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- Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:34 am
- Forum: Test Cutting for Historical Swordsmanship
- Topic: Test Cutting Rattan Shield
- Replies: 34
- Views: 61470
Re: Test Cutting Rattan Shield
I think 4x4 means in inches, so it would be 10cm x 10cm, right ? That should be pretty solid, if hardwood. A friend of mine has made such a dummy for the Kendo practice of another friend. It had a mechanical arm that could hold a Shinai in a proper angle. We are also thinking about a suspension, lik...
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 6:43 am
- Forum: Test Cutting for Historical Swordsmanship
- Topic: Test Cutting Rattan Shield
- Replies: 34
- Views: 61470
Re: Test Cutting Rattan Shield
Not everyone is a master at hitting, so some people might go for hard whacks on the melon and accidentally hit the wood in not so nice an angle. If it is non-commercial, why not use some funny thing like a plastic bottle in a tight hole in that wooden pole, so if people miss, they just cut the bottl...
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:33 am
- Forum: Test Cutting for Historical Swordsmanship
- Topic: Test Cutting Rattan Shield
- Replies: 34
- Views: 61470
Re: Test Cutting Rattan Shield
I'd change a couple of things on that to not cut into a 4x4 hardwood pole damaging the sword.
- Mon Jun 21, 2010 7:31 am
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: Qing Qianlong or not?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 18472
Re: Qing Qianlong or not?
You don't sell something that was "handed down the generations" for hundreds of years for $2,000. If it would be really old, it should be worth a lot more. If it isn't, a lot less. You hear this "handed down" story so often, it's not funny anymore. So many details scream fake, I would not touch this...
- Sun Jun 20, 2010 4:19 pm
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: Qing Qianlong or not?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 18472
Re: Qing Qianlong or not?
Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if the fittings would be original, or at least an older remake (say, around mid 20th century or so), and the rest was "added" to those. I never saw this type advertised, and they appear way too much work for cheap copies. But there is a recent trend to add new remak...
- Sun Jun 20, 2010 6:03 am
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: Qing Qianlong or not?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 18472
Re: Qing Qianlong or not?
What the other said. Too many bells ringing with this sword, the gold pattern, the cross section, the degree of preservance up to the tight fit, no signs of use on the handle, etc. As a practical sword with a nice antique touch, it could be worth up to the $1500 mark if the blade has correct dimensi...
- Sat Jun 19, 2010 5:02 pm
- Forum: Test Cutting for Historical Swordsmanship
- Topic: Edge Sharpness Vs. Application
- Replies: 21
- Views: 89717
Re: Edge Sharpness Vs. Application
As far as I was told by metallurgy experts from the german knife making forum, the type of crystallization leading to different carbide sizes also play a role in "how" an edge cuts, and how it holds up. BTW, also a tool edge (like axes) was never polished in exact V-shape in Germany, it was always w...
- Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:49 am
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Development of swords for chinese swordmanship
- Replies: 49
- Views: 79253
Re: Development of swords for chinese swordmanship
Will do when the new smith' blades are mounted and tested. Currently, I only have complete swords with blades from the old smith, so there would be differences and no conclusion for the new ones. BTW, since some have misunderstood, these aren't china-produced blades fitted in Germany. They old smith...
- Fri Jun 18, 2010 6:27 am
- Forum: Test Cutting for Historical Swordsmanship
- Topic: Sword Weight & Cutting Efficiency
- Replies: 20
- Views: 36260
Re: Sword Weight & Cutting Efficiency
The real question is, why accept, and tolerate, a sword weight of >980g, when the average one-handed qing period jian was around 780g ? I remember Scotts statistics on the old sword forum, end of the 90s, and the given weight span from the top of my mind was like 660-880g, with the excessive ends be...
- Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:36 pm
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Development of swords for chinese swordmanship
- Replies: 49
- Views: 79253
Re: Development of swords for chinese swordmanship
More pics of the prototype send to Linda, almost 100% finished (the pommel will be fixed by peening if possible):
- Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:11 am
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Saviolo fencing
- Replies: 19
- Views: 36948
Re: Saviolo fencing
Hello Joseph, didn't want to break up a "war on truth". :) The way you describe sounds as if you are grabbing the knife without pressing directly onto the edge, but merely have the edge between thumb and index finger. Also the disarming would be done in that manner, not downright grabbing the edges ...
- Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:28 am
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Saviolo fencing
- Replies: 19
- Views: 36948
Re: Saviolo fencing
PLEASE don't do it. Just because someone calls his knifes, blades, etc. "very sharp", you cannot take that for granted. I touched a traditionally made japanese sword without any pressure, and it did cut me down to the bone. Depending on the grade of sharpness and edge geometry, touching, let alone w...
- Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:29 am
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: namban fittings?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 24022
Re: namban fittings?
According to Scotts website, this style was depicted on Ming period guards pictures: http://www.sevenstarstrading.com/html/articles/img/j002c.jpg Perhaps it's this style that is referred to ? However, to call this "crude" or "inferior" to anything is not just a stretch, it's nuts. The blades on such...
- Tue Jun 08, 2010 12:17 pm
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: namban fittings?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 24022
Re: namban fittings?
BTW, nam or nan can only really mean southern. Ban in cantonese can mean - rebel, rebellion (could make sense, "southern rebellion" era) - personality, character or article, product (then it simply means "southern style") - clumsy, awkward - dress up as, disguise, play - intelligent, refined (I'm su...
- Tue Jun 08, 2010 12:03 pm
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: namban fittings?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 24022
Re: namban fittings?
That sounds plain weird, depicting a top end qiangang weapon and calling it "inferior" or something like that. Do you have a picture of which weapon he referenced like that ?