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<--- me i love them, and i would've bought more if it wasn't for me liking merzbow more. |
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I love weapons in general and no I'M not from the bible zone U.S.A. |
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i was thinking about getting a "merlin" fantasy sword, but now they've got these incredibly nice looking new ones not on the site yet that i almost feel as though i need. |
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btw mine's a conan the barbarian bronze |
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not that it has anything to do with the movie sword, which would've been slightly cooler |
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I like leafblades. |
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The katana is by far my favorite, just because it's a beautiful weapon. I can't say much in the way of performance though, because I've never trained with one. has a variety of martial arts supplies, including katana and Chinese shinken. |
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My first weapon is the French foil, but I can use an epee passably too. I'm reasonable with paired butterfly swords too. I don't own a single sword. People who are just weapons nuts and collect swords, but lack formal training in them tend to: a) Have really poor swords, and b) Be very poor at using them. |
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People who are just weapons nuts and collect swords, but lack formal training in them tend to: a) Have really poor swords, and b) Be very poor at using them. That would make sense. If people collect weapons for glamour versus glory, so to speak, they fail to see the weapons' instrinsic value, and thus are at a disadvantage, should they be exposed to danger and not know how to use their "collections". |
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Yes, there's a martial arts store in my town and whilst they sell some proper gear (pads, gloves, bags, etc.) and some of the simpler weapons are ok (my staff is from there), all the swords they sell are real "toy" weapons. Sure, they've got a reasonably sharp blade (although I'd question how long it'd take to dull), but the balance feels wrong, grips on the handle aren't very good, etc. of course, they're all nicely decorated and look good enough and the little groups of teenage kids drooling over them don't know any better. ;) When I used to do Kung Fu, I came close to buying my own pair of butterfly swords several times, but the main thing was that if I bought some, I'd want some really nice ones, that I'd literally keep for years. The other thing is that at the time I didn't live anywhere with the space to train with them (and practicing with swords in the park where I used to live would be a good way of getting arrested!) |
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I like swords, but I lack martial arts training so I dont think I'll be buying swords any time soon. Knives however are more up my alley. They are like mini swords, incase anyone didn't know what a knife was. :P |
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"They are like mini swords" Knife fighting is entirely different to sword fighting though... an extremely messy affair and not something I'd wish to try out ;) I've got a throwing knife, but I've not had a chance to get used to it (I lost my old one). Bit of a pain as I've not got anywhere to practice with it. |
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aint playing with swords a little bit lame :/ |
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I've got a Chinese Sabre - Back from my Wu Shu days - Still sleep with it near the bed - Always good for destroying flying insects if nothing else. It's actually really well made - Quite heavy, but really well balanced. I'm definetly intending to get hold of a nice katana some day. I did a demonstration in Leicester one time, and I remember this Tai Chi guy who had this Chinese long sword that retracted all the way into the handle, then shot out, so smoothely, with the flick of the wrist, into a perfectly straight sword! Would love one of those... |
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I prefer the cold feel of gun metal pressed against my temple while I contemplate the future. |
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ask me if you want to know much about martial arts and japanese swords.really |
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I would like to know much about martial arts and japanese swords.really |
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I need a japanese sword to scrape the residue from my helmet. I'm sure there are plenty that would do the job but I want a really flashy cool one..what do you suggest? |
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haha, that is foul... |
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Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. |
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Sorry, I just thought Hyakusen would have some hidden knowledge on this matter of great urgency.. |
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Buy a Hattori Hanzo sword. |
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