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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jun 27, 2019 1:08:24 GMT
There’s several people on SBG who could sharpen it for you. My business has a sharpening service (either mechanical or using a Work Sharp sharpener), PM for rates. Aside from my store, Voltan and Lonely Wolf Forge both have established records on SBG and elsewhere for their sharpening abilities.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jun 19, 2019 12:12:19 GMT
I would recommend Aikidoka to review/test the sword. He has a proven record of being unbiased, and is a hell of a cutter.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jun 18, 2019 13:53:00 GMT
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jun 17, 2019 15:41:04 GMT
LemuelTheLemur’s Printed Armoury guards and pommels available through the LG Martial Arts website/store will be on several of the “hero” swords in this movie. Michael Bergstrom, the main armorer for the movie used several Printed Armoury fittings for the swords. He’s mentioned he’ll be making a tutorial soon for making screen accurate versions of several of the swords.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jun 8, 2019 22:36:26 GMT
So aside from Angus Macfayden reprising the role, is there anything else placing this as a sequel to Braveheart? Doesn't look too bad from the trailer. Seems it's set as more of a inside story than a battle epic like Outlaw King was. Also now it makes sense why Windlass made that Robert the Bruce sword they've been selling, its the Bruce's sword in the movie! From Michael Bergstrom, the main armorer for the movie: “A couple carry over actors and it's an almost real time follow up to the events of Braveheart with an actor that's the proper age. We do have a "storyteller" that jumps us back 10 years for some fighting. Historically storywise it's more accurate to the events as well as showing some of the myths and legends about his missing years. Its a much more heartfelt story and not as much about the battles. It's not the how...its the WHY that's explored in the film. There are no ninja fights no CGI, written by a Scotsman [Angus Macfayden]. The Windlass sword was the starting place for his swords in the movie. I want to do a tutorial on how to make a screen accurate version when the time comes.”
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jun 8, 2019 1:49:48 GMT
If you liked Braveheart, the sequel (Robert the Bruce) will be out in theaters on June 28 Some of the “hero” swords in the movie feature fittings made by LemuelTheLemur’s “The Printed Armoury”, sold by LG Martial Arts
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Post by LG Martial Arts on May 24, 2019 3:18:12 GMT
Thank you So you can mix and match pommels and guards to? You can mix and match fittings, but not really doable from the online store (not set up to do so - too many coding problems). You would have to DM me here or email at support@lgmartialarts.com to do so.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on May 24, 2019 3:15:17 GMT
I am new to euro swords and am just looking for something cheaper so a sword around $200 and then hopefully $50 fittings. I like these but they are not in stock. Yep, the unfinished Dunvegan fittings out of stock until maybe next year... in the meantime, we do have the polished and antiqued versions of the Dunvegan fittings for the H/T EMSHS swords found here www.lgmartialarts.com/h-t-early-medival-single-handed-sword-fittings/
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Post by LG Martial Arts on May 19, 2019 16:10:57 GMT
Yeah,if this costs 1000 usd its overpriced indeed.I would go for a hanwei lion dog or something. Is it just me of the cutting edge is rounded?(secondary bevel?) Yep, if you look at one of the pics the OP posted in this thread, you can definitely see a secondary bevel on the ha (edge)
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Post by LG Martial Arts on May 19, 2019 15:40:57 GMT
So, you’re basing your ONE transaction with a company to give it the highest rating you can: “Now that is one thing I will give SON. My box for example, they said they are gonna send a new one ASAP and for swords if you dont like them or have a problem, they have a money back gurantee. They are great in means of customer service. (Usually get back to you in an hour)”
Others have had very mixed results with SoN, and especially RyanSword. They (RS) tend to go through “spurts”, where they’ll send out “decent” swords for a while, but then fall back to their original modus operandi, and tend to screw over people. In the long run, their unethical behavior outweighs their “good” swords they send out.
The sword pics you posted are imho a sword meant for newer “collectors”, and isn’t that good. The itomaki is “ok”, but some of the diamonds are uneven, and the end knot is on the wrong side of the tsuka. For the price point you paid, I’d say it’s passable. The blade itself though has a wire brush hamon, something you’ll see at the lower price range. Same goes for the cross polished kissaki instead of a geometric yokote/kissaki, again, found on lower priced swords. The bohi (fuller), while even, doesn’t terminate correctly.
If you take the sword apart, I’d recommend looking at the munemachi and hamachi under the habaki - they should be even with each other, and be slightly rounded off since right angles on any sword will weaken it at that point, making it easier for the blade to snap there.
These are just some of the simple observations from the pics you posted... there are more, but feel that is enough to get my point across, which is you’re promoting a company with a checkered past (and present), all based on the ONE transaction you’ve had with one of their subsidiaries (SoN) without looking at what other people with much more experience than you have to say about these companies, especially RS.
Take my post with a grain of salt - not an attack on you, but on the flawed review/recommendation systems you’re using. I’m not saying you shouldn’t do reviews or recommend anything, but am recommending you read up some on the swords and companies before coming to conclusions based off of one sword you own. It’s like saying that because one Yugo was good, ALL Yugos must be good, which is a Hasty Generalization logical fallacy.
Note: the comments I’m making are my own personal observations, not as an M&V on this forum.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on May 17, 2019 1:34:39 GMT
Not trying to be mean, but you’re beating a dead horse. You can find out all you need to about RyanSword by reading old posts about their behavior/products, some of them going back over a decade.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on May 13, 2019 23:13:27 GMT
I was fully prepared to accept a paint-by-numbers fantasy. But Dany's sudden and bizarre turn into Evil Dany was one of the lamest moments of television I've ever seen. It ran directly counter to her entire story arc and character. She would NEVER have willingly burned children like that. Not the character I knew. The shark has been jumped. They should have set up a race to the throne between her and Jon, with one or the other of them accidentally triggering the wildfire explosion. Same end horror but you don't have to throw eight seasons of character arc under the bus to get there. Heck, they could have had Cersei decide to walk away in a surprise twist, only to have the pots explode anyway because of two ambitious claimants throwing fire around one too many times. They they'd realize the price of their ambitions. Arya could have been kia'd there, for example. And the two claimants agree to create a new form of government in the ashes of the Red Keep. I'm now calling this season SHAME OF THRONES.
And that's not even getting into the preposterous levels of plot protection. Arya surviving a dozen explosions and literally riding out on a white horse!? Drogon suddenly immune from the SAME BOLTS that nailed the other one like swiss cheese JUST LAST EPISODE?! I understand the need for some plot protection, but the problem here is the writers are so bad that they shift from making the scorpions more powerful than cannons and incredibly accurate at 500 feet, then go right to having them all miss because reasons. It would have been much better to have them get the other dragon at point blank in an ambush. And so easy! Something Dany learns from for the final battle.
And then there's the sudden transformation of the northerners into ravening mindless rapists, after all they'd just been through? And they IGNORE Jon Snow, who's supposedly so popular? It's just horrible writing.
My take on the episode
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Post by LG Martial Arts on May 11, 2019 20:49:55 GMT
No one is “picking a fight with you”. Some of the responses to your posts have been a little “aggressive”, but nothing bordering “picking a fight”. The reason for the perceived “aggressiveness” by some is that you have inserted your personal opinions on matters that you yourself have said you don’t know much about. This forum is made out of anyone between “newbies” and super experienced members. We as forum members need to remember that and temper ourselves in our responses, but as experienced members, we also need to let people know when “bad” or improper information is made by someone (who’s mentioned they’re not experienced) is made. To leave that improper information stand would be a disservice to all members on this forum.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on May 11, 2019 18:29:37 GMT
Two sources you may wish to look at regarding the term nihonto “Rather than meaning any sword made in the general style of a Japanese katana, ‘nihonto’ specifically means a blade made in Japan, and can include antique blades made prior to 1868, and blades made by modern smiths as art objects. In fact, the term ‘art sword’ is often applied to nihonto, and many collect them solely for the beauty of the form and appearance.” www.tameshigiri.ca/2014/05/13/evaluating-and-appreciating-nihonto-antique-japanese-blades/“Only traditionally made Nihonto can be licensed, i.e. swords made in Japan from Tamahagane 玉鋼 (and Shinto swords that are inscribed "Motte Namban-Tesu 以南蠻鐵" ["made using steel from the southern barbarians"]). This means in effect that it has to be either an antique, or made by a contemporary, licensed smith. Mass produced WWII swords (so called Showato昭和刀) and foreign made swords are not eligible for Torokusho.” www.jssus.org/nkp/japanese_sword_laws.html
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Post by LG Martial Arts on May 10, 2019 21:27:11 GMT
Nihonto is a Japanese term for an old sword (pre 1920’s) made in Japan using traditional methods. Gendaito are considered handmade swords made in Japan from the mid 1920’s to the end of WWII. Showato are swords made in Japan during the same time frame, but machine made instead of hand made Shinsakuto are swords made in Japan after WWII to this day. Shinken means “live sword”, meaning it has a sharp edge, and can come from any country. Hope that helps.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Apr 29, 2019 23:20:50 GMT
I loved the episode, it was incredible. For those that are bemoaning the dark scenes, it was meant as an allegory to the darkness that is death - the pitched battle between life and death at the hands of the Night King. It’s meant as a vehicle for making people (characters AND audience) realize that darkness comes for all, and the only thing we can do is fight it with the light, even if it pales in comparison. Darkness swallowing up hope, darkness enveloping all, darkness engulfing and snuffing out the light of life like the Dothraki hoard in the first melee. But, not all was lost even in the face of all consuming darkness, as was shown by the heroic actions of some of our beloved characters who are no more (and at least one who still is). If you’re still unhappy about how dark the episode was, you can try some tricks to make the episode look brighter found here: www.theverge.com/2019/4/29/18522550/game-of-thrones-got-season-8-hbo-battle-of-winterfell-long-night-fix-tv-settings-darkness
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Apr 16, 2019 1:50:30 GMT
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Apr 14, 2019 21:19:44 GMT
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Mar 8, 2019 3:06:25 GMT
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Feb 10, 2019 3:24:45 GMT
(fits in with my family crest). Do you actually have family that wears a family crest (knighted/nobility/minor royalty) or is it just based off your last name? My great grandmother was originally from Spain (Garza) before she and her sisters were forced to emigrate to Mexico (very early 1900’s), and her family crest was extremely similar to what’s on my sword scabbard.
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