You really want to know??? Well, you asked for it...
First off are every single blade availiable from Brenno, as well as a few of my own design I want him to make, and also buying all of his sold pieces from their currant owners. That will already get me to about 25k...ouch...
And here's my sub $300 list:
Top 35 Sword List
Manufacturer______Name_________Where to Get_________Price__
Cold Steel Gim Sword Trueswords.com $223……… Okayish...but I suggest hitting up garret instead
Cold Steel Grosse Messer KultofAthena.com $169……… crap
Cold Steel Shamshir KultofAthena.com $199……… crap
DarkSword the Guardian ArmsofValor.com $248……… crap as a sword...might be good as a wall hanger
Generation 2 High Elven King Sword ArmsofValor.com $259……… see above
Generation 2 Black Prince Sword ArmsofValor.com $233……… A good sub 300 sword.
Generation 2 Chaos Sword ArmsofValor.com $233……… Look two above
Musashi Wind Katana Trueswords.com $159……… Their 1045 DH line is better IMHO...at 70 bucks less
Musashi Zetsurin SwordsofMight.com $49………… crap
Musashi Black Zatoichi SwordsofMight.com $39………… crap
Musashi Koga Ninja Sword SwordsofMight.com $32………… crap
Musashi Rosewood Shirasaya SwordsofMight.com $30………… crap...athough a nice enough deco for 30 bucks
Strongblade Tempered Dark Recourse Strongblade.com $100……… no comment...no expierence.
Strongblade Tempered Viking Raider Strongblade.com $99………… see above
Strongblade Tempered Osprey Strongblade.com $130……… see above
Strongblade Tempered Warspike Strongblade.com $145……… see above
Windlass 1860 Light Cavalry Saber SwordsofHonor.com $81………… crap
Windlass Raptor Sword KultofAthena.com $159……… no expierence...although I found this one interesting looking as well
Windlass German Bastard Sword Reliks.com $210……… no expierence
Windlass Fantasy Viking Sword MuseumReplicas.com $160……… no expierence
Windlass Baron’s Sword KultofAthena.com $179…… no expierence
Hanwei Practical Kung-Fu Sword KultofAthena.com $129……… crap
Hanwei Warlord Dadao KultofAthena.com $84……… crap
Hanwei Banshee KultofAthena.com $119……… no expierence
Valiant Armoury Irish Ring Sword KultofAthena.com $165……… crap
Valiant Armoury Mercenary Sword KultofAthena.com $150……… crap
Valiant Armoury Han Sword KultofAthena.com $159……… heard it was crap...never seen one
Cheness S.G.C. Tsukikage Sword-Buyers-Guide.com $279……… no expierence
Cheness Tenchi w/out Bo-Hi Sword-Buyers-Guide.com $249……… okay
Cheness Tenchi Ko w/out Bo-Hi Sword-Buyers-Guide.com $189……… okay...but why?!?
Cheness Kaze Sword-Buyers-Guide.com $279……… okay...but I think I like my cheap musashi better then the kaze...which is kinda sad.
Cheness Kaze Ko Sword-Buyers-Guide.com $219……… see two above
Cheness Oniyuri Sword-Buyers-Guide.com $249……… no expierence
Ryumon Ryumon Dragon Sword TrueSwords.com $209……… no expierence
SBG ‘Design Your Own’ Katana Sword-Buyers-Guide.com $300……… no expierence...but why not a ronin instead and get silk ito?
I'm easily up to $30,000 by now, so this is certainly going to be a challenge...
I'd better do it before I get married, and therefore avoid the 'wife needs convincing' syndrome, lol. Well, there it is, hopefully now you can see my plight. Oh, and I didn't even include about $500 in planed orders of knives and cheap swords, not to mention I haven't updated this list in awhile and now I want ALL of the DSA offerings; so make that $35,000! (where the heck am I going to get this much?!?!?)