An elegant weapon, for a more civilized age (bit pic-heavy)

Oddity · Post by **Oddity** » 2003-04-17 07:04pm

The standard Longsword:

Also; the Viking Battleaxe:

And the Gothic Crossbow:

Coolness!

Oddity · Post by **Oddity** » 2003-04-17 07:15pm

Sigh. Okay, those pics show up fine in IE but not in Opera, can you folks see them?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-04-17 07:28pm

Yes, but I have IE.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-04-17 07:29pm

I can see them in Opera

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2003-04-17 07:43pm

I prefer Bastard Swords.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-04-17 07:59pm

Mozilla here, yes they do, and I like the ax.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-04-17 08:02pm

Darth Utsanomiko wrote:I prefer Bastard Swords.

I prefer a fine katana or tachi.

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-04-17 08:06pm

Mmmmm, sharp pointy things.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-04-17 08:47pm

All Opera 7 here. I can see them fine.

Nice weapons, yes yes.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-04-17 09:01pm

Ahh come to think of it, I'd like a Halberd and a Katana.

Queeb Salaron · Post by **Queeb Salaron** » 2003-04-17 09:08pm

My WoC is a medieval broadsword. But the only good ones I can find are glorified replicas, and those are only good for LARPs... Well, GOOD LARPs, anyway. The ones where you fight with real swords instead of those shitty wooden ones with silver electrical tape or spraypaint. ::Sighs:: No one is ever in the mood for a good metal-on-metal phallyc display anymore.

Ah well... life goes on.

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2003-04-17 09:43pm

I like Falchions. The slender Sting-like variant, not the machette platemail-buster type.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-04-17 10:47pm

I'm nitpicking on semantics, but shouldn't this thread read "from a more civilized age"?

(Yes, I know it's debatable, but that's not the point!)

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-04-17 10:56pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:I prefer a fine katana or tachi.

Knives & swords made by Wally Hayes, one day I'll be able to afford his stuff...when I have a couple thousand US lying around....

Highlander Katana

Damascus Steel Tanto

Damascus Steel Dagger

Post by **Beowulf** » 2003-04-17 11:44pm

aerius wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:I prefer a fine katana or tachi.
Knives & swords made by Wally Hayes, one day I'll be able to afford his stuff...when I have a couple thousand US lying around....

I've heard good things about the Pratical Plus Katana by Paul Chen... alot cheaper than $1000 dollars too...

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-04-18 12:21am

Beowulf wrote:I've heard good things about the Pratical Plus Katana by Paul Chen... alot cheaper than $1000 dollars too...

They're nice for the $400 that they cost, but they're not nearly as good as the custom made Wally Hayes ones. I've read that the PPK steel is softer and not as durable, and it's not a full tang handle so it could eventually come apart under hard impacts.

At that pricepoint I'd go with the Criswell Katana, it's a hollow ground differentially tempered A2 steel blade. It's a utilitarian design that's well suited for hard use and combat but doesn't look as good.

Criswell Katana

Oddity · Post by **Oddity** » 2003-04-18 01:52am

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Mozilla here, yes they do, and I like the ax.

I like the axe myself, but that could be because I live in the land of the vikings ...

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-04-18 01:55am

I'm not much for modern or extra-fancy styled Japanese swords, but that Criswell looks pretty nice.

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2003-04-18 06:00am

Bah! There needs to be more claymores.

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-04-18 09:41am

Claymore is too big.

If/when we get a digital camera, I'll take some pics of my sword collection.

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2003-04-18 09:55am

I like swords.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-04-18 11:03am

Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:I like swords.

Welcome to Corneria.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2003-04-18 11:04am

Crayz9000 wrote:
Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:I like swords.
Welcome to Corneria.

*Hadokens them both before this gets offtrack*

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-04-18 11:07am

Sorry, couldn't resist

Post by **Beowulf** » 2003-04-18 04:31pm

Crayz9000 wrote:
Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:I like swords.
Welcome to Corneria.

I like swords.

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An elegant weapon, for a more civilized age (bit pic-heavy)

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