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Any sword owners?
2010-01-09, 8:54 PM #1
My latest kick is that I want to buy a sword. A Roman Gladius, to be more precise. Not an original of course, but something legit and "battle ready" as they say, like this....

http://www.darksword-armory.com/1323.html

I don't know why I want it. I just think it would be a cool thing to have kicking around the house to show off, perhaps on display on a shelf, possible home defense should the need arise, or whatever. (Hey, mom has a baseball bat by her bed just in case, so why not a sword???) Maybe even start a small weapon collection.

Anybody have something similar?
2010-01-09, 8:57 PM #2
[http://media.filmschoolrejects.com/images/raiders_sword.jpg]
2010-01-09, 9:16 PM #3
They use good steel. I've never heard of that smith, but they provide good info. 1060 is a high carbon steel. It has good hardness (will hold an edge for a while, but will be difficult to sharpen) and good toughness (won't break it you hit something solid, but DO NOT use it to pry). It's not stainless, though, so don't let it get wet, and oil it with steel oil regularly.
2010-01-09, 9:25 PM #4
Sword for home defense? I refer you to Tibby's screenshot. Didn't do that guy much good, did it? For home defense a gun might be more appropriate.

2010-01-09, 9:34 PM #5
[http://www.espadasdecine.com/images/Marto/M-Conan016.jpg]
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2010-01-09, 9:54 PM #6
Originally posted by The MAZZTer:
Sword for home defense? I refer you to Tibby's screenshot. Didn't do that guy much good, did it? For home defense a gun might be more appropriate.


:rolleyes:

Re-read original post.
2010-01-09, 9:59 PM #7
i bought a scimitar in spain
2010-01-10, 12:56 AM #8
If you really want a sword, I suggest you save your money and go to a local Renaissance Fair and buy one there. Support your local bladesmith, you'd be surprised how many there are. Plus, you can ask him questions, get it sharp (no one ships sharpened swords unless you want to pay a lot extra), and hold it to check the size and weight.
2010-01-10, 1:13 AM #9
Originally posted by Steven:
(no one ships sharpened swords unless you want to pay a lot extra)


it's simple really.... sharpened swords are shipped sheathed
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2010-01-10, 5:27 AM #10
I have a wooden broadsword that I use to kill insects, snakes & hopefully soon, criminals.
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2010-01-10, 7:27 AM #11
If your goal is to dissuade guests from ever returning to your house, display a sword.
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2010-01-10, 10:28 AM #12
Originally posted by Steven:
If you really want a sword, I suggest you save your money and go to a local Renaissance Fair and buy one there. Support your local bladesmith, you'd be surprised how many there are. Plus, you can ask him questions, get it sharp (no one ships sharpened swords unless you want to pay a lot extra), and hold it to check the size and weight.


This. And if your Faire is anything like the one here, there are literally at least five smiths there at any given day. They have demonstrations showing the process of smithing the blades. And a couple of the guys who display works here are real artisans. Fancy rapiers and the like that are really gorgeous pieces of work.
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2010-01-10, 10:30 AM #13
i own a replica of glamdring from lotr and also a spear and two LARGE knives from Ethiopia
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2010-01-10, 10:47 AM #14
i only have pocketknives and bayonets my longest bayonet being a 1918 Sanderson Pattern 1907 seen here on the rifle
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2010-01-10, 11:49 AM #15
Originally posted by Yecti:
This. And if your Faire is anything like the one here, there are literally at least five smiths there at any given day. They have demonstrations showing the process of smithing the blades. And a couple of the guys who display works here are real artisans. Fancy rapiers and the like that are really gorgeous pieces of work.


I love watching the smiths work. I've got a friend in Germany who does some smithing on the side, and the joke is that us and some other friends will all move to Canada and just make swords and stuff all day.

I don't have any swords of my own yet, but I have some nice knives.
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2010-01-10, 12:00 PM #16
Originally posted by Couchman:
i bought a scimitar in spain


Why does everyone buy swords when they go to Spain? Is Spain filled with sword shops or something?
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2010-01-10, 12:02 PM #17
I rather like Roman swords like that myself (though I prefer the sparta myself). Never been much of a fan of the traditional cross-guard European style in any case, even if such a guard offers more protection. If anything European, I probably would lean towards something like a viking sword.

I feel if I were to ever get a sword, I'd want to save an absurd amount of money and get something super-custom made that I know only I would own and would be built for me.
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2010-01-10, 12:51 PM #18
Originally posted by Gebohq:
I feel if I were to ever get a sword, I'd want to save an absurd amount of money and get something super-custom made that I know only I would own and would be built for me.


And make sure that it happens to slip and stab the maker, thus the secrets behind its construction are only known by you. Also, have it infused with the souls of a thousand orphans, and encrusted with jewels made from the sacrificing of a thousand woodland creatures. And made from the steel from a long-lost civilization. Call it Timmy.
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2010-01-10, 12:58 PM #19
Haha, yes yes, why cap my levels of absurdity after all? :P
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2010-01-10, 12:58 PM #20
Originally posted by Flirbnic:
Why does everyone buy swords when they go to Spain? Is Spain filled with sword shops or something?

Most tourist cities in Europe have sword shops, unless they're London. :P
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2010-01-10, 1:01 PM #21
The laws against weapons and arms have left London's smiths without business, so they've resorted to converting their smithies into fish and chips restaurants.
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2010-01-10, 1:53 PM #22
We have the same laws up here and sword shops aplenty. :P
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2010-01-10, 2:05 PM #23
Originally posted by Flirbnic:
Why does everyone buy swords when they go to Spain? Is Spain filled with sword shops or something?



was in Toledo..I dont know, they were making them in some blacksmith shop, so i bought one lol
2010-01-10, 3:29 PM #24
I dont have a sword but I would love to have this bad boy
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2010-01-10, 3:34 PM #25
Originally posted by Flirbnic:
Why does everyone buy swords when they go to Spain? Is Spain filled with sword shops or something?


Not sure, but I have heard that Spain has some *really* good blacksmiths.
2010-01-10, 4:07 PM #26
I just inherited a Union cavalry officer's sword from the civil war from my grandfather. It's pretty dope, surprisingly long, authentic, and probably worth a pretty penny. My current objectives are to clean it up and find a way to display it at my house. I just left home to go back to school, but I should be back home in a week or so if this thread is still around (or needing to be necro-ed).

In his will he also left me a US Army tomahawk from when somewhere in that time period when skirmishes with the natives were more common. And his bayonet from WW2.
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2010-01-10, 4:19 PM #27
when cleaning an old sword make sure not to overclean it or you'll ruin the value
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2010-01-10, 5:33 PM #28
Originally posted by UltimatePotato:
I just inherited a Union cavalry officer's sword from the civil war from my grandfather. It's pretty dope, surprisingly long, authentic, and probably worth a pretty penny. My current objectives are to clean it up and find a way to display it at my house. I just left home to go back to school, but I should be back home in a week or so if this thread is still around (or needing to be necro-ed).

In his will he also left me a US Army tomahawk from when somewhere in that time period when skirmishes with the natives were more common. And his bayonet from WW2.


Yeah, I'd say don't clean em at all or even do anything to them, you'll ruin them.
2010-01-10, 5:42 PM #29
Originally posted by llibja:
If your goal is to dissuade guests from ever returning to your house, display a sword.


Not always the case my friend.

I have two katanas that I keep on display in my home from when I studied kenjutsu and iaido for several years. They make excellent conversation pieces.
2010-01-10, 7:06 PM #30
Originally posted by Dash_rendar:
Yeah, I'd say don't clean em at all or even do anything to them, you'll ruin them.


Yea. I was definitely going to do my research and ask about how to do it and what kind of stuff you can use on it that would be safe for the metal. :hist101:
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2010-01-10, 7:07 PM #31
Originally posted by x25064:
Not always the case my friend.

I have two katanas that I keep on display in my home from when I studied kenjutsu and iaido for several years. They make excellent conversation pieces.


*****es don't know 'bout my ninja swords.
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2010-01-10, 7:50 PM #32
Quote:
Yea. I was definitely going to do my research and ask about how to do it and what kind of stuff you can use on it that would be safe for the metal.


Olive oil.

If it's already got spots, don't try and scrub them off. Keep it well oiled so they don't spread.

Never touch the blade, and then stick it back in the sheath without cleaning and oiling it. My ******* brother took one of my swords out. I found out a month later when I took it down to oil it. His fingerprints are still on it as rust spots.
2010-01-10, 8:09 PM #33
Originally posted by x25064:
Not always the case my friend.

I have two katanas that I keep on display in my home from when I studied kenjutsu and iaido for several years. They make excellent conversation pieces.

Perhaps, but because of the level of stupid japanophiles wanking about anime and crap, the real culture of Japan has gotten dragged down to the point where if I saw someone with a Katana I would instantly think "Oh god he's going to go on about how it was in an episode of bleach and how Japan is so much better then us.".
2010-01-10, 8:23 PM #34
Or maybe you just think Katana swords are cool.
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2010-01-10, 8:34 PM #35
The Katana is one of the most useful swords during a zombie apocalypse. A machette also works well.
2010-01-10, 9:02 PM #36
Originally posted by JM:
If it's already got spots, don't try and scrub them off. Keep it well oiled so they don't spread.

If they are bad, refinishing it surely is a better alternative?
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2010-01-10, 9:29 PM #37
Originally posted by Emon:
If they are bad, refinishing it surely is a better alternative?


Not when it's a genuine Civil War Officer's sword.... It's more valuable as a stick of rust than refinished. Same with any antique or collectible blade/gun/whatever as far as I know..
2010-01-11, 12:19 AM #38
Originally posted by Tibby:
Perhaps, but because of the level of stupid japanophiles wanking about anime and crap, the real culture of Japan has gotten dragged down to the point where if I saw someone with a Katana I would instantly think "Oh god he's going to go on about how it was in an episode of bleach and how Japan is so much better then us.".


True but I don't have plastic display action figures on the shelf below them. =P
2010-01-11, 12:21 AM #39
Originally posted by Dash_rendar:
Not when it's a genuine Civil War Officer's sword.... It's more valuable as a stick of rust than refinished. Same with any antique or collectible blade/gun/whatever as far as I know..

Oh, sure that makes sense.

What about electrolytic rust removal? It's like reverse electroplating. It takes the rust off without changing the finish of the surface, i.e. pitting will still be there. I wonder if that's acceptable for antiques. Certainly it could get so rusted that removing the rest removes a significant amount of material, though.
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2010-01-11, 4:35 AM #40
Don't bother. A civil war era officers sword isn't worth all that much. Some of the modern replicas are better made, and cost more. The originals are plentiful enough that to be worth good money, they need to be absolutely perfect.
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