You're not far off Uni, when I stop to convert this dangerously modern year system...


My old school/college was endowed in the 15th century, and modern things scared them. We still used the old system of years.

[QUOTE=Espbassor]I have a longsword! :naughty: :naughty:






....made in korea though so it's just a cheap decorational thing :p[/QUOTE]

Bring it, I have sporting blades made to withstand actual combat. Plus, I can actually use them.

[QUOTE=Wintermute]Bring it, I have sporting blades made to withstand actual combat. Plus, I can actually use them.[/QUOTE]

Consider it broughten!





[size=1]....with a sniper rifle....from very far away...[/size] :D

ANYWAY....I need to hurry up an graduate so I can go to a different school for a different major :p

Hey guys, hows everyone.

[QUOTE=Wintermute]Back off, I have swords![/QUOTE]
i have 3 swords :cool:

I have 5.

Plus the aforementioned ability to use them. Placed tenth in the Northwest two years ago, haven't done much tournament play since then, but higher.

yeah but mine a made from traditional japaneese folded steel

Made in china, no doubt? Retail price 30 bucks?

Regardless, no matter how good your sword is, try using it after I impale your wrist as you go for the attack (my personal speciality)

[QUOTE=Wintermute]Made in china, no doubt? Retail price 30 bucks?

Regardless, no matter how good your sword is, try using it after I impale your wrist as you go for the attack (my personal speciality)[/QUOTE]

...and thus man invented the tactical nuke...

Pfft. Warfare became boring after the invention of the musket.

Guns lack style, and have utterly no finesse or grace.

[QUOTE=Wintermute]Made in china, no doubt? Retail price 30 bucks?

Regardless, no matter how good your sword is, try using it after I impale your wrist as you go for the attack (my personal speciality)[/QUOTE]$160 :cool:

[QUOTE=Wintermute]Pfft. Warfare became boring after the invention of the musket.

Guns lack style, and have utterly no finesse or grace.[/QUOTE]

I agree wholeheartedly there :thumb:

[quote]$160[/quote]

Meaning the tang doesn't break if you touch the pommel, and that there may be one or two folds in the steel.

All I know is that swords are sharp.

[QUOTE=FUNKNBASS]All I know is that swords are sharp.[/QUOTE]

I'm often told that I know worrying amounts about swords, and archaic arms. Just ask Kwash/The Lorax, he set me off one night and I ranted to him over MSN for about an hour about them.

I think there cool its just that I dont know ****, I mean i know enough to tell which end you hold and the basic parts.

It's actually amazing how many misconceptions there are about archaic arms and armour. Samurai were not invincible, and Knights were very mobile indeed, for instance.

I saw this Mail Call episode on samurai and knights as well. I learned a little, at least enough to counteract the movies I've seen.

Movies are the least reliable source of information you'll ever see.

Interesting fact - the average suit of plate mail at the time of the Hundred Years War weighed the same as the average field pack a modern soldier would be given. It was also a lot better balanced.

Yeah, I saw some show on how two-handed swords were actually used, as I was quite impressed by the speed and agility they had. Destroyed my conception of a 2hander being a cloud sword :D

its all about the legend

The legend was woefully inaccurate, and in the case of European medieval arms and armour, the truth was cooler.

Personally I don't think you can beat the rapier, fastest sword known to man. A skilled practitioner was lightening fast and uncannily accurate.

In the heyday, it wasn't unknown for a practice regime to include nailing a penny to the wall and hitting it a few hundred times in a row before moving on.

we must break 100 pages

All the Casuals have gone over 100.

But if we can't spam, how can we do it?

By simply being casual.

*Slouches*

[QUOTE=Wintermute]The legend was woefully inaccurate, and in the case of European medieval arms and armour, the truth was cooler.

Personally I don't think you can beat the rapier, fastest sword known to man. A skilled practitioner was lightening fast and uncannily accurate.

In the heyday, it wasn't unknown for a practice regime to include nailing a penny to the wall and hitting it a few hundred times in a row before moving on.[/QUOTE]

Are you talking about the two-handed sword?? Because I always thought that a samurai sable (sp??) was the fastest of them all, although I might be much mistaken.

Untucks shirt.

*Listens to music*

I want a sword.

Actually I want to become skilled in archery and throwing axes.

Bass is good enough for me.

*Still cleaning this room.*

[QUOTE=Wintermute]The legend was woefully inaccurate, and in the case of European medieval arms and armour, the truth was cooler.

Personally I don't think you can beat the rapier, fastest sword known to man. A skilled practitioner was lightening fast and uncannily accurate.

In the heyday, it wasn't unknown for a practice regime to include nailing a penny to the wall and hitting it a few hundred times in a row before moving on.[/QUOTE]

I would think the katana form practiced by certian monks would beat the rapier, but they are different forms of fighting. For them, as soon as you draw it from the sheath, that is the attack. It's drawn, used, and sheathed before most people can even react, all in one motion. But what would I know? :thumb:

[QUOTE=nisakss]Are you talking about the two-handed sword?? Because I always thought that a samurai sable (sp??) was the fastest of them all, although I might be much mistaken.[/QUOTE]

No, a rapier is a one handed sword. Never heard of a sable, and after a bit of quick research, I'm not sure it exists. More likely you meant sabre? If you did, then a samurai sabre would be a Katana. Which were not that fast. They were hand-and-a-half weapons, making them much much slower than something like a rapier. Katanas were, overall, some of the best swords ever made, but they're still hugely overated. They weren't THAT good!

[QUOTE=Espbassor]I would think the katana form practiced by certian monks would beat the rapier, but they are different forms of fighting. For them, as soon as you draw it from the sheath, that is the attack. It's drawn, used, and sheathed before most people can even react, all in one motion. But what would I know? :thumb:[/QUOTE]

That's assuming the katana user has an initiative advantage, which they may or may not. The katana was a very very dangerous weapon, but they weren't as good as modern cinema would have you believe. The katana was sharper, and a stroke would carry more power than a rapier, but a rapier was faster, with a longer range. Which one is [i]better[/i] is an insoluble problem for the academics, my preference for rapiers is a purely personal one.

I say Ginsu. The katana is a totally different form of fighting..if the user is skilled, he'll know how to react.

[QUOTE=Sade]if the user is skilled, he'll know how to react.[/QUOTE]

That applies to every weapon

^123...

I want to find that video of those monks, it was really cool *starts dumpster diving*