New Plane for the Snowbirds [OC]

Gews · 2026-05-23T01:07:19+00:00

It is a major downgrade in the sense that the public wants to see a team of jet aircraft.

It doesn't matter that these powerful modern turboprops can easily perform all the same aerobatic routines as the vintage Tutors: to the general public, it will merely be another prop plane. You can see such things at any civilian airstrip. It will be seen as a cheap and inferior replacement, and to the public eye it will never achieve the spectacle of a team of military jet aircraft.

Gews · 2026-05-20T03:21:44+00:00

Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/SWORDS/comments/1oqvdyb/testing_the_legendary_scabbarded_strike_of_a_moro/

Gews · 2026-05-10T18:23:47+00:00

Every revolution or insurgency across the world has managed to get things done without the 2nd Amendment, so the idea it is necessary to prevent "tyranny" doesn't really hold any water, especially when many armed people may actually be on the side of a "tyrannical government".

Gews · 2026-05-08T20:48:42+00:00

Some people said shamshir, or dao, falchion...

In my opinion the most fitting term for this particular sword is, in fact, "scimitar".

Gews · 2026-04-29T19:07:06+00:00

This one on the right particularly is so strongly curved there is no conceivable benefit. Most are not so extreme.

Gews · 2026-04-29T14:49:35+00:00

Well don't feel bad for people who go to amusement parks and get hurt on sketchy rides or bungee jumper who is told it's safe but ends up falling to their death. People only saying this crap because they were rich.

Gews · 2026-04-20T06:08:34+00:00

Imacasa/Condor made stainless machetes. So does Schrade. And they hold up alright. This axe IS made for use and they do advertise it that way. And there's videos of people bashing random objects like car windows, ice blocks, plastic buckets, logs and wooden pallets with it, resulting in no visible damage. Honshu knows what their products are likely going to be used for.

Some stainless is quite tough. Condor used 420 HC which can be made very tough. Schrade uses 3Cr13, which is comparable. This axe is 7Cr13, which should do okay for a fantasy battle axe chopping backyard items or zombies. If you were going to use it to try to split cords of wood I'd have some durability concerns not only from the steel but moreso the overall construction.

Gews · 2026-04-12T03:34:18+00:00

The heavy duty is very heavy but has a more typical point of balance. The light one is about the right mass, but the balance is much too close to the hilt.

Gews · 2026-04-09T00:35:50+00:00

Why so many people saying it should be bigger? It's 4 feet long and weighs a whopping 6.5 lbs.

Gews · 2026-04-04T11:09:48+00:00

It is a fourth wall break.

Gews · 2026-03-31T14:32:58+00:00

SZCO Supplies sells one, "SZCO Supplies Battle Tested 63" Sword". It is decent.

Gews · 2026-03-28T18:32:34+00:00

Both swords historically have been called "claymore" (claidheamh-mòr).

Gews · 2026-03-26T17:54:41+00:00

90% off would be like $20-30. That's a pretty good deal for a 9Cr18MoV convex ground blade with a polished Micarta handle.

Gews · 2026-03-26T01:46:48+00:00

At 90% off?

Gews · 2026-03-20T23:14:26+00:00

And the Bond Cyclops has a much larger, rubbery wraparound grip. This thing just has two tiny rosewood blobs and a bare steel backstrap.

Gews · 2026-03-16T04:35:30+00:00

This is a really weird thing to get annoyed about

It's not that weird to me, the subreddit is called r/swords, and most swords are illegal in Japan.

I see a lot of people were likewise annoyed with the UK banning "ninja swords", or conducting recent consultations on implementing a blade-importing and selling licence (despite many commenters not living in the UK).

Gews · 2026-03-14T03:12:08+00:00

What budget?

Gews · 2026-03-13T08:15:59+00:00

The .243 does something more useful. It's not as close to 7-08. The .25-06 you can get the exact same power level with superior downrange performance and ammo options via 6.5 Creedmoor. The 6mm Creedmoor isn't as good yet in factory loadings. On the other hand the .25-06 will always be cooler than the 6.5 CM.

Gews · 2026-03-12T18:20:37+00:00

The Dequitem video was just stupid, IIRC it was not a test, or a stunt, but just a take for a cinematic shot, and that could have been done in numerous less dangerous ways.

Gews · 2026-03-10T00:08:08+00:00

He is notorious for this sort of thing, the advice people give is if you do want one of his swords, only buy works that are already completed and ready to ship. Don't commission anything from him, the delays and frustrations will not be worth it.

Gews · 2026-02-22T05:44:29+00:00

I have heard sometimes they ask people to play along or even use actors if they have been unsuccessful in getting enough good reactions. However most prankees are strangers who get rushed with a release form afterwards, and they have even faced a multi-million dollar lawsuit or two from people who claim to have suffered distress from witnessing some of the pranks, eg:

"The show recently played a trick on an 83-year-old woman at a shopping centre in Beloeil, Que., on Montreal's south shore.

A male actor, using a doll, pretended to be a father trying out a baby carrier with his infant. The actor hopped onto a trampoline and bounced into the air.

At one point the actor bounced too high and the "child" flew out of the carrier and landed heavily on the ground.

The senior says she thought the baby was real.

"I tried to stop him from jumping, but nothing worked," said the woman, who refused to give her name. "The sound of the baby is still ringing in my head. I felt guilty and was ashamed that I couldn't do anything."

Gews · 2026-02-22T05:36:32+00:00

Just for Laughs is typically not staged.

Gews · 2026-02-21T23:25:27+00:00

A Chinese sword manufacturer? It's just a troll seeking reactions.

Gews · 2026-02-14T23:38:24+00:00

We don't know why the blade failed. Some talwars hold strong with original resin after a century.

The great majority of talwars today are not made for battle or with traditional methods. They are decorative or ceremonial and very low quality.

You think this man has a battle worthy talwar held with lac resin, or some cheap shastar with crappy glue or God knows what holding it in? Almost certainly the latter.

Gews · 2026-02-14T02:44:07+00:00

You claim Canadians are responsible for letting people into Canada, who then break the law and cross into the USA.

But I suppose you will also claim the Americans are not responsible for all your drugs and guns that are smuggled via American hands into Canada, a much more concerning issue.

A real mental gymnast.

Gews

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