I have picked up a new sword this week-end and would like any help to ID the type (I think it is a Prussian's short sword) or the marks on the blade.
I tried to attached some photos but they did not...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
I am new to casting and was trying to finish a knife today I started way back in February, and the final task was to cast the pommel. I was doing a lost-wax casting- my second attempt. The first tim...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
Nice Wakizashi I am finishing up. 1075 steel.
Very Active hamon midare in nioi-deki. Lots of ashi and plenty of other stuff too. Just got to finish up the final burnishing.
21in nagasa, motoha...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
Is someone mature enough to own a sword when they are 13, if they have studied and admired swords their whole life?...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
My parents wont let me get a sword! I'm 13, and I've had a bar mitzvah, and I have enough money to buy a 90 katana! I own a pocket knife(which I have never cut myself with) which flips open and is pro...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
Someone gave me this pair of swords however they didn't know anything about them except that they might be Japanese if they are authentic to start with. I've tried searching the net for anything simi...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
hey,
Currently I'm repolishing a PPT and I was wondering if it would make a big difference between a 1200 grit and 2000 grit polish. I mean would the temperline and hamon be more visable than now ...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
I've worked out some tsuba designs and would like to know the following:
Are there any set ratios between the size of a tsuba for a katana and the size for a wakizashi? Is there a set ratio or does ...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
Saturday, September 30th, Old World Martial Arts invites you to learn the deadly and effective art of the longsword, in the tradition of Fiore Dei Liberi. Fiore's 15th century tratise, Flos Dellatorum...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
A highlight of the recent month-long Scuola Brancaleoni stage combat workshop, held at Brancaleoni Castle in Piobbico, Italy, was a performance by Italian actor and storyteller Vanni de Lucia entitled...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
Was lange währt ... ist hoffentlich auch in den Augen der Leser gut - und deswegen vergebt Ihr mir hoffentlich ein bißchen Eigenwerbung
Seitdem ich vor 20 Jahren zum ersten mal Highlander gesehen...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
Greetings,
I have lately become highly interested in Western Historical Martial Arts and was wondering what is the difference between these two dominant styles and the styles that evolved, branche...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
Hiya, I've been collecting antique and new swords since I was nine (I'm twenty now so don't worry lol), and well, I'm sick of just collecting. The problem is I'm in Iowa and there are no WMA schools n...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
I have decided an a paul chen wind and thunder katana, the best price i have found so far is $540, can anyone tell me of a better price , if so get back please....
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
Greetings,
It's been over a year since I posted here, but I've been steadily reading and learning to craft various things. Of late I've been doing metal shaping projects for people; usually out o...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
A couple of years ago I took apart my PK and made a new tsuka for it, with black samé and green cotton ito and home-made tsuba, seppa and fuchi/kashira.
Well, I grew a bit tired of that one, since...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
Hi
i am new in this site and not very familiar with swords but i would like to buy a nodachi because i fell in love with those swords
so i was wondering if anyone could tell me if this one is a ...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
Hello All,
I have a Hanwei practical knightly broadsword and find it a little heavy for my taste. I was thinking of grinding off about an eighth of an inch from both sides of the lower two thirds ...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
Hello guys,
I just finished the build-up of my first "gas" forge (mind the quotes!).
It is a small refractory cement tube that I cast in a protein powder can using a plumbing tube to create the in...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
after i recieve my "damascus 16 fold" jobby (i will display some photos ), i am thinking about a practical pro katana they seem have a good enough rep, but i`m also considering a ryumon of some sor...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/RARE-1800s-B...1QQcmdZViewItem...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
Hi every one,, i wasnt sure where to post this, so ill start here. Ive got a 12" long tanto i bought used in need of a polish. Its not nihonto, or custom made for me so i dont want to spend $50 buck...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
I got a commision to make a bowie sheath, i don`t have the knife just a drawing of the blade.
Made it of 3 layers of leather.
It`s done now, i hope he`s happy with the result.
...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
Hello fellow members, I'm studying the history of the Wokou recently but ran into some obstacles in their weapons so I thought it a good idea to raise it here. I know the term "Wokou" had been used ov...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
hey everyone, just looking to get a second opinion. I was thinking this tanto looks to be a Phil Hartsfield. http://cgi.ebay.com/CUSTOM-TANTO- K...1QQcmdZViewItem
Any ideas?
thanks for yo...
[Tags: No tags defined yet] - Be the first to Tag this threadAdd TagsCancel
*Note: Tags must be comma (,) seperated. For example: boardtracker, forum search, search engine
Browse sub-categories 
