bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
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bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
i originally posted something about a few people getting saved sunday morning, a revival started at our church sunday night, and i got a g/f sunday night but i deleted all of it cause i'm like that...i figured i'd post that so people wouldn't think i posted something about guns and violence and me...i'm not crazy *twitch twith*  ...oh and the topoic come from me having "mikey's got a girlfriend" running through my head to the tune of pearl jams "jamie's got a gun" song. ------------------ www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs |
ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
I wish I had a gun... I have a sword... ------------------ |
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bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
i have a 20 gauge shotgun  ...my dad has a .22 pistol, and a 30/06 semi-automatic rifle. my dad and brothers are big on hunting, especially deer hunting. i just like shooting as a sport, i can't stand sitting in freezing weather and being surrounded by snow for hours at a time. plus if i saw a massive buck i'd rather take a picture of it, i figure if it's made it that long why kill it? of course i NEEDED the food i'd shoot it, field dress it, cut it up, cook it, and chow done, but no necessity.------------------ www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs |
goop2 Member Posts: 1059 From: Registered: 06-30-2004 |
quote: Ill trade my 10-22 for it! ------------------ I took the road less traveled and now WHERE THE HELL AM I????? |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
sure, I'll even give it's complementary tanto knife. heck, I'm gonna buy another sword. lol. ------------------ |
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bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
i kind of always wanted a sword, i just end up blowing my money on computer parts(which i rarely keep or use!), or i blow it on a game or something else. i'd be to prone to play with it or wish i could use it though...i'd end up hurting myself. ------------------ www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
one of my swords, pretty decent quality is 20 bucks. best 20 I spent. it's really simple in design, so it could be cheap. my fav place to shop for weaponry... www.swordsonline.com (notice the bible verse on the bottom of the webpage) ------------------ |
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bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
nice site, i like the gladius'. i also like some of the shields, but the shield are a few hundred a pop. ------------------ www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
oh, shields can be expensive. check out this sword. it'd be good quality. 440 steel. solid, so no worries about breaking. 11 dollars. awesome deal. they don't come better than that. I have yet to see a better deal. ------------------ |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
okay... I was wrong: similar... 9 dollars. http://www.weaponmasters.com/?ID=WEAPONS&ITEM=WM-2646 seriously, I own a sword like those and it's good! thinking of getting this sword: and this one: ------------------ |
Klumsy Administrator Posts: 1061 From: Port Angeles, WA, USA Registered: 10-25-2001 |
swords swords swords, i haven't owned a sword since i gave up sword fighting after i was sweared in the side. ------------------ |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
sweared in the side? I don't know what that means, but I'm taking that it's bad. well, I haven't been sweared in the side yet, so I'll continue to collect.lol ------------------ |
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goop2 Member Posts: 1059 From: Registered: 06-30-2004 |
I wanna try swordfighting... ------------------ I took the road less traveled and now WHERE THE HELL AM I????? |
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Klumsy Administrator Posts: 1061 From: Port Angeles, WA, USA Registered: 10-25-2001 |
hehe what a funny mistake i meant SPEARED in the side , with a spear. ------------------ |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
so would I. but not fencing. some more oriental style fighting. Klumsy, what did you do? ------------------ |
Conan Member Posts: 69 From: the world Registered: 06-27-2004 |
Anyone know where I can get a BIG sword? cos i'm sick of that lame shortsword i've got, it's to light for practising (I'm a fan of swordfighting...) |
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bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
check out the site arch posted. if i was going to get into sword fight i think i would go with any style that involved a somewhat short sword, and a shield. i'm not quick enough with my hands to pull of the oriental stuff. ------------------ www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs |
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goop2 Member Posts: 1059 From: Registered: 06-30-2004 |
Sounds like Klumsy realy is Klumsy! ------------------ I shall worship you all of my life. Till death do us together. |
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Klumsy Administrator Posts: 1061 From: Port Angeles, WA, USA Registered: 10-25-2001 |
was nothing to do with my klumsyness, i was being held by a couple of guys and used for target practice, thankfully when the spear hit (about my left peck) i twisted and it didn't go deep by deflected under my arm pit (and a little into my arm also) for for swordfighting, my speciality was 2 short swords ------------------ |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
Klumsy, were you LARPing? if so, too cool. two swords.. the only way to go! oh yeah! so, conan, you want a big sword? 6'2 long enough for you? or how bout a 6 foot katana, the Masamune or another, Odachi (translated: Horse killer ). 5'6. those are some big swords. I'd go to battle with two swords. not short swords, tho. I don't like small. Medium to large. ------------------ |
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Klumsy Administrator Posts: 1061 From: Port Angeles, WA, USA Registered: 10-25-2001 |
i don't have a clue what larping was, but this was in a sense historical roleplaying, but not really, just training and practice in premodern warfare techniques etc, for fun, fitness and learning how old fashion strategies can be adapted into modern warfare. as for two swords, i always found shields to be clunky and tedious and really impare movement (though when face to face with an ax thrower i'd much rather have a sheild than two swords), also i figured two swords was helping develop my brain with using my left hand more, and i could cross train by playing badminton with my left hand (or two rackets large swords though scare me now (though they are so slow its easy to get the person first), but i got a huge slice into leg from one of those - not nice) no more swords for me i think, though i still like archery. i used to be crazy with my compound bows, like i'd have my friends lay down on the ground while i'd take my bow and arrow and shot an arrow straight up into the air (often out of sight) and 20 or 30 seconds later the arrow would come back down a foot or so from my friend, i can't believe how stupid i was - i mean i could have killed my friends. but archery is fun, maybe i'll find some bowhunting photos somewhere and post. I like hunting to eat and stuff, but even so , i don't like the moment that i take an animals life (though i don't have a moral thing about it, it is an animal, and i'm taking it for a purpose etc, still its life God created, and i hate it when it goes, but that doesn't stop me chasing turkeys up and down hills and hitting them over the head with 'weapons' (because hunting with a gun is just too easy, not enough involvement needed).. nothing like a meal you caught yourself. ------------------ [This message has been edited by klumsy (edited November 18, 2004).] |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
ahhh.. cool! LARPing is Live Action Role Playing. and stuff. basically, you go around acting like your this warrior or whatever going through certain adventures. I love Katanas. my dad owns one (straight from Japan) and it's awesome. ------------------ |
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goop2 Member Posts: 1059 From: Registered: 06-30-2004 |
Where are you from Klumsy?! ------------------ I shall worship you all of my life. Till death do us together. |
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Klumsy Administrator Posts: 1061 From: Port Angeles, WA, USA Registered: 10-25-2001 |
i consider myself an international, having lived and worked in New Zealand, China , Japan and the USA. but i'm born and bred in New Zealand. ------------------ |
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Conan Member Posts: 69 From: the world Registered: 06-27-2004 |
Klumsy, you into archery too? Hey, i thought i was the only guy crazy enough to use swords and bows and medieval thingies... looks like i was wrong. Thanks for the tips, Arch, i really like the masamune and Odachi, but the german one is out of my possibilities (in price). Right now i use a 4' 7" sword that weighs 9 lbs. in me right hand and a foot-long dagger in me left. Beat that!! I'm all for slow-but-accurate blows and haven't lost a sword fight in a month. What swords do you guys use and what are your strategies? |
Simon_Templar Member Posts: 330 From: Eau Claire, WI USA Registered: 10-25-2004 |
Klumsy, sounds awsome, I'd love to try some of that stuff out. I have a couple of swords but nothing fancy. There's just no one around here who does that kind of thing, except the SCA. I tried getting into that a bit but I couldn't stand most of the people. eastern martial arts are cool, but my interest has always been primarily with my heretige in north western europe. Kinghts all the way for me ------------------ |
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bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
if i were too get seriously into it i would have to keep my shield, i'm a very defensive minded guy. i might go with a bigger sword, maybe even some sort of battle axe with a spear type thing at the top. even if i didn't go with the shield i would go with a single two-handed sword, brute force and ignorance  !------------------ www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs [This message has been edited by bennythebear (edited November 19, 2004).] |
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bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
another thought. has anyone here ever made their bow, or sword/knife? i always wanted to do that. i also have been trying to get my dad or brother to keep some deer skins so i can tan some hide. i haven't made any leather before, but i want to. also want to makes some rugs. ------------------ www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
k, Conan, I have a 18 inch Tanto (knife). I prefer quicker, so I wouldn't go with a 4'7 sword. 4 foot is maximum for me. got my eye on one... lol. I want to learn double swords. also considering getting a 2 wooden swords, to practice fighting with a friend. maybe even use it in a video project...
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Klown Member Posts: 78 From: baraga, mi , united states of america Registered: 11-10-2004 |
Kitana's and No-Daichi are some of the best swoards. Also double bladed Axe's and Battle Axes are some of the most monsterous and best weapons to yeild in a battle for bigger stronger pepl. Ohh and a correction to this at the start of the topic ... "pearl jams "jamie's got a gun" song." Aerosmith wrote and sang the song .. Jamie's got a Gun. Not Pearl Jam. |
Chickadoo Member Posts: 75 From: marzukba, europa, milky way Registered: 10-13-2004 |
quote: Try a claymore-- they're VERY long... ------------------ [This message has been edited by chickadoo (edited November 20, 2004).] |
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bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
and it's called "jaNie's got gun" as well, my mistake. i thought pearl jam done one like that, and it was about someone commiting suicide, or thinking about commiting suicide. ------------------ www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
double katana... um. ninja katanas. once you learn to deflect arrows and shurikens with it... your good to go. ------------------ |
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Klown Member Posts: 78 From: baraga, mi , united states of america Registered: 11-10-2004 |
Only song that I really know of that was done by Pearl Jam that may be about suicide is "Jeremy". That song is based from a real life insodent. One of the first school shootings and he then took his own life. Jamie's got a gun is aboot a girl that was raped by her own father and she took his life. Both good songs, yet I prefer AeroSmiths Jamie's Got A Gun. There is no double katana. Unless the fighter is using Two instead of utilizing a shield. And beside's, i'm looking and weapons from a big guy's point of view. *laughs* I prefer weapons that utilize strength and blunt force like Battle Axes and Double Axes. Also like the No-Daichi's. Huge two handed swords that are not only eligant but very dangerous and powerful. ------------------ |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
actually... you'd be surprised what people make: Black Ronin Double Bladed Katana (yes, it's not traditional)  but, I was referring to two katanas. not a japanese practice, but hey, I don't care. most common is a wakizashi and katana, but not used at the same time. ------------------ |
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Klown Member Posts: 78 From: baraga, mi , united states of america Registered: 11-10-2004 |
I dont like that weapon. Seems kinda ugly if ya ask me and hard to use. Yet it doesnt amaze me on what people come up with. Specially when it comes to modifying weaponry. ------------------ |
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goop2 Member Posts: 1059 From: Registered: 06-30-2004 |
Sweet! Is that for 2 hands? I could realy go for that! ------------------ I shall worship you all of my life. Till death do us together. |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
well, it's 28" total, a 7" handle.. so you could, but it's more one handed. here it is: http://www.weaponmasters.com/?ID=WEAPONS&ITEM=UC-1234 for a cheaper, but not a bad quality either. bigger too: and if you are willing to sacrfice quality for the ability to split the two blades...: ------------------ |
crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
i have a squirt gun. badum-pshhh. hehehe. actually i don't. ------------------ |
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goop2 Member Posts: 1059 From: Registered: 06-30-2004 |
Dude, your crazyish. Mentaly insain. Uncontrollably... loony? ------------------ I shall worship you all of my life. Till death do us together. |