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Post by pgandy on Aug 31, 2019 17:15:34 GMT
I’m afraid the thread “Grip Band” in Sword Customization was a bit too much for me this morning and I took my M1860 sabre out and cut. With that out of my system I made a couple more with my CS Backsword. Not a long cession by any means but all went well using 1.8 L plastic bottles and 1 L cartons. I used only a #2 cuts and all were silent cuts. Who came up with such a name? AWK. And I retired with a good feeling of success and the muscles saying thanks I needed that.
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Post by christain on Aug 31, 2019 19:13:44 GMT
I did a little early morning cutting too! It's finally raining here after almost a month without, so I decided to take a couple of my swords out to the garage and stretch a few muscles. My CS Gladius machete made shreds out of an old KoA box. That thing is just WICKED. I may get another one just for kicks. Apparently, that wasn't enough. Then I went to the 'man-cave' and got my Hanwei Rhinelander. I guess it's my least used sword, so I decided to give'er a go. Two more old boxes and three 2-liter soda bottles later.....yeah, baby. My dogs WILL NOT go out the door now. --------
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Post by markus313 on Sept 1, 2019 9:07:39 GMT
My dogs WILL NOT go out the door now. -------- Lol, I can relate My dad used to have a well-trained but ultra aggressive German shepard. Didn’t mind us training in the barn, swinging sticks and swords and stuff, just chilling by himself in the corner looking like “just mind my space, guys”. He had no problems with sticks and swords, but when we brought out the big shields, he didn’t want anything to do with those… “what the heck are those?!” Attachments:
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Post by pgandy on Sept 1, 2019 14:27:07 GMT
I wasn’t going to make a reply to Christain’s dog comment but now since you mentioned it my dog finds something to do in the next room when I start PT with sword. And I hadn’t thought of it as I do it so seldom in the house but I believe faster if a shield is involved when I want to check something out.
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Post by markus313 on Sept 1, 2019 16:11:29 GMT
He must sense your earnestness! I also think it has something to do with enlarging the physical appearance, and a plain/flat surface is not easy to bite into.
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Post by pgandy on Sept 1, 2019 17:19:46 GMT
He must sense your earnestness! I also think it has something to do with enlarging the physical appearance, and a plain/flat surface is not easy to bite into. I think you have something there. Early on when I was in the streets more and hadn’t decided on what weapon I carried a sombrilla (a small umbrella) I found that by opening and closing it rapidly scared off threatening dogs. To really get some action I would advance quickly towards the dog while opening and closing. That was probably the most effective defence I found against a dog. With a cane they have come to within striking distance and I whacked more than one. With sword they also came into sticking range although I have not yet done that but instead offer point and they couldn’t figure out how to get around that. When my dog was a young puppy he once greeted me in the patio on a rainy day. I had already folded my sombilla to pass the gates and once in the patio I opened it in order to dry. I found my pup under the bed.
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