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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2008 9:16:19 GMT
Does anyone here knows a good combat-ready jian ? By combat-ready, I mean able to thrust and cut like real fighting weapon, not a overly flexible and unsharpened blade made for tai-chi.
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Post by shadowhowler on Nov 24, 2008 13:00:53 GMT
The Cold Steel Gim sword...
I want one SO bad.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2008 14:36:51 GMT
Garrett should be getting his swords ready to sell pretty soon. Here's his site: www.jin-shi.com/ |
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Post by shadowhowler on Nov 24, 2008 14:42:17 GMT
Garrett should be getting his swords ready to sell pretty soon. Here's his site: www.jin-shi.com/I've poped in to check his site from time to time since I first heard about it here awhile ago... I'd love to see some of his work, when it's up and running. ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2008 19:56:11 GMT
nobody has garret's swords right now so i would wait a bit, but i've been hearing good things. if you want to go with that i would wait until somebody gets a review up. if it has to be now, i know that the gim is a very good sword. don't go with the hanwei practicals, they are not combat ready, contrary to popular belief. hanwei's damascus is one that i've had my eye on for a long time, but i recently heard a bad review about it. if you want to go expensive, hanwei makes a ming sword but i've never seen any reviews on it. it's very nice to look at though. best choice is to go through garret i thinl.
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Post by shadowhowler on Nov 24, 2008 20:05:19 GMT
nobody has garret's swords right now so i would wait a bit, but i've been hearing good things. if you want to go with that i would wait until somebody gets a review up. if it has to be now, i know that the gim is a very good sword. don't go with the hanwei practicals, they are not combat ready, contrary to popular belief. hanwei's damascus is one that i've had my eye on for a long time, but i recently heard a bad review about it. if you want to go expensive, hanwei makes a ming sword but i've never seen any reviews on it. it's very nice to look at though. best choice is to go through garret i thinl. I have one of the Hanwei practical Jian swords... and I agree with you. They are very nice and well balanced for live blade practice... but they don't feel to sturdy, I have not tried to stab/cut anything with mine. The Cold Steel Gim, on the other hand... yummy. I have heard nothing but good things about it from everyone who has one... and just look at Paul's own review on the SBG main site... the thing cuts MUCH better then it has a right to. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2008 22:43:45 GMT
nobody has garret's swords right now so i would wait a bit, but i've been hearing good things. if you want to go with that i would wait until somebody gets a review up. if it has to be now, i know that the gim is a very good sword. don't go with the hanwei practicals, they are not combat ready, contrary to popular belief. hanwei's damascus is one that i've had my eye on for a long time, but i recently heard a bad review about it. if you want to go expensive, hanwei makes a ming sword but i've never seen any reviews on it. it's very nice to look at though. best choice is to go through garret i thinl. I actually live very close to Garrett, he said that once his shipment gets in, he will bring over some of them for me to check out, I would gladly do a review of them. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2008 2:25:21 GMT
I would be quite interested to hear more about Garrett's work. I know about Cold Steel Gim sword, I looks like a very good weapon, but I am a bit cautious because I heard most Cold Steel swords were a bit overbuilt. Not something I would want on a sword made for finesse and precision ...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2008 16:49:49 GMT
Anybody know anything about the Kris Cutlery Gims? I really like the look of their Gim II. kriscutlery.com/documents/chinese.htmlOh, I have a Cold Steel Gim--it is a sweet sword (in that perverse iit can kill you as easily as look at you kind of way). |
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Post by shadowhowler on Nov 25, 2008 18:28:03 GMT
Anybody know anything about the Kris Cutlery Gims? I really like the look of their Gim II. kriscutlery.com/documents/chinese.htmlOh, I have a Cold Steel Gim--it is a sweet sword (in that perverse iit can kill you as easily as look at you kind of way). Yeah... I'm jealous... if you ever get scared of your Cold Steel Gim, feel free to send it to me for 'rehabilitation'....  As for the KC Gim II... it looks very plain. It would have to be one hell of a blade for me to perfer it to the Cold Steel one, which is very attractive. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2008 0:27:16 GMT
if there is one bad thing about the gim, it's the threaded pommel. but some might consider that a blessing rather than a curse. it is threaded right? i remember garrett saying something a while back about how a peened pommel can be asking for trouble down the line. not sure what he meant by that.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2008 0:31:41 GMT
if a jian is peened or threaded on the end, how come the gim has trhat rivet in the handle? also, how do those flower things work on garrett's swords. you know the floral shaped holes in the handle. is there a hole in the tang? i don't get it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2008 1:06:49 GMT
About the threaded pommel, it is threaded because depending on different moisture conditions, the wood can expand or contract, so with a threaded pommel, you can tighten or loosen it at your own will.
I think the flower thing is for a lanyard that goes around your wrist. I think this was done because of chances the sword could slip out of ones hand, the lanyard would let you recover your sword a lot faster (this is just what I think).
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2008 2:40:08 GMT
yah but does it just go through the tang?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2008 3:32:32 GMT
About the threaded pommel, it is threaded because depending on different moisture conditions, the wood can expand or contract, so with a threaded pommel, you can tighten or loosen it at your own will. I think the flower thing is for a lanyard that goes around your wrist. I think this was done because of chances the sword could slip out of ones hand, the lanyard would let you recover your sword a lot faster (this is just what I think). BUT IF YOU PUT IT AROUND YOUR WAIST HOW CAN YOU THROW IT LIKE DARTH VADER? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2008 8:30:42 GMT
yah but does it just go through the tang? yes, it is a tubular pin that goes through the tang. Flower thing is just a decoration.  As Makadona said, the threaded tang will let you tighten or loosen up if needed. Unfortunately, in this price range I can't get stabilized wood which would still shrink and expand. I've asked the forge to leave a bit of extra tang so that I can peen them over the bolt though. That way I can get the advantages of threading and peening. A few of my swords are in transit at the moment. If the customs people are in a good mood, we shall see them soon. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2008 19:37:24 GMT
thanks garrett!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2008 21:42:48 GMT
Oh, I have a Cold Steel Gim--it is a sweet sword (in that perverse iit can kill you as easily as look at you kind of way). I don't get that impression from Ling Ling (my Cold Steel Gim). She works with me like a devoted lover. I'm about to change her tang nut with one that I can attach a tassle to. I'll put up picks when I've done it... |
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Post by Dave(utilityslave) on Dec 20, 2008 0:03:13 GMT
I have also thought about a tassle on my CS Gim. Looking forward to seeing yours. Very traditional.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2009 5:00:03 GMT
The CS gim (a copy of the Huanuo Carp Jian) is a little blade heavy. This was similar to the Huanuo jians a few years ago. Current Huanuo jian have a distal tapered blade giving a more lively feel and reducing weight to about 2 lbs.
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