pretty well kill Cold Steel's DaDao business or anybody's for that matter. Musashi puts out quality blades. Depending on the price point their fittings can be hit or miss. This one doesn't have much in fittings and so the blade should be rock solid. I would like to think that this da doa will not kill the other company da doa business but more or less introduce people to Da dao .The picking is slim out there for Da doa so far I only see Cold steel , Han wie and Master Zhi . I came across Linton made Da Dao at $135 from some website but I could not remember the place. Garrett's Da Dao still beat them all  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2008 6:56:56 GMT
I saw that the other day too. Assuming there isn't just a rat tail between the blade and ring (ya never know), it might be worth a shot. Just noticed it's listed as a "full tang" item, but it could still be a skinny tang. Dammit! I wish there was some way to tell.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2008 12:09:05 GMT
wait, I think this is bodgy, I haven't seen anything on the musashi website about this, don't you think if this was a genuine musashi it would be on the website?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2008 13:39:21 GMT
I agree with wraith. It even said in the description that musashi was "Taking a break from making katanas", so you would think they would say something on their website. Maybe someone should email musashi just to double check.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2008 12:33:05 GMT
Or PM Zinje, though we haven't seen him around for an age.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2008 17:36:45 GMT
Notice nothing is said about blade thickness! Probably about 1/16 in. (2mm). Sort of like the "300" sword but only 1045!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2008 17:50:09 GMT
eh well i hope someone takes the plundge cuz i might be intrested
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2008 22:54:50 GMT
Okay people. I've emailed Zinje twice about this and this is what I got:
Hi Martin,
I honestly don't know about these Chinese swords. All I know is they come from the same distributor as the Musashi Line. Probably not from the same forge.
Roger
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2008 9:45:29 GMT
eh well i hope someone takes the plundge cuz i might be intrested I decide to order it once I realized that Trueswords.com is SBG sponsor so they would not push bad stuff on us (wouldn't they ?) . They e-mail me about the weight of this dao which is 3.5 pounds so it is right in the spec of the Da Dao. I have Cold steel factory second Chinese battle sword so I can compare them side by side. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2008 19:41:43 GMT
cool cant wait to see how it works out
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2008 7:51:12 GMT
Eeexcellent! Looking forward to a review and comparison with the CS model.  |
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