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Post by brotherbanzai on Dec 21, 2008 0:44:05 GMT
Thanks guys, sounds like my short sword will work just fine. Now I just need to get my hands on some really heavy water...
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Post by ShooterMike on Dec 21, 2008 0:46:53 GMT
Hint: Build a 4" wide stand with a flat, smooth top and make sure is it level front-to-back and side-to-side. Getting the bottoms to stay still on a non-level surface is a difficulty in itself.
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Post by alvin on Dec 21, 2008 0:53:07 GMT
The regulation bottle for this contest is a 16oz/500ml plastic bottle? I may have missed the post where it specified the size - if so, sorry. Or are other size bottles allowed from the list in Mike's first post?
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Post by ShooterMike on Dec 21, 2008 0:59:20 GMT
I figured anything from 12 oz (355mL) to 32 oz (946 mL or 1 qt) would be fine. I didn't want to make it difficult on anyone.
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Post by SlayerofDarkness on Dec 21, 2008 1:12:35 GMT
Hey guys! I want to try this out :, ( :Dplenty of bottles lying around ) but all I have in my arsenal is a Hanwei Dark Sentinel ... It's a great sword, but not quite good enough for serious cutting (not surprising, as it is only $100!). I'm only 14 so my income is, like, non-exsistant, so I'm thinking about selling my video games to raise the $$$ so that I can buy a new sword...talk about desperate, lol ...Anyone else here wishing there was a fully functional performance cutter for $15? ;D ... So, what do I do??? ? Thanks, guys! Edit: and "yes" I did go overboard with the smilies, lol (they're just so funny ...Don't worry, I'll be over it by tomorrow ;D)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2008 1:14:10 GMT
Hey guys! I want to try this out :, ( :Dplenty of bottles lying around ) but all I have in my arsenal is a Hanwei Dark Sentinel ... It's a great sword, but not quite good enough for serious cutting (not surprising, as it is only $100!). I'm only 14 so my income is, like, non-exsistant, so I'm thinking about selling my video games to raise the $$$ so that I can buy a new sword...talk about desperate, lol ...Anyone else here wishing there was a fully functional performance cutter for $15? ;D ... So, what do I do??? ? Thanks, guys! Look in the review section....there's a couple really good, reliable cutters floating around for under 100$ =). Check the classifieds as well. Cris
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Post by SlayerofDarkness on Dec 21, 2008 1:16:12 GMT
Sweet, anything you'd recommend in particular?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2008 1:18:56 GMT
Sweet, anything you'd recommend in particular? Not I...I am making my own blades now, and prior to that my cutting sword was a much abused 3rd gen PPK lol (had it 4yrs or so). I haven't been in the sub $300 market for awhile. I think some of the Masahiro stuff is good for cutting, as is the Musashi. Again don't take my word, check out the review section. Cris
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Post by ShooterMike on Dec 21, 2008 1:56:31 GMT
Hey Slayer, that Hanwei Dark Sentinal is a pretty good cutter if you get it sharpened nicely. I have one that needs a little sharpening, but it already cuts pretty nicely. Don't sell it short until you give it a chance.
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Post by mythosequidae on Dec 21, 2008 2:03:38 GMT
Thanks guys, sounds like my short sword will work just fine. Now I just need to get my hands on some really heavy water... Calcium Chloride. You can give H2O a specific gravity of 2.0!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2008 16:29:36 GMT
Thanks guys, sounds like my short sword will work just fine. Now I just need to get my hands on some really heavy water... Calcium Chloride. You can give H2O a specific gravity of 2.0! ^lol - here we go! ;D
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Post by SlayerofDarkness on Dec 22, 2008 0:51:54 GMT
Hey Slayer, that Hanwei Dark Sentinal is a pretty good cutter if you get it sharpened nicely. I have one that needs a little sharpening, but it already cuts pretty nicely. Don't sell it short until you give it a chance. Thanks, Mike ...what would you recommend to sharpen it with? (as in, accusharp or other). I'm afraid that I know absolutely NOTHING about sharpening swords (other than 'buy an accusharp', lol). Thanks for your help, guys!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2008 1:03:02 GMT
Hey Slayer, that Hanwei Dark Sentinal is a pretty good cutter if you get it sharpened nicely. I have one that needs a little sharpening, but it already cuts pretty nicely. Don't sell it short until you give it a chance. Thanks, Mike ...what would you recommend to sharpen it with? (as in, accusharp or other). I'm afraid that I know absolutely NOTHING about sharpening swords (other than 'buy an accusharp', lol). Thanks for your help, guys! If it has a katana style geometry, meaning no secondary bevel, don't, and I mean DON'T use an accusharp. The proper way to sharpen a Japanese sword has been gone over in the Japanese sword forum (pretty sure it's a sticky). Hope that helps! Cris
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on Dec 22, 2008 8:45:35 GMT
Just don't anyone use an accusharp on any sword unless you just don't care if it gets messed up. It's like trying to cook a suffle' with an oxy-acetaline torch - just gonna mess it up.
Files and abrasive paper are cheap equipment to do what you need for western swords. For kats' I'll leave that to the katanaphile thread mentioned.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2008 11:33:54 GMT
I think Gus trim and friends had already done a milk jug pickle chip challenge, I forget what the record stood at though for number of chips.
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Post by Tom K. (ianflaer) on Dec 22, 2008 15:08:03 GMT
you're right Sam they did and it was refferenced early on in the discussion of ours. we just decided that we wanted to do it and see what we could get. This thread though, is a little different in that here we are talking about leaving bottle bottoms standing and how many in a row we can do.
Slayer, I have recently made a sharpening tutorial video unless the sword you have in hollow ground (I don't think it is) it will work. if your sword has a secondary bevel you definitely want to remove it if you want a properly sharp sword.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2008 19:15:04 GMT
you're right Sam they did and it was refferenced early on in the discussion of ours. we just decided that we wanted to do it and see what we could get. This thread though, is a little different in that here we are talking about leaving bottle bottoms standing and how many in a row we can do. Slayer, I have recently made a sharpening tutorial video unless the sword you have in hollow ground (I don't think it is) it will work. if your sword has a secondary bevel you definitely want to remove it if you want a properly sharp sword. Yep, that's the one I was talking about...it's actually in the general section =). Nice work btw Tom...I do mine a tiny bit different, but if I hadn't a clue yours would definately get me on the right path =). Cris
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Post by ShooterMike on Dec 22, 2008 20:02:02 GMT
My sharpening is just about what Tom describes, except sort of in reverse. I clamp the blade to a table with the blade edge along the table edge. Then I sharpen the same way Tom describes, except using auto body sanding blocks to "strop" the stationary blade. I find it a lot easier since I can look at the edge I'm working on through a 4x jewelers magnifying headset while stropping it. Of course, that's probably a case of anally retentive overkill on my part.
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Post by SlayerofDarkness on Dec 22, 2008 20:02:13 GMT
Thanks for the input...I know this is probably going to sound extremely stupid, but how do I tell if it has a secondary bevel or not? Thanks again, I'll likely be up and running with a razor-sharp sword by Christmas thanks to you guys. (and no, I won't actually run with it, )
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2008 1:31:06 GMT
you're right Sam they did and it was refferenced early on in the discussion of ours. we just decided that we wanted to do it and see what we could get. This thread though, is a little different in that here we are talking about leaving bottle bottoms standing and how many in a row we can do. Slayer, I have recently made a sharpening tutorial video unless the sword you have in hollow ground (I don't think it is) it will work. if your sword has a secondary bevel you definitely want to remove it if you want a properly sharp sword. Ahh damn, tardy to the party . I wish I had a video camera.
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