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Post by Gunnar Wolfgard on Feb 22, 2018 16:18:05 GMT
Maybe now that he's started the craftsman line, he'll do the Suontaka again, this time from scratch. I know, chances not great - but knowing Sonny, it can't hurt to ask. last time I asked it is in the works, he was just waiting for the fittings but I would still be patient, yeah last time he used a h/t viking blade which is why it was at the 1100 dollar range, tho I believe one used a valiant hademark blade or some other viking blade by valiant and that one was johns and was a bit more expensive Last I asked him too but that was last year and still haven't even seen a prototype yet and I check his Facebook page weekly. Like I said, the sword that should have been but never was. I would have no problem with him using one of his current Viking blades but not the Hedemark. It looks more European than Viking. The Norseman and Hjalmarr blade would work fine for me.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2018 16:25:47 GMT
Even if it was just the axe-head, I'd buy one right now. Deepeeka
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Post by 28shadow on Feb 22, 2018 16:36:31 GMT
I'd like to see manufacturers offer more bare blades. Several <$500 blades are actually kinda good or can be made really good with just a tiny bit of effort. Fittings are almost universally neglected at this range and the whole package suffers for it. With just a little bit of work you can put a good blade in good fittings and then the entire sword will be...good.
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Post by elbrittania39 on Feb 22, 2018 16:39:56 GMT
I'd like to see manufacturers offer more bare blades. Several <$500 blades are actually kinda good or can be made really good with just a tiny bit of effort. Fittings are almost universally neglected at this range and the whole package suffers for it. With just a little bit of work you can put a good blade in good fittings and then the entire sword will be...good. I'm right there with you. I'd love to see H/T bare backsword and saber blades.
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Post by stormmaster on Feb 22, 2018 16:43:06 GMT
last time I asked it is in the works, he was just waiting for the fittings but I would still be patient, yeah last time he used a h/t viking blade which is why it was at the 1100 dollar range, tho I believe one used a valiant hademark blade or some other viking blade by valiant and that one was johns and was a bit more expensive Last I asked him too but that was last year and still haven't even seen a prototype yet and I check his Facebook page weekly. Like I said, the sword that should have been but never was. I would have no problem with him using one of his current Viking blades but not the Hedemark. It looks more European than Viking. The Norseman and Hjalmarr blade would work fine for me. The one I was thinking about had a norseman blade not the hademark actually, John is working on the fittings last I checked about a month or 2 ago but still have some time before it will be ready
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Post by 28shadow on Feb 22, 2018 16:45:04 GMT
I'd like to see manufacturers offer more bare blades. Several <$500 blades are actually kinda good or can be made really good with just a tiny bit of effort. Fittings are almost universally neglected at this range and the whole package suffers for it. With just a little bit of work you can put a good blade in good fittings and then the entire sword will be...good. I'm right there with you. I'd love to see H/T bare backsword and saber blades. Don't even have to get Tinker involved though if he started designing more swords for the Hanwei Line I wouldn't complain. If Windlass were to offer tempered bare blades of a few varying styles along with a bunch of hilt components that weren't slotted/drilled yet I'd be stoked.
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Post by Jordan Williams on Feb 22, 2018 17:00:55 GMT
I'm right there with you. I'd love to see H/T bare backsword and saber blades. Don't even have to get Tinker involved though if he started designing more swords for the Hanwei Line I wouldn't complain. If Windlass were to offer tempered bare blades of a few varying styles along with a bunch of hilt components that weren't slotted/drilled yet I'd be stoked. Like their 1803 blade, that thing was great.
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Post by Gunnar Wolfgard on Feb 22, 2018 17:03:35 GMT
To be honest I'm getting tired of all the excuses and delays on Valiant Armoury's Suontaka.. I found a company in Scotland making exact replicas with wood grips with bronze inlays for 750 lbs. which if I calculated it right is about $1,045. Just need to find out the price on shipping and taxes and if it's not to high I'll pull the trigger on it. If you snooze you loose.
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Post by 28shadow on Feb 22, 2018 17:08:18 GMT
Don't even have to get Tinker involved though if he started designing more swords for the Hanwei Line I wouldn't complain. If Windlass were to offer tempered bare blades of a few varying styles along with a bunch of hilt components that weren't slotted/drilled yet I'd be stoked. Like their 1803 blade, that thing was great. Still have mine with the rolled tip. Handles well though. If Windlass made blades like that available to the public all the time I'd be ecstatic.
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Post by elbrittania39 on Feb 22, 2018 17:39:37 GMT
Like their 1803 blade, that thing was great. Still have mine with the rolled tip. Handles well though. If Windlass made blades like that available to the public all the time I'd be ecstatic. Can they please use us for market research > _ <
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Post by stormmaster on Feb 22, 2018 17:41:44 GMT
To be honest I'm getting tired of all the excuses and delays on Valiant Armoury's Suontaka.. I found a company in Scotland making exact replicas with wood grips with bronze inlays for 750 lbs. which if I calculated it right is about $1,045. Just need to find out the price on shipping and taxes and if it's not to high I'll pull the trigger on it. If you snooze you loose. i mean, good things take time to get ready, and i know the forge u are talking about, mcdonaldarms i believe, if u go through with it lemme know how u feel about them, i saw their suontaka ages ago but i didnt see many review on them so i decided not to get it and in my opinion the va one looks better www.macdonaldarms.com/armoury/SuontakaSword.php
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Feb 22, 2018 18:09:59 GMT
I'd like to see an Excalibur that is plausible, a late roman or early medieval spatha, perhaps with a little bit plingpling 'cause it's a king's sword, but without fantasy squiggles.
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Post by randomnobody on Feb 22, 2018 20:10:16 GMT
Anybody but the India crew. Windlass tried, and failed; Deepeeka offers some pieces that...kinda look the part, but not quite, and they're the wrong sized anyway. I'm not sure Universal or Weapon Edge etc would make one significantly different to the other two. Hanwei probably wouldn't do it well, I'm not sure if the Philippine companies could do it... I'm honestly not even sure who could.
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Post by Gunnar Wolfgard on Feb 22, 2018 22:49:45 GMT
To be honest I'm getting tired of all the excuses and delays on Valiant Armoury's Suontaka.. I found a company in Scotland making exact replicas with wood grips with bronze inlays for 750 lbs. which if I calculated it right is about $1,045. Just need to find out the price on shipping and taxes and if it's not to high I'll pull the trigger on it. If you snooze you loose. i mean, good things take time to get ready, and i know the forge u are talking about, mcdonaldarms i believe, if u go through with it lemme know how u feel about them, i saw their suontaka ages ago but i didnt see many review on them so i decided not to get it and in my opinion the va one looks better www.macdonaldarms.com/armoury/SuontakaSword.phpThe better looking Suontaka will be the one hanging on the middle of my display not the one delivered the day after they pile dirt on top of me.
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Post by zabazagobo on Feb 22, 2018 22:59:47 GMT
A Valiant Armoury Suontaka, yeah I know, I'm living in a fantasy world. That's going to go down in history as the sword that should have been but never was. No kidding. I'm still hopeful there will be a production run someday
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Post by zabazagobo on Feb 22, 2018 23:02:04 GMT
I can't agree enough there should be more Chinese swords on the market. More Bagua Dao would be a nice change from the small oxtail dao
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Post by demonskull on Feb 22, 2018 23:12:36 GMT
I'm normally not too into Fantasy blades but, if someone manufactured some thing similar to Rick Barret's Longclaw, I'd be right there.
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Post by leviathansteak on Feb 22, 2018 23:58:02 GMT
I still have yet to see a good one handed messer in general production, affordable and is historically accurate/ plausible. The smaller cold steel messer has the goofy black coating and is not hilted like a messer. The darksword messer is too heavy and its darksword. The heat treat may not be reliable? Have you seen the new condor Messers? They looked promising. I did.. no nagel and the guards look stamped from sheet steel. The pommel is... weird.. Gosh i must sound really picky now haha
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Post by elbrittania39 on Feb 23, 2018 0:00:41 GMT
Have you seen the new condor Messers? They looked promising. I did.. no nagel and the guards look stamped from sheet steel. The pommel is... weird.. Gosh i must sound really picky now haha Not at all! You shouldnt spend money on something you dont like. I like the pommel, thought it was neat it resembled the condor logo but it is a weird choice for a messer, no doubt.
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Post by legacyofthesword on Feb 23, 2018 5:47:35 GMT
1. Historically accurate rapier (with a blade that isn't way too short like almost all repros).
2. Historically accurate cinquedea.
3. Historically accurate shamshir.
4. Historically accurate pugio.
5. Historically accurate... oh, you get the idea.
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