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Post by exosolas on Jan 24, 2019 8:12:14 GMT
I found this seller on ebay. I saw that they sell 1060, t10, 1095 katanas. They also offer customizations. Not sure if its any worth to buy swords from that seller. Any thoughts?
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Post by Adrian Jordan on Jan 24, 2019 8:38:59 GMT
Looks really run of the mill. Very likely a reseller from one of the popular low cost forges in the vein of Ryansword, Swords of Northshire or Hanbon. You can get decent stuff from any of them, but I'd stay really far away from anything claiming to be folded or laminated. I also wouldn't put much stock into the blade being the steel advertised. Again, not trying to poo poo them, but I'd stick to their $100-ish monosteel offerings and accept that it may have some shortcomings.
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Post by stormmaster on Jan 24, 2019 18:28:48 GMT
sinoswords, huawei are the go to for cheaper katanas and jians, rest are meh
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Post by exosolas on Jan 27, 2019 5:12:30 GMT
I have looked at sinosword. However, I noticed that their site is not secure at all. Im not even sure if I can contact them for specific questions because my privacy might get compromised.
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Post by Faldarin on Jan 27, 2019 16:46:27 GMT
I have looked at sinosword. However, I noticed that their site is not secure at all. Im not even sure if I can contact them for specific questions because my privacy might get compromised. If you're worried about that - email them directly. I'm pretty certain some people have been able to work out things direct over email.
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Post by exosolas on Jan 28, 2019 7:58:47 GMT
Oh ok. Thanks for your answer.
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Post by ANDREAS on Apr 22, 2019 12:55:33 GMT
It is normal that a sword of AISI 1060 steel with high carbon and high quality steel and in 1095 to be beaten to fold 13 times to create 8192 layers and a hit a tree to bend?
I hit a tree and have a blade bent. The seller tried to fool me by signing the rating. In the description on ebay the blade has been folded 13 times, in the message the seller (vansword168) says it is folded 14 times for me. Sells toy blades and non-functional. The price is $ 149
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Post by maewyn on Apr 22, 2019 13:32:21 GMT
You hit a tree and it bent.Yup that's what they do
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Post by ANDREAS on Apr 22, 2019 13:52:09 GMT
is my first sword and I tried it on a tree.
I was too tough with her? or is Chinese steel ?
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Apr 22, 2019 14:18:23 GMT
Swords are not made for cutting down trees, even the best swords can't do this and will bend or break. Axes are made for cutting down trees.
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Post by ANDREAS on Apr 22, 2019 14:30:35 GMT
Just once I hit harder .
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Post by Andreas on Apr 22, 2019 14:43:10 GMT
and twice easy.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2019 16:19:27 GMT
Be glad you learned your lesson with a $149 sword. It could have been a lot more expensive.
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Post by maewyn on Apr 22, 2019 16:38:50 GMT
No sir,it was the tree.Swords arent made for that.Although it was probably poorly made from that vendor anyway,it didnt matter much.Mats,bottles and some swords for bamboo,but not a tree.
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Post by Andreas on Apr 22, 2019 18:22:19 GMT
The tree was 8 cm in diameter, and the Chinese said the sword was ready for the fight.
Thanks for the answers, I remain in my opinion, Chinese steel - Scheiße Steel.
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Post by Zen_Hydra on Apr 22, 2019 18:40:03 GMT
The tree was 8 cm in diameter, and the Chinese said the sword was ready for the fight. Thanks for the answers, I remain in my opinion, Chinese steel - Scheiße Steel. Swords are not made to fight trees. Trying to cut through 8 cm of wood is abusive testing. I wouldn't do that with one of my Albions.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2019 18:56:45 GMT
There are makers who build their swords to stand up better to that kind of abuse. Scorpion Swords and Zombie Tools come to mind, but keep in mind the forces you are bringing to bear on your blade when you hit an 8cm tree. You are essentially bending the sword around the point of impact, and you succeeded. It bent.
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Post by pvsampson on Apr 24, 2019 9:25:48 GMT
The tree was 8 cm in diameter, and the Chinese said the sword was ready for the fight. Thanks for the answers, I remain in my opinion, Chinese steel - Scheiße Steel. Swords are not made to fight trees. Trying to cut through 8 cm of wood is abusive testing. I wouldn't do that with one of my Albions. I wouldn't do it with anything less than a chainsaw.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Apr 24, 2019 9:40:07 GMT
and obviously he refused to learn.
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Post by Silent on Apr 26, 2019 19:52:32 GMT
LOL. Any katana DH would take a set/bend if you hit it "hard" againts the tree. If might even chip the edge if you hit a hard tree on the knott or something.
Be gratefull u only "bent a cheap sword". With that said I would buy a chainsaw instead of a sword if you intend to trim down trees.
Jokes aside, Sinosword is a great seller and has some cheap TH T10 katanas which perform very good cheap 100 USD? Folded steel? You gain nothing from it in performance...
Cya
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