Paal_101 Posted November 17, 2003 Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 Well I've started my hopefully future sword collection with a hand-made WWII Japanese katana or long sword. Its 34.5 inches long, with a blade all of 27.5 inches, with a copper and wood scabbard. I'm so psyched about it One nice little thing is the tsuba (or hilt) has the silhouette of a crane Here's a pic: http://www.geocities.com/Soviet_small_arms...s/my_katana.jpgI love it and hopefully I can scratch some $ together to get a Pattern 1796 Light Cavalry Saber to go with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Note: You might copy&paste the link to make it work (standard GeoCities drill )Looks awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted November 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Lol yeah I did paste it on (after HTML didn't work, shoulda known ) but didn't check to see if it HTML-ized itself Thanks It really is something to hold an old weapon....Where has it been?....Who had it?...Who made it?BTW, does anyone around here read Japanese? There is writing on the blade and the scabbard that I would dearly love to know the meaning of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
av_nefardec Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Nice weapon.*swings his gladius around (reconstruction)* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Op Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Rats, I still can't get the pic to show up. :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElfTheHunter Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Save target as, worked for me... jpeg file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Op Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 I never knew to do that before, thanks. Katana looks good BTW. I hope you're able to expand your collection Paal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted November 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Thanks Same here Another sword I am really wanting to get is a Chinese dao or a Persian shamshir (so awesome if it was Damascus steel )Oh gladius!! I love that thing, I really should get one. I really would love to join a Roman reenacting group. Does anyone here do that? Not necessarily Roman but reeancting of history in general? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Hawk Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 hey i got somethink like that don't have picture tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted November 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Cool Gladius you mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngelBGE Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Nice sword you got. By the way, you can also use Angelfire instead of GeoCities. *swings around his axe* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted November 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 LOL yeah I know I just never was adventerous enough to try something besides Geocities.... I think the time has come What kind of axe btw?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngelBGE Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Paal, please don't post many smilies of the same type in a row. Umm..it's some normal axe that has some cool texture on it. A Roma legionaire is on it, too. It's quite sharp... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonto_Icy_Tripod Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 nice sword Where'd you get it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted November 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 I got it offa E-bay from a guy in Ontario, but after some further research on the following website:www.geocities.com/alchemyst/repro.htmI found out that it is a cheap modern Chinese reproduction oh well it makes for a good discussion piece and I can use it in karate! I'm not sore, just a little miffed, but oh well. What really tipped me off was that the pic of the top sword on that page has the EXACT same characters on the scabbard that mine does LOLNew Rule Learned: Research everything and don't pay attention to E-Bay auction deadlines BTW, copy the URL to get itOh and roger on the emoticons. Why is that? Space? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 If you dont mind me asking, how much did that set you back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted November 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 Don't mind at all Actually it put me back about $190 US, not bad since that's what you'll pay for a replica anyway, a relatively cheap replica too What I should have done was a bit more reading But in any case I still like it and think it is great! No i need to go build a suit of armor around it!*goes of to begin sketching* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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