On Swords, Blades and the Song of Swords - Page 11

fredtheobviouspseudonym · 03-13-2013, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by DanHoward

Generally it is assumed that keeping a blade sharp is just part of the regular day to day stuff that gets done by a character. I'd only think about penalties if there is a situation where the character doesn't have access to his travelling gear.

Even then . . . if a sensible character is separated from his whetstone, s/he can probably find a hard enough stone to improve the edge with a short amount of looking.

Flyndaran · 03-13-2013, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by fredtheobviouspseudonym

Even then . . . if a sensible character is separated from his whetstone, s/he can probably find a hard enough stone to improve the edge with a short amount of looking.

Honing is not sharpening. Slamming swords into anything metal and even softer stuff for too long must mess up the edge enough to need the occasional professional sharpening... I would imagine.

As it is the myth that swords were used as edged maces clubbing each other like cavemen is quite prevalent.

Sword-dancer · 03-14-2013, 04:07 AM

Maybe like a katzbalger?

Dexion · 11-20-2013, 02:03 PM

Hi all,

I have some difficulty to know if the sword is (in gurps terms) a Shortsword, a Cut and Thrust (Jian?) or a Broadsword ?

http://www.taoistmasterblog.com/han-...demonstration/

But I think it has a certain level of ornate, and must be a fine quality for damascus blade.

Thanks for help :)

Icelander · 11-21-2013, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Dexion

Hi all,

I have some difficulty to know if the sword is (in gurps terms) a Shortsword, a Cut and Thrust (Jian?) or a Broadsword ?

http://www.taoistmasterblog.com/han-...demonstration/

But I think it has a certain level of ornate, and must be a fine quality for damascus blade.

Thanks for help :)

GURPS has a cut-off point at 24" of blade. I don't see any information the blade length and I don't know if the guy holding it is short or not, but I'd guess that this is slightly above that. But I'd not object to using either skill to use it.

Flyndaran · 11-21-2013, 10:58 PM

I think the 1024 folds might defeat the purpose of folding in general though. I also don't trust anyone using that much all upper case name dropping like DAMASCUS steel.
Also, China's reputation as of late might mean the sword has too much arsenic.

DangerousThing · 11-22-2013, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Flyndaran

I think the 1024 folds might defeat the purpose of folding in general though. I also don't trust anyone using that much all upper case name dropping like DAMASCUS steel.
Also, China's reputation as of late might mean the sword has too much arsenic.

I didn't listen to the videos, but the spelling read like somebody who isn't completely familiar with English yet.

However, the process described sounds like what is now called Damascus steel. And 1024 folds just means that the metal is folded 10 times.

Does anybody have any sites for good quality swords that aren't priced more than the family car?

sir_pudding · 11-22-2013, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by DangerousThing

Does anybody have any sites for good quality swords that aren't priced more than the family car?

http://www.swordandstone.com/
http://www.albion-swords.com/

Sam Cade · 11-22-2013, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by DangerousThing

Does anybody have any sites for good quality swords that aren't priced more than the family car?

A mono-steel sword of modern materials made by an ABS master could be under a thousand dollars if it was purely functional.

To wit:
http://www.arizonacustomknives.com/B...aspx%3fPage%3d

Flyndaran · 11-22-2013, 08:30 PM

Should there be a quality lower than cheap to explain work machetes so common in modern jungles? I doubt they could cost hundreds of dollars.

11-20-2013, 02:03 PM	#104
Dexion Join Date: Dec 2012	Re: On Swords, Blades and the Song of Swords Hi all, I have some difficulty to know if the sword is (in gurps terms) a Shortsword, a Cut and Thrust (Jian?) or a Broadsword ? http://www.taoistmasterblog.com/han-...demonstration/ But I think it has a certain level of ornate, and must be a fine quality for damascus blade. Thanks for help :)

11-21-2013, 10:58 PM	#106
Flyndaran Untagged Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Forest Grove, Beaverton, Oregon	Re: On Swords, Blades and the Song of Swords I think the 1024 folds might defeat the purpose of folding in general though. I also don't trust anyone using that much all upper case name dropping like DAMASCUS steel. Also, China's reputation as of late might mean the sword has too much arsenic. __________________ Beware, poor communication skills. No offense intended. If offended, it just means that I failed my writing skill check.

11-22-2013, 08:30 PM	#110
Flyndaran Untagged Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Forest Grove, Beaverton, Oregon	Re: On Swords, Blades and the Song of Swords Should there be a quality lower than cheap to explain work machetes so common in modern jungles? I doubt they could cost hundreds of dollars. __________________ Beware, poor communication skills. No offense intended. If offended, it just means that I failed my writing skill check.