Hi everyone ,
I got a little bored the other day so I started looking thru the old posts and found one by paul loatman on tiny swords, what fun I thought!, I must have a go at that.
well a day lat...
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I recently bought a paul chen wind and thunder and when it arrived i was saddened to see that the iron tsuba had a patch of rust on it, i have no knowledge on how to go about repairing this, can some...
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hi there.
Is there any place in Canada that does mounting or ito wraps??
Or are they all south of the border??...
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Hi,
Does anyone know what type of steel Huanuo uses for their monosteel blades? Also are they differentially hardened?
Ben...
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With great ado, this piece has been a long time coming.
Rob Criswell and Jim Weatherly once scratched drawings on a napkin in the break room in 1999. I took all these years to raise a forge and ...
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Greetings,
I of late have come under the knowledge that while to accurately create armour of the Chilvaric Age used armour in the principality of Wallachia in which my place of birth Bucharest, th...
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That i've been working on since January of this year.
The tsuka, not quite finished yet, but you can see the main idea behind it.
Tsuka
The base of the blade, the kanji reads "Satsujinken".
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well let's see............
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There are photos of my sword further down on the forum, subject sword ID and care.
I have been wiping my sword down with CLP and I am starting to see some details in the blade.
There are three let...
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Any books out there that actually go into how a Chinese jian or dao is supposed to be used in combat? IE cutting technique, points where a jian is supposed to stab for maximum efficiency, etc.?
T...
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Item number: 150031510347
I had a bash on this one, but didn't get it, very odd to see a three bar hilt with langets, the decoration would put it around 1820?, perhaps a transitional sword, an ea...
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I am sorry. This is the only place on the Net where one can find informed, sensible and friendly help.
I need some sword pricing guidelines. I am just trying to get an idea of sword prices to ma...
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Lineup for the ARS conference is turning out nicely. Thought I would share in case anyone on SFI is interested.
http://www.armourresearchsociety.org/conference.php
More information will be po...
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We are pleased to announce an authorized Shinkendo group has formed in Mariposa, California. The group will be led by Barry Burtt, a licensed Shinkendo instructor. Training will be held at the Aikido ...
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I am planning on attending the Hartford Antique Arms Show in Hartford, CT, USA next month. Is anyone interested in meeting there and viewing the show on one of the two days?...
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Hello all,
I would like to know if any one knows if the "Wave" Katana has enough Sori to be practical in Batto-Do? In the pic's I've seen it looks a bit straight like the blades of the 14th centur...
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sorry if I posted this in the wrong place, I'm not sure where I would put this
I found a very good review of an excalibur sword last year, and the guy was cutting up yellow pages, and eventually ...
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Please help
Last night I was doing some work on a saya using Urushi. Unfortunately I brushed past my glass work surface and got a bit on my hand. By the way I have been working with Urushi for a w...
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http://bokkenshop.com/eng/sug1d.html
Has anyone seen this video? Is it any good?
And for all of you that now will say that you should get an sensei, it is covered. I am just going to us it as...
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This is not strictly related to HES although there's plenty of documents on early math and Geometry which may be of some help to certain disciplines.
The Royal Society has opened its archives to t...
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I’m curious if heavy duty quilted moving blankets would make a decent gambeson. I used to work on trucks and have a big pile of moving blankets. They are around ¼ to 1/3 inch thick. The shell seems...
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One of my students brought up a conversation about rapier and lantern play for duels at night, and being primarily a longsword fighter, I dont know much about the rapier and this peaked my interest.
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I was just searching the net lookign for random swords when i came across this......it kind of pisses me off that someone would use a swastica as a Tsuba http://www.trueswords.com/ichigo-ba...nga-p-2...
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Hello All,
We had a very sweet deal for the last few years by teaching Highland Broadsword though our local School system... heated gym, insurance... but the funding ran out and the
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I acquired this lovely sword from a fellow forumite and thought it interesting enough to share with you all. It certainly is not standard in proportions, and I'm curious to hear your observations.
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