Man in black Member Posts: 123 From: olathe, KS, USA Registered: 08-04-2006 |
I will quote myself from another section later. have you watched lord of the rings? I have not! I still love it! Swords... I like the medium swords...
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Man in black Member Posts: 123 From: olathe, KS, USA Registered: 08-04-2006 |
my quote: I own a 22 caliber rifle with sight... brother does too...(no sight) dad has a shotgun, assault rifle, and two pistols... I like the pistols because they load up pretty quick... the 10mm gives a WWWAAAAYYYY bigger kick then the 22 caliber... ------------------ |
Mack Administrator Posts: 2779 From: Registered: 01-20-2001 |
I have a 3 foot celtic sword and that's about it. I would like to expand on my 'collection' later on an include various types of sword, axes and maces. |
CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
Next time I go to Spain I may go to a swordsmith's. ------------------ |
Conan Member Posts: 69 From: the world Registered: 06-27-2004 |
You guysw should learn from me and LIVE in Spain, LOL Got a longsword, a rapier and a dagger, and it's nice... ------------------ |
Ereon Member Posts: 1018 From: Ohio, United States Registered: 04-12-2005 |
I started collecting swords, but I got tired of collecting sinky little flea market models, so now I'm waiting until I can afford to collect much better ones. I do, however have one hand-and-a-half sword (to use the polite term), and one handed longsword, two throwing axes (ones molded, one a hand made one given to me by a mentor of mine), and my baby, a 10 1/2 inch blackened blade throwing knife, coolest knife ever  .------------------ Of course God knew what would happen if they used their freedom the wrong way: apparently He thought it worth the risk. Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one. |
jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006 |
awww, i really want to get some throwing knives. i think they might be illegal in canada now though  i don't have any weapons but i have a huge interest in them (not an obsession for those of you who think i'm crazy:P). @conan: is the dagger an actual dagger? or is it a main gauche? (a common weapon to wield with a rapier) @man in black: what model of assault rifle does your dad have? i'm guessing a civilian semi-auto AR-15? |
buddboy Member Posts: 2220 From: New Albany, Indiana, U.S. Registered: 10-08-2004 |
wow, cool weapons everbody. i've got my eye on a 30 buck full tang katana on weaponmasters.com. it will be my first sharpened sword (had an unsharpened one when i was younger... don't remember what happened to it.) if my parents will let me get it. that's the hard part lol. ------------------ RADIOACTIVE IE AHEAD! int name() |
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Man in black Member Posts: 123 From: olathe, KS, USA Registered: 08-04-2006 |
My brother has a sword. A real one (not sharp). ------------------ |
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jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006 |
most swords that you buy, "real" or not are just mockups and essentially not real . i knew someone who was actually a sword collector and had a big collection of detail swords and fencing swords. those were the days... |
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CheeseStorm Member Posts: 521 From: Registered: 11-28-2004 |
You're right. For a real sword that can actually cut things you will have to spend several hundred dollars at least. |
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Ereon Member Posts: 1018 From: Ohio, United States Registered: 04-12-2005 |
Like these babies. http://www.armart.antiquanova.com/gallery.htm ------------------ Of course God knew what would happen if they used their freedom the wrong way: apparently He thought it worth the risk. Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one. |
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Man in black Member Posts: 123 From: olathe, KS, USA Registered: 08-04-2006 |
What is the definition of a real sword? ------------------ |
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CheeseStorm Member Posts: 521 From: Registered: 11-28-2004 |
A big piece of steel that disassembles would-be burglars. |
HanClinto Administrator Posts: 1828 From: Indiana Registered: 10-11-2004 |
A lot of it has to do with how well the blade holds an edge, and how well the sword stands up under abuse. Much of this has to do with tempering (heating it up and cooling it down at different rates/temperatures), how well the forging was done (I.E., good consistent welds, getting rid of internal cracks through heating and pounding, etc), how good the alloy is, how well the edge was layed on the sword (is it a forged edge or a ground edge, is there a consistent temper on the edge, etc) and then there are aesthetics after that such as balance and appearance. Because so much of what makes a real sword "real" is underneath the surface, so it's all to easy to just take a hunk of extruded steel, grind it, polish it, add a pretty handle, and sell it for $60 at a renaissance faire. This is about all I know, which as you can see, isn't much. I could talk more about metallurgy from a physics point of view, but I don't know that you would find a discussion on metal grain size very interesting, and I don't know how well I could remember much of what I learned those years ago. --clint |
Simon_Templar Member Posts: 330 From: Eau Claire, WI USA Registered: 10-25-2004 |
I've always wanted to learn to forge swords... but swordsmithing is like the pinnacle of an art. To want to just jump in and learn to make a sword without long experience in blacksmithing is like wanting to jump into the an NFL game without ever having exercised (let alone played football). ------------------ |
