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Post by ineffableone on Jun 13, 2024 18:30:15 GMT
So I haven’t been active on SBG for quite awhile. I now live on 40 acres of rural property. It’s 2.5 miles just to the gravel county road from my house. I’m at 2,500 ft elevation and town is at 900 ft. I’ve been living in a 25 ‘ trailer for the last 5 yrs (so sick of not being able to put my arms above my head). Last winter I finally moved into the house I’m building, due to a fire that burned a lot up here. I’m still hauling water and only have 600 watts of solar. The fire burned the solar panels for the house and the insulated water pipe that runs from the well to the cistern then the house. I had dug the trench for the water line but hadn’t burned it yet. The number was going to hook up the water line when the fire happened. If it had been hooked up I would have burned it. Life has been busy, but I still have swords and bows and love bladed objects. I have to go to town to get online, as I don’t have internet at my house yet. Getting this sword from Siamese Edge I had to share with SBG so I’ll post a review after I get it. I have a Hanwai Banshee and love it but thought it was time to upgrade to something more traditional. I already have anther Hanwei with the Scott Rodell Cutting Jain. So I figure the Banshee was a good one to upgrade. I also have a Kissaki-moroha-zukuri katana from ST Sword (they changed their name shortly after I got my sword). I also have a Valiant Armory Malatesta. I have a Samick Sage recurve take down bow and I built a Penobscot bow.
The Siamese Edge Dha blade had a flaw they saw when mounting it, so there reforging the blade.
Siamese Edge said they were going to reforge the blade, so instead of getting it last month I have to wait until this month. I'm glad they noticed the flaw. While it sucks to wait, it's better than a catastrophic failure while using it.
So when I get the new one I'll post a review of it.
I probably still wont be very active here until I get internet at my house. But I'll probably be lurking until then.
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Post by treeslicer on Jun 13, 2024 19:36:18 GMT
So I haven’t been active on SBG for quite awhile. I now live on 40 acres of rural property. It’s 2.5 miles just to the gravel county road from my house. I’m at 2,500 ft elevation and town is at 900 ft. I’ve been living in a 25 ‘ trailer for the last 5 yrs (so sick of not being able to put my arms above my head). Last winter I finally moved into the house I’m building, due to a fire that burned a lot up here. I’m still hauling water and only have 600 watts of solar. The fire burned the solar panels for the house and the insulated water pipe that runs from the well to the cistern then the house. I had dug the trench for the water line but hadn’t burned it yet. The number was going to hook up the water line when the fire happened. If it had been hooked up I would have burned it. Life has been busy, but I still have swords and bows and love bladed objects. I have to go to town to get online, as I don’t have internet at my house yet. Getting this sword from Siamese Edge I had to share with SBG so I’ll post a review after I get it. I have a Hanwai Banshee and love it but thought it was time to upgrade to something more traditional. I already have anther Hanwei with the Scott Rodell Cutting Jain. So I figure the Banshee was a good one to upgrade. I also have a Kissaki-moroha-zukuri katana from ST Sword (they changed their name shortly after I got my sword). I also have a Valiant Armory Malatesta. I have a Samick Sage recurve take down bow
and I built a Penobscot bow.
The Siamese Edge Dha blade had a flaw they saw when mounting it, so there reforging the blade.
Siamese Edge said they were going to reforge the blade, so instead of getting it last month I have to wait until this month. I'm glad they noticed the flaw. While it sucks to wait, it's better than a catastrophic failure while using it.
So when I get the new one I'll post a review of it.
I probably still wont be very active here until I get internet at my house. But I'll probably be lurking until then.
Welcome back!!! Congrats on the nice property, but condolences on the fire. Around here, the recurrent hazard is hurricanes, which cause me some grief when trees fall on things. Your bows look good, and I'll be interested in how the dha cuts.
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Post by demonskull on Jun 13, 2024 20:10:49 GMT
Welcome Back!
Nice work on the Penobscot
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Post by randomnobody on Jun 13, 2024 23:24:54 GMT
I could've sworn I'd seen you around, but I guess it's been a while. Welcome back. Sorry to hear it's been a bit rough.
I've been wanting to check out Siamese Edge for a while, but I keep forgetting about them. I like what I'm seeing so far of yours.
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Post by Arlequin on Jun 14, 2024 0:43:17 GMT
Welcome back man, just outta curiosity how did you get the land? With rising house prices I've been wondering about the idea of buying some acreage somewhere and building a simple house, but even a big plot of dirt with no utilities is still more than I can save up for in my piggy bank
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Post by ineffableone on Jun 14, 2024 2:34:55 GMT
Around here, the recurrent hazard is hurricanes, which cause me some grief when trees fall on things. Something I have learned from traveling all over the US is that pretty much everywhere has some sort of natural disaster endemic to that area.
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Post by ineffableone on Jun 14, 2024 2:35:51 GMT
I could've sworn I'd seen you around, but I guess it's been a while. Welcome back. Sorry to hear it's been a bit rough. I've been wanting to check out Siamese Edge for a while, but I keep forgetting about them. I like what I'm seeing so far of yours. Good to see familiar folks are still here.
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Post by ineffableone on Jun 14, 2024 2:37:56 GMT
Welcome Back! Nice work on the Penobscot That's actually the 2nd one. The 1st one snapped at the handle, so I had to rebuild it. The 1st one was just a little too thin in the handle.
*edit to add, good to see you still here.
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Post by ineffableone on Jun 14, 2024 2:48:58 GMT
Welcome back man, just outta curiosity how did you get the land? With rising house prices I've been wondering about the idea of buying some acreage somewhere and building a simple house, but even a big plot of dirt with no utilities is still more than I can save up for in my piggy bank Well to be honest it was an inheritance. When my Grandma passed, I bought land and a dozer. Though I got a great deal on the land, it was under a $1000 an acre. I put in an offer and they refused, I put in another a little higher and they accepted. It was for sale on and off for a decade. Also I had cash in hand and didn't have to mortgage or get a loan.
When my father passed, I built the house.
I have been slowly building it into a homestead. Like last year I built a rabbit hutch and dug a hillside for a terraced garden. I'm planning to build raised beds on the terraces so it will still be good when I older. This year I'm building a mobile chicken coop.
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Post by ineffableone on Jun 14, 2024 19:25:11 GMT
Something I noticed was people who don't know swords who try and tell me what things on swords are for like they are experts. Of course they don't listen when I try to correct them.
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Post by pellius on Jun 14, 2024 19:48:23 GMT
Welcome back
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Post by randomnobody on Jun 14, 2024 20:54:08 GMT
Something I noticed was people who don't know swords who try and tell me what things on swords are for like they are experts. Of course they don't listen when I try to correct them. Been getting more of that lately.
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Post by ineffableone on Jun 15, 2024 3:02:20 GMT
Something I noticed was people who don't know swords who try and tell me what things on swords are for like they are experts. Of course they don't listen when I try to correct them. Been getting more of that lately. I have a neighbor who insist Bud K is good, though he says " B U D K" saying the letters. I gave up trying to educate him. He also thinks a ricasso on a sword is for you to put a 2nd hand on.
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Post by Voltan on Jun 15, 2024 3:13:47 GMT
Good to see you. I have recently resurfaced a bit as well.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Jun 15, 2024 4:01:03 GMT
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Post by Curtis_Louis on Jun 15, 2024 4:34:51 GMT
Welcome back! Now it's a party!
B.U.D.K. that's pretty funny. Maybe your neighbor is trolling you?
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Post by treeslicer on Jun 15, 2024 14:58:27 GMT
What a ridiculous idea! Are those from BudK?
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Post by ineffableone on Jun 21, 2024 18:29:06 GMT
So I just got an email saying my new sword is finished and they'll ship it next week.
Mine is the one on the right
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Post by randomnobody on Jun 21, 2024 21:09:08 GMT
They all look really good.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Jun 21, 2024 21:18:17 GMT
Yeah, cool!
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