Want to know more? Check out KoA's new info
Feb 22, 2009 15:48:57 GMT
Post by Kilted Cossack on Feb 22, 2009 15:48:57 GMT
Ladies and gents:
One of the hardest lessons I am learning is that "it doesn't matter what it looks like" when it's time to evaluate a sword. A clunker-junker-funker can have elegant, trim lines . . . at least in a manufacturer's photographs! When I peruse vendors' websites, it can be frustrating to see, say, a decent looking gladius with no mention of manufacturer or other information besides blade length and overall length.
When I somehow---for some unknown reason----found myself over at Kult of Athena this morning, my poor coffee deprived brain took a moment before it registered that something had changed. Over the last month or two, I have enjoyed looking at KoA's offerings in large part because they clearly spell out manufacturer, length of blade and OAL, and weight. This morning I was pleasantly surprised to find that they have expanded their specification listings.
Let's say you were interested in a Windlass English Cut and Thrust sword. (I'm not saying you should be, I'm just using it as an example.) Now, if you were interested in that sword and went to KoA, here's what you'd find:
kultofathena.com/product~item~500892.htm
OAL, blade length, weight, edge type (sharp or unsharpened), POB, blade width, blade thickness, grip length and at least a place to specify if the pommel is threaded.
Now, I am still a n00b and a nugget, and the information I don't know about swords greatly exceeds the information I do know about swords, but even I can profit from the expanded information.
(As a colonial, I am still mystified and terrified by metric conversions, and KoA is using a mix'n'match system of Imperial and metric measurements, but STILL!)
Not all blades have this new information, but my guess and hope is that KoA is working their way through the stock to provide the expanded information on all their offerings. Well, not for the caligae, of course, that would be silly. What IS the point of balance for a 11.5 Roman army leather personnel carrier?
One of the hardest lessons I am learning is that "it doesn't matter what it looks like" when it's time to evaluate a sword. A clunker-junker-funker can have elegant, trim lines . . . at least in a manufacturer's photographs! When I peruse vendors' websites, it can be frustrating to see, say, a decent looking gladius with no mention of manufacturer or other information besides blade length and overall length.
When I somehow---for some unknown reason----found myself over at Kult of Athena this morning, my poor coffee deprived brain took a moment before it registered that something had changed. Over the last month or two, I have enjoyed looking at KoA's offerings in large part because they clearly spell out manufacturer, length of blade and OAL, and weight. This morning I was pleasantly surprised to find that they have expanded their specification listings.
Let's say you were interested in a Windlass English Cut and Thrust sword. (I'm not saying you should be, I'm just using it as an example.) Now, if you were interested in that sword and went to KoA, here's what you'd find:
kultofathena.com/product~item~500892.htm
OAL, blade length, weight, edge type (sharp or unsharpened), POB, blade width, blade thickness, grip length and at least a place to specify if the pommel is threaded.
Now, I am still a n00b and a nugget, and the information I don't know about swords greatly exceeds the information I do know about swords, but even I can profit from the expanded information.
(As a colonial, I am still mystified and terrified by metric conversions, and KoA is using a mix'n'match system of Imperial and metric measurements, but STILL!)
Not all blades have this new information, but my guess and hope is that KoA is working their way through the stock to provide the expanded information on all their offerings. Well, not for the caligae, of course, that would be silly. What IS the point of balance for a 11.5 Roman army leather personnel carrier?