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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on May 11, 2021 9:09:21 GMT
You deserve it Trap. Btw, if you see a lovely sword stuck in a stone, don't walk away and try your damned best to pull that sucker out. I'm getting a jackhammer and eating away at the outside of the stone till I can get it out. I wonder if that will be accepted to make me king? "... He technically got it out" "Who cares about that sempriniesque sword, he has a magic jackhammer, he must be our king!"
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Post by MatthewGMK on May 11, 2021 11:44:43 GMT
Some generous stranger: I wanna spend 20k to buy you a sword :D Sbg:... But do I deserve said sword?... No. I think I'll stick with my collection 🧐 Ohhhh, we're going to change the nature of the " question " are we ? from If you had the money ... to Some generous stranger ... Well, okay then ... first off, he or she better arrange connections in Japan. THEN he or she better make sure I get all the necessary paperwork and authentication necessary to prove the Japanese Blade I will request be made IS a recent but traditionally made Japanese sword, made BY a thoroughly licensed and authentic Japanese Sword Smith. I'll want the receipt, too, to prove whoever spent ALL twenty-thousand smackaroons ... Then I'd re-sell it for oh, say $15K-or-so ... ... and get the roof of my house replaced. As far as " deserving said sword " ... maybe that has more to do with my inner psychology, but if you're just some common mook chopping pool noodles and water bottles in the yard next to a broken lawn mower and a water fountain that doesn't run ... would you really feel you deserve a $20K custom made sword of any kind ? ? ?
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Post by RufusScorpius on May 11, 2021 12:42:34 GMT
Even if I could afford it, I just don't see how it would be possible or justifiable to spend 20k on a single sword. 10k I could see, but that would be the upper limit of even a custom design by a well known maker.
Possibly, just possibly, I could do 20k on a custom sword, assuming it was made by Jaguar as a compliment to my F-type, with factory vin number matching and certificates of authenticity etc, and with English style accoutrements that matched the trim colors and style of the car. It would have to come with a spring loaded quick release attachment for the boot. That I could maybe spend the money on.
20k for a museum piece, on the other hand, is quite doable. I could justify spending that much for a sword with lineage and historical significance. But for a new one? No, not my style.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on May 11, 2021 13:04:57 GMT
I think museum pieces should be in a museum. I'd fear to destroy such a gem all the time. With 20k to spend and to justify I'd go custom and get a freshly made exbavaribur.
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on May 11, 2021 13:36:52 GMT
So...here's a view no one has taken... I'd get an Albion, and spend the excess on a scabbard with resalable gems, gold etc. I mean 19k of gold isn't that much....
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Post by RufusScorpius on May 11, 2021 14:35:38 GMT
So...here's a view no one has taken... I'd get an Albion, and spend the excess on a scabbard with resalable gems, gold etc. I mean 19k of gold isn't that much.... That's true. I saw a large emerald ring at a jewelry store with a $40k price tag. So are we talking about a JKOO custom with a $19,850 scabbard?
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on May 11, 2021 14:38:04 GMT
I prefer dreaming of a 20k sword over dreaming of a 20k scabbard!
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Post by Lord Newport on May 11, 2021 15:53:23 GMT
I have a couple modern made daisho's and a gendaito that have appreciated to almost $20k from when I bought them. I don't know that I would spend spend $20k to acquire any sword now. I'm pretty happy with my Albion's as far as medieval blades go. I am spending a bit more than Albion pricing on a Maciej Kopciuch sword that is in the final stages of production. While more than an Albion, I am getting a very nice custom scabbard with the sword so I suppose it is comparable to Albion in price.
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Post by treeslicer on May 11, 2021 16:40:42 GMT
I'm getting a jackhammer and eating away at the outside of the stone till I can get it out. I wonder if that will be accepted to make me king? "... He technically got it out" "Who cares about that sempriniesque sword, he has a magic jackhammer, he must be our king!" That would make one excellent fantasy movie.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on May 11, 2021 16:58:33 GMT
... but with Bruce Campbell in the main roll!
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Post by treeslicer on May 11, 2021 17:25:12 GMT
... but with Bruce Campbell in the main roll! Yup. It would be bigger than Bubba Ho-Tep.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on May 11, 2021 18:04:45 GMT
Amen!
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on May 11, 2021 19:05:48 GMT
Mine was because I don't need/want a battle ready bit o'bling, I want functional. And functionally, I don't know if you're gonna get better by paying more... But I'm all for a scabbard that is blinged to the max
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Post by howler on May 11, 2021 20:16:35 GMT
... but with Bruce Campbell in the main roll! Yup. It would be bigger than Bubba Ho-Tep. Great movie. Bruce nailed it.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2021 21:20:07 GMT
Mine was because I don't need/want a battle ready bit o'bling, I want functional. And functionally, I don't know if you're gonna get better by paying more... But I'm all for a scabbard that is blinged to the max Yea that's pretty much what I was going for, aside from the solid silver hilt (carved and detailed amazingly I forgot to add). I would go silver so it can have power over werewolves
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2021 21:23:06 GMT
Some generous stranger: I wanna spend 20k to buy you a sword Sbg:... But do I deserve said sword?... No. I think I'll stick with my collection 🧐 Ohhhh, we're going to change the nature of the " question " are we ? from If you had the money ... to Some generous stranger ... Well, okay then ... first off, he or she better arrange connections in Japan. THEN he or she better make sure I get all the necessary paperwork and authentication necessary to prove the Japanese Blade I will request be made IS a recent but traditionally made Japanese sword, made BY a thoroughly licensed and authentic Japanese Sword Smith. I'll want the receipt, too, to prove whoever spent ALL twenty-thousand smackaroons ... Then I'd re-sell it for oh, say $15K-or-so ... ... and get the roof of my house replaced. As far as " deserving said sword " ... maybe that has more to do with my inner psychology, but if you're just some common mook chopping pool noodles and water bottles in the yard next to a broken lawn mower and a water fountain that doesn't run ... would you really feel you deserve a $20K custom made sword of any kind ? ? ? Oh heck yes. I have an over inflated sense of self worth. Give me Excalibur. Give me masumune. Give me a Ferrari. I'll have it all. Growing up impovrished didn't do much to make me humble And as for the nature of the question, sometimes it's a necessary thing to do 😎 how else we gonna see how people will answer the question? I like your train of thinking on the selling it part. If I sold my custom sword after, even at a steal, I could buy so much armour and albions
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Post by howler on May 11, 2021 22:29:44 GMT
Mine was because I don't need/want a battle ready bit o'bling, I want functional. And functionally, I don't know if you're gonna get better by paying more... But I'm all for a scabbard that is blinged to the max Yea that's pretty much what I was going for, aside from the solid silver hilt (carved and detailed amazingly I forgot to add). I would go silver so it can have power over werewolves You are a werewolf, Trap.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2021 0:03:05 GMT
Yea that's pretty much what I was going for, aside from the solid silver hilt (carved and detailed amazingly I forgot to add). I would go silver so it can have power over werewolves You are a werewolf, Trap. The rare case when a sword is worth more than the hand that wields it 😢
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2021 5:28:23 GMT
I'm getting a jackhammer and eating away at the outside of the stone till I can get it out. I wonder if that will be accepted to make me king? "... He technically got it out" "Who cares about that sempriniesque sword, he has a magic jackhammer, he must be our king!" 😹😹😹😹
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