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Post by Jordan Williams on Nov 8, 2018 20:43:42 GMT
But you'll never need to block a bullet with a sword. If you want it go for it, but 500+ dollars is a lot to put down for what they are. I suppose it depends on what you want. If you want nothing more than a wall hanger than I would recommend spending about $25 on a stainless steel SLO (Sword Like Object) which can look really good on the wall but doesn't function well as a real sword. Like I said, if it speaks to you and you want it go for it. I just wanted to offer my own advice from my experience in sword collecting, which started out as me wanting a durable sword but turned into wanting a sword that handled and performed like the historical counterpoint, which turned into actually owning the originals themselves. Still have repros of what I can't get, but I think that owning a sword that is basically a bar of steel with edge bevels is a waste of 500 dollars. Please don't take what I'm writing as me trying to offend you by disliking your choice of sword, but more that I'm just stating my opinion, which is that badger blades are very overpriced for what they are, and you can get way better quality for much less money, if not being able to withstand a bullet to the flat.
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Post by xtremetrainer on Nov 9, 2018 15:51:19 GMT
I suppose it depends on what you want. If you want nothing more than a wall hanger than I would recommend spending about $25 on a stainless steel SLO (Sword Like Object) which can look really good on the wall but doesn't function well as a real sword. Like I said, if it speaks to you and you want it go for it. I just wanted to offer my own advice from my experience in sword collecting, which started out as me wanting a durable sword but turned into wanting a sword that handled and performed like the historical counterpoint, which turned into actually owning the originals themselves. Still have repros of what I can't get, but I think that owning a sword that is basically a bar of steel with edge bevels is a waste of 500 dollars. Please don't take what I'm writing as me trying to offend you by disliking your choice of sword, but more that I'm just stating my opinion, which is that badger blades are very overpriced for what they are, and you can get way better quality for much less money, if not being able to withstand a bullet to the flat. So any brands you would recommend? I want a good functional sword not just a wall hanger.
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Post by Jordan Williams on Nov 9, 2018 17:31:18 GMT
Like I said, if it speaks to you and you want it go for it. I just wanted to offer my own advice from my experience in sword collecting, which started out as me wanting a durable sword but turned into wanting a sword that handled and performed like the historical counterpoint, which turned into actually owning the originals themselves. Still have repros of what I can't get, but I think that owning a sword that is basically a bar of steel with edge bevels is a waste of 500 dollars. Please don't take what I'm writing as me trying to offend you by disliking your choice of sword, but more that I'm just stating my opinion, which is that badger blades are very overpriced for what they are, and you can get way better quality for much less money, if not being able to withstand a bullet to the flat. So any brands you would recommend? I want a good functional sword not just a wall hanger. There's some really good brands of sword in the prices that badger blades charges. The Albion squire line, Del Tin, Valiant Armoury come to mind. Kingston Arms is a bit cheaper and also has a few swords in their line up. At a higher price you can get an Albion museum or other lines, Arms and Armor, custom, and the Valiant Armoury hand made line. For cheaper swords Windlass and Cold Steel make beater swords, they're good but also good for the price that they charge, and easily outclassed by the higher brands.
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Post by xtremetrainer on Nov 10, 2018 22:01:43 GMT
So any brands you would recommend? I want a good functional sword not just a wall hanger. There's some really good brands of sword in the prices that badger blades charges. The Albion squire line, Del Tin, Valiant Armoury come to mind. Kingston Arms is a bit cheaper and also has a few swords in their line up. At a higher price you can get an Albion museum or other lines, Arms and Armor, custom, and the Valiant Armoury hand made line. For cheaper swords Windlass and Cold Steel make beater swords, they're good but also good for the price that they charge, and easily outclassed by the higher brands. I see. Its good to do research and I've seen swords that go for prices in which you can buy three or four badger blades or even more. And I've also seen what I would think would be decent swords for lower prices. I would be wary of too low a price though. Anything under $100 I would not trust to be used as anything other than a wall hanger.
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Post by pgandy on Nov 11, 2018 1:28:34 GMT
After my last post I brewed up some coffee over which I meditated. Now it’s an after dinner grog and I think about human nature. While I agree one gets what one pays for at the same time if it doesn’t cost an arm and leg it’s lacking. Right? Years ago I use to follow the gun show circuit as a dealer. A hobby if you will. I remember at the end of one show when everyone who hadn’t was packing up and I was looking hopefully for a last minute deal. I found a knife dealer with an inexpensive sheath knife and he gave me a good price on a dozen. I can’t remember the cost but cheap and thought surely I could double the price and move them fairly quickly. Two shows later I still had all dozen. So when they wouldn’t sell at that price I took a few dollars off, and still nothing. The next show I think it was I sold one. I lowered the price to what I paid for them just to get rid of the suckers and nothing. Damn! So I figured what the heck, what if I jacked the price up. I certainly won’t do worse than I am now. I think I put a tag on them something like three times my cost and I felt embarrassed. But I sold all within that and the next show.
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Post by xtremetrainer on Nov 11, 2018 2:28:13 GMT
After my last post I brewed up some coffee over which I meditated. Now it’s an after dinner grog and I think about human nature. While I agree one gets what one pays for at the same time if it doesn’t cost an arm and leg it’s lacking. Right? Years ago I use to follow the gun show circuit as a dealer. A hobby if you will. I remember at the end of one show when everyone who hadn’t was packing up and I was looking hopefully for a last minute deal. I found a knife dealer with an inexpensive sheath knife and he gave me a good price on a dozen. I can’t remember the cost but cheap and thought surely I could double the price and move them fairly quickly. Two shows later I still had all dozen. So when they wouldn’t sell at that price I took a few dollars off, and still nothing. The next show I think it was I sold one. I lowered the price to what I paid for them just to get rid of the suckers and nothing. Damn! So I figured what the heck, what if I jacked the price up. I certainly won’t do worse than I am now. I think I put a tag on them something like three times my cost and I felt embarrassed. But I sold all within that and the next show. That's a sales technique called foaming the top. The way it works is you increase sales by actually raising the price. People associate high prices with high quality, they say "if its expensive its got to be good." So that is one way you can do better in sales, when you bring up the price as paradoxical as that might seem. But you're selling more and making more money so its a definite win for you. You mention gun shows. Speaking of guns if you buy a Ruger at retail price you will be getting, in my opinion, more than what you pay for, at least with their revolvers. Ruger revolvers are not cheap but they also aren't super expensive like a Kimber for instance, although I would say a Ruger revolver is as good as if not better than a Kimber. Anyway, its been awhile since I've bought a sword although I've paid much more for swords than what the Badger Blades go for. Some people here would probably cringe if they knew how much I've spent on swords, and they would probably also cringe if they knew who I bought them from.
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Post by mpsmith47304 on Feb 16, 2019 17:40:23 GMT
A bit of thread necro, but.... Badger blades are sharpened boat anchors. They are not based on historical forms. Blade cross section and profiles are, to put it politely, less than optimal. A buddy bought one... what a waste of cash (IMO).
If you want to demo cracking cinder blocks, they are good for that. But they are not representative of an historical sword.
HAVING SAID THAT: it's your money. I may think buying one of those swords is a major waste of cash, but it's not my money. Just make your decision with your eyes wide open and don't just buy in to their sales patter.
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