my samurai sword

dickwad · Post by **dickwad** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 7:43 pm

bought this beauty on http://www.bladeuniverse.net a few months ago!
isn't she beautiful?
costed me $69!

edit: lol just saw they had lowered the price to $62. lol isn't that just typical?

sakura · Post by **sakura** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 10:06 pm

haven't clicked the link yet. but it looks to be one of those stainless ebay swords. I'm guessing... aluminum saya and grind that looks like this ^ if you want a real sword, http://www.swordarmory.com/katanas/1207gt.htm I've handled these before and they're quite light. but cut very well. good sword for the price.

oh and by the way. welcome to the forum

Razor_54 · Post by **Razor_54** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 4:40 am

Greats sites, but here's another that offers affordable hand made katanas. Bought one of the Shinken and even my Sensei was impressed with the quality. They have a nice weigth and feel to them.
http://www.swordsrus.com/

sakura · Post by **sakura** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 6:30 am

sensei? what style of sword do you practice?

Razor_54 · Post by **Razor_54** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 2:21 pm

I started with Kendo a few years ago and then started iaijutsu. My sensei studied the Muso Ryu and Nakanishi-Ha Itto Ryu styles, don't know about the spelling. He aslo holds a 7th Dan rank in Shorin-Ryu style of katate.

BennytheBlade · Post by **BennytheBlade** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 2:34 pm

Note to self- Dont ever f*ck w/ Razor

I used a boken (or whatever you want to call a wooden practice katana) to answer the door for a bit when I lived out in the boonies (my version of a baseball bat)

sakura · Post by **sakura** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 9:45 pm

I practice ishiyamaryu batto jutsu, under McCartney sensei. ishiyamaryu is kinda a mix of iaijutsu toyamaryu and alot of other stuff. we train through kata, tomeshigiri (test cutting) and we do some goshinken (duels with padded swords) been doin it for 4 years and I'm getting ready to test again soon.

Bonzo · Post by **Bonzo** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 1:42 am

Mr. Sakura,

Thats neat, really. I don't have any use for all that batta-whappa shit myself. Nothing can beat a well placed bullet.

Best Regard's,

Bonz

sakura · Post by **sakura** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 6:05 am

well it is true what they say. "those who live by the sword, die by the gun."

sakura · Post by **sakura** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 6:06 am

mr. dickwad. it looks kinda like my kitchen knives.