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Post by MichaelRS on Aug 27, 2021 5:23:21 GMT
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Post by MichaelRS on Aug 27, 2021 8:34:31 GMT
Man I got a headache from trying to read that argument back and forth. Probably mostly cuz I don't understand a lot of what they're talking about. But man! Guess I'll be just sticking with my little productions from Hanbon Forge for a while š
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Post by loveofswords on Aug 27, 2021 10:07:50 GMT
Heās on this forum trying to peddle his precious war gendaito and always starting ādebatesā with his little superficial knowledge regarding modern metallurgy and drawing up false equivalence about everything. For a guy with such āintelligence and educationā , I wondered how he even made it out of high school . All he does is just regurgitates Japanese old studies regarding mass produced , oil quenched guntos versus traditionally , individually made gendaito with little to no realization that 70-80+ years has passed and the field of metallurgy has evolved. Iāll give you guys a hint ā¦. His name is undead merchant ā¦. Drunk merchant ā¦ braindead merchant ā¦. Or whatever he calls himself nowadays. He even tries to discredit smiths such as Howard Clark , Walter Sorrells , and Rick Barrett that has over 25 + years of experience as amateur and not well-versed on blade smithing and that their swords are similar to the Hanwei oni , which he loves to drag on about it . If you guys ever encounter him , just ignore him and save yourself the hassle of trying to educate him . He doesnāt really care and only chooses snippets of āfactsā that supports his ātheoryā while ignoring the whole reference or study . sbg-sword-forum.forums.net/thread/65129/oil-quenching-water
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Post by JH Lee on Aug 27, 2021 12:01:46 GMT
I also had an extremely bizarre run-in with this pseudo-intellectual. By the disjointed and frantic way he picks fights with others and constantly puts words in people's mouths to straw-man his way to some imaginary victory... I have my doubts not only about his grandiose self-description but his overall mental stability.
Avoid. Ignore. Like you might ignore an unhinged screeching chihuahua. Taking the time to try to reason with the chihuahua is silly and a waste of energy/effort.
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Post by Jussi Ekholm on Aug 27, 2021 12:15:58 GMT
I think the important thing for the opening question is that I don't think you will be able to find a pre-1800 katana for under 1000$, one that would be really worth collecting in the long run.
I know financial limitations quite well, and I would recommend saving more money. However I understand that new people to the hobby won't wait 5 years to buy something, they want it now... It is a tricky situation.
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Post by pgandy on Aug 27, 2021 12:23:02 GMT
I am confident he is a banned member with sour grapes to peddle. And I suspect who he is. My suggestion is to ignore.
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Post by novak77 on Aug 27, 2021 15:16:21 GMT
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Post by RufusScorpius on Aug 27, 2021 16:20:53 GMT
I'm not into buying or selling nihinto so I have nothing to say about any that are for sale.
But as others have said, ignore the people that are stirring up trouble.
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Post by MichaelRS on Aug 27, 2021 16:29:31 GMT
I have since found all of the above to basically be true. He would probably do well at Starfleet Academy as he's definitely a space cadet.
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Post by zsg1313 on Aug 27, 2021 16:45:47 GMT
After 10 years on reddit there's a lot of people that lack basic human interaction skills.
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Post by alientude on Aug 27, 2021 16:47:03 GMT
After 10 years on reddit there's a lot of people that lack basic human interaction skills.
This is not limited to Reddit, as anybody who has worked fast food or retail can tell you!
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Post by JH Lee on Aug 27, 2021 16:51:04 GMT
I have since found all of the above to basically be true. He would probably do well at Starfleet Academy as he's definitely a space cadet. Hey now... the Academy has very high standards!!! Well... at least, they used to... before Abrams' Nu Trek (and everything after) started ruining things. I still cringe thinking about how Nu-Kirk just waltzed right in... and into the Captain's chair in the first reboot movie. Ugh. (puke) (puke) (puke)
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Post by RufusScorpius on Aug 27, 2021 17:18:18 GMT
Nu-Trek is like a cheap Chinese knock-off copy from the seediest factory in a backwater industrial town. The kind of knock-off that doesn't even have the right product color and the cover art is misspelled.
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Post by Cottontail Customs on Aug 27, 2021 17:57:39 GMT
it's the undead merchant guy, no? sounds a lot like him at least. I'm guessing he was banned from sbg temporarily or permanently, for hacking the forum or at least for being a general nuisance. his fb page header reads: "If you came to my page, thereās a 50% chance youāre mad." I don't think he's new to pissing people off
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Post by pellius on Aug 27, 2021 18:02:07 GMT
SBG Forum Member Responsibilities
As a Member of the SBG Forum, you have a responsibility to:
1. Contribute to the safe and family friendly environmentā¦
4. To treat other Members, staff and moderators with respect at all times..
9. Trolling will not be tolerated under any circumstance. Definition of trolling (from Wikipedia): "In Internet slang, a troll (/ĖtroŹl/, /ĖtrÉl/) is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion."
sbg-sword-forum.forums.net/thread/18656/quot-rules
The OP is close to trolling. If thereās an argument, controversy, or other dispute somewhere else on the Internet, kindly leave it there. If you would like to create a new argument here, please refrain. If you wish to discuss substantive matters here, please do so within the Rules.
Name-calling an individual invites a response in kind, and meets the definition of disrespectful treatment. Please refrain, no matter how justified or clever you believe you are.
Thank you.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2021 13:57:56 GMT
I also had an extremely bizarre run-in with this pseudo-intellectual. By the disjointed and frantic way he picks fights with others and constantly puts words in people's mouths to straw-man his way to some imaginary victory... I have my doubts not only about his grandiose self-description but his overall mental stability. Avoid. Ignore. Like you might ignore an unhinged screeching chihuahua. Taking the time to try to reason with the chihuahua is silly and a waste of energy/effort. Sums up all of reddits methods of arguments
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Post by Robert in California on Aug 29, 2021 16:32:51 GMT
For a $1,000usd budget, one can get a nice Chinese-made modern ("reproduction"? copy of a nihonto? Or however one wants to put it.) katana. Huawei's excellent top line mono DH T10 katana (which I admire...love the nakago work!) is in his budget. Most expensive Jkoo/Sinosword on their site is $599 plus shipping. SBG store has good stuff in his price budget.
But a pre-1800 genuine nihonto waki or katana is going to be way more expensive. Even what I used to buy in the $300 to $500usd range back in the 1970's (WWII guntos) in good condition are not going to be in his budget. Unless maybe if it is a "study piece" (code for a badly kizu'ed blade).
One should buy what they can afford. Can afford a Ford, buy a Ford. Or keep saving and take the bus.
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Post by Drunk Merchant on Jan 16, 2022 18:56:54 GMT
Oh wow. So Iāve been taking a break for a bit, never imagined Iād find myself mistakenly blown up to supervillain proportions when I next check. You donāt have anything to worry about people, Iām not that guy. I would wager you might have been trolled by someone who wanted to see both sites fight as a quick check says OP was lifetime banned from Kompletely Katana for trolling www.reddit.com/r/Katanas/comments/qqbf6a/kicked_out_of_kompletely_katana/If Iāve been rude to any of you Iād like to burry the hatchet, Iām sorry. There we go, Iām sorry. My knee jerk response is if someone insults me (ābrain dead merchantā)is to get very smart aleck, maybe thatās a bad response. So anyways, sorry, burying my hatchet. hacking the forum or at least for being a general nuisance. his fb page header reads: "If you came to my page, thereās a 50% chance youāre mad." I don't think he's new to pissing people off For the record Iām not that multitalented, I never hacked, I may have been a victim of hacking and I do not have a Facebook. Perhaps that daring rogue youāre talking about on Facebook is the one OP mentioned in their story about being banned by the Facebook swords community, but alas. Not me, I donāt believe in Facebook. Iām not a hacking supervillain. Iām just a clown who liked jokes too much. Attachments:
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Post by Cottontail Customs on Jan 17, 2022 2:10:10 GMT
oh, you're back. yay........
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Post by shepherd214 on Jan 17, 2022 17:33:31 GMT
This is the guy who said quenching blades in commercial grade quenching oil scientifically designed for quenching carbon steel blades is bad. I would just ignore.
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