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Offline The Expendable

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Re: plan B
« Reply #15 on: April 18, 2015, 04:41:27 PM »
I have been thinking about getting a sword for a long time.  My thing is that I want to get one that has something to do with my family's  heritage.  I would love to get a replica Confederate sword, or going further back, some sort of Scottish blade.  The only problem is that the only replica Confederate swords I see are geared toward reenactors, and are more form than function.

I took a fencing class a couple of months ago, and it was a workout.  I would suggest that you practice with whatever sword you have.  It's not as easy as it looks on TV, and rarely are your opponents going to be an unarmed watermelon.

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Re: plan B
« Reply #16 on: April 18, 2015, 05:07:20 PM »
 practical swords of western styles

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Re: plan B
« Reply #17 on: April 18, 2015, 05:32:53 PM »
Also.......  anything by Coldsteel is made to be used.


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Re: plan B
« Reply #18 on: April 18, 2015, 05:44:32 PM »
I have about 20 yrs of martial arts that includes a ton of weapons stuff.  I taught a Japanese fencing class for a long time.    I just found a school in St. Pete that I might make some visits to.

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Re: plan B
« Reply #19 on: April 19, 2015, 04:12:22 PM »
I will second the cold steel statement!  For the longest time I thought price, and from buying cheap knives, that you had to spend some money to get a good blade. In that sense my Ontario SP-19 and my RTAK-II are awesome knives. I paid $65 for the SP and $105 for the RTAK. No complaints from me since I see those blades worth what I paid for them but there's just something about that $20 cold steel bushman... I can't break that damn thing.

I'll go ahead and admit that I treat the bushman like crap simply because it cost me 20 bucks. The SP has gotten the same treatment but I've shelved it as a backup while I mess with the RTAK so I really need to abuse my newer knife more. Cold steel boasts a pretty much no matter what lifetime warranty on their stuff. One thing that I was able to do to it was bend the blade. According to cold steel's warranty it was covered. What i did do was stick it back into the swamp cabbage I was trying to get at and bent it back close enough to straight for my liking. I've been beating on it for close to a year I think. Worth the cash if you ask me.

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Re: plan B
« Reply #20 on: April 19, 2015, 07:26:32 PM »
iv got the Cold Steel Two-Handed Katana Machete and iv also seen a youtube on how to make the handle into a single had sword... but the katana works better as a two handed weapon... its just going to take alot of pratices on my part to get really proficient with it as a 2 handed weapon... but i do like the katana and like it was said earlier cold steel stuff is meant to be used..

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