[OT, swords] OMG! These are gorgeous!

[Ashrem Bayle]

Check out these fine specimens. Man I wish I had some cash!

 

[Eridanis]

Whose catalog are these from?

- Eridanis, the Similarly Cashless

 

[Ashrem Bayle]

United Cutlery: http://www.unitedcutlery.com/united.html

 

[Mr Fidgit]

the line is called 'Samurai 3000', -no wonder the handles look so lightsaber-ish

 

[Eridanis]

Yeah, like what Usagi Yojimbo would have used in SPACE USAGI.

They're very attractive, but I balk at paying hundreds for a wall-hanger. Personal preference, but I prefer swords ready for stage combat - I might actually be able to use them at some time!

Which reminds me of a very OT story about my latest production of MACBETH - but I want to wash that memory out of my mind...

 

[Cougar]

These ones go a bit beyond decorative. I saw and handled the straight blade at my local RPG shop. They are functional; sharp and very nice. Also, there is a button on the handle that depresses a catch that keeps the blade secure in the sheath. The button must be depressed to draw.

 

[LcKedovan]

And they are available on a few online sword shops as well.... I agree though, they are sweet looking.

-W.

 

[Tsyr]

Nice looking.

Too bad the handle is really uncomfortable... and they are NOT "battle quality", not by a long shot. The handle is basicly just welded on, with a rat-tail. Like pretty much any other sword of this nature. Makes a good wallhanger, and you can swing it around a bit (Fairly decent balance, considering)... but not that good of a sword, quality wise.

Got one when they first came because I needed something similar for a costume idea... and getting it for 99 was alot cheaper than the Blade sword, the other one I was considering at the time.

 

[Cougar]

Well, I agree they certainly aren't "battle quality", but they aren't as bad as some other decoratives. I didn't find the handles that uncomfortable. Which one did you buy?

 

[Tsyr]

Well, I agree they certainly aren't "battle quality", but they aren't as bad as some other decoratives. I didn't find the handles that uncomfortable. Which one did you buy?

The katana... needed a sort of "officers sabre" for a starship captain costume. The only other vaugly sci-fi sword I could find at the time was, as I said, the Blade sword... and that wasn't curved, which I wanted. Katana was a touch bigger than I wanted, but it worked.

It wasn't exactly PAINFUL or anything... just not really all that comfortable. Too uneven and "jagged" for my tastes.