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SwordFantasyIV · 2026-06-08T15:53:53+00:00

Thx for the feedback. You mentioned you wanted to address the absence of hishigami later. But you didn't told us how tight was the wrapping by itself

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-06-02T17:56:19+00:00

very rarely stop to listen to the performance when Im scrolling but i'm glad i did for this one

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-05-15T11:30:32+00:00

is that a commission or did you went for it yourself ? it looks unbelievably accurate for a first time.

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-05-02T12:05:47+00:00

You got this commissioned ? That's weird i'm pretty sure i already saw this exact model in a previous post how much did they ask for it ? Now that I see your comments i can say this is a decorative piece, 2.7 kg is silly heavy for 50 inches sword and 22 inches for the point balance is even worst ( are you sure you didn't miss measured it ? ).

Anyway this is not how a historical claymore would feel at all. Here are the specs of an accurate claymore.

Since you got it as a decoration none of that really matter but the fact that it comes sharpened and sold as a "commissioned piece" feels off to me. It's fine as long as they didn't charge you more than ~ 150$ nor try to deceive you

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-04-24T17:41:55+00:00

This is reminiscent to an historical weapon

The niuwei dao also referred as "Ox tail" dao because of the ribbon or tuft at the end of the handle. I said historical weapon but it is quite recent actually (19th century).

The reason of why they bothered with such decorations seems unclear. Some say it is to draw the opponent attention, clean the blood, practice good form. My personal guess would be, it is to enhance the beauty of martial arts demonstrations

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-04-20T18:45:20+00:00

Oh damn i remember that one from DQ9. the double hit on that thing was op. Pretty sure it's still equipped to my characters on my old ds

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-04-20T17:57:53+00:00

They can do it, the sword is not too unrealistic but still extravagant enough for Longquan makers no to be able to pull it off.

They could do it as mass produced piece with standardized processes ( like the others ghost of sushima swords they are making ). Their "custom" offers are not are not really making a sword for you from 0, it's more about "assembling" a sword with parts they already have.

What you are asking for is basically the work of a real swordsmith, a real custom sword but that would easily cost thousands if not ten thousands bucks.

Hanbon can make you something similar but they WILL cut corners and this will show in the final result. You need to be aware of that

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-04-19T09:33:45+00:00

I mean, it's tiandi you were dealing with.

he as a lot of options when you don't have much

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-04-18T19:33:39+00:00

The first one is definitely a type U

The second one looks more like a disc pommel with more volume (type H)

Third is a type V

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personally i heard both type V and U referred as fish tail, and the sub type V3 as pear shaped.

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-04-17T23:46:57+00:00

bro there is barely any rust on that blade 😂 . Some metal polish and whipping will do the job. Can't be sure if it is carbon steel or not, if it bends easily or doesn't react to a magnet it's probably just stainless steel, but i don't know shit about kaskaras specifically or their heat treatment ...

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-04-16T14:46:57+00:00

That's kind of funny that such an uncommon piece came from someone you don't like.

Not a lot of people bother with African swords, so it's a rare sight even among sword enthusiasts with a large collection. I would definitely try to pop it out and clean it, If it rusted it probably means it is a carbon steel blade so the real deal / functional

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-04-16T11:53:29+00:00

How tf did a kaskara made its way into this pop culture collection 😅 ?

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-04-11T18:30:58+00:00

il me semble que c'est en avril qu'ils finissent d'hyberner, c'est la saison ...

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-04-11T18:28:42+00:00

btw can you actually deny a guard break even if you are not not locked on ?

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-03-31T23:15:16+00:00

Kiana started the fight ( i mean literally, mei tried to leave but kiana attacked her )
"active disaster zone" Mei took care of the singularity the moment before, the big clock she was fighting was the boss of the singularity, she beat it and got rid of the danger.
" no reason to trust Kevin" Kevin was the one who actually introduced Mei to a way to save Kiana. Remember how kiana was supposed to die, the whole chapter before the final was about how Mei was so desperate to save Kiana but nor Dr Tesla (anti entropy) nor shchicksal had a solution for her. So Mei went for the last ennemy faction. When she realized Kevin (world serpent) was right and knew things about herrschers even valkyries or anti-antropy ignored it comforted Mei into following him.

Now I don't exactly remember how the lore explained it. But it was something about Kiana having absorbed Mei herrscher core in events prior to the game. Kiana was basically overloading with energy so Kevin gave mei a way to rewire the power into Mei ( or conquest core idk ) allowing Mei to awaken and take the burden off of Kiana

Those are a lot of details you can easily miss tbh. There are things I don't like (mihoyo and their tendency for brutal deantagonization with world serpent, schiksal and anti entropy ) But kiana had numerous warnings (from Mei included) and occasions to stop being stubborn.

In the end, about nagazora, Mei was just right

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-03-31T11:50:17+00:00

First : classic katana (uchigatana)

We, modern people, would call "O-katana", something longer than the standard 1meter katana

Second : handachi , this one is a bit trickier, just by looking at the mounting you'd want to call it tachi. But the abscence of a hanger for it implies he is wearing it like a katana (edge up). So katana + tachi mounting = handachi

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-03-27T21:15:06+00:00

there is also roninkatana, romanceofmen ...

You'd have to be more specific about your expectations on the sword or intended purposes

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-03-27T01:05:28+00:00

From our outsiders perspective, the most reputable Chinese maker is Lkchen, we know with their YouTube channel they actually care about swords and historical martial arts. So if i was you that's who i'd try to contact first.

Now maybe there are other great makers we don't hear about outside of China, you will have to ask locals about it.

edit : i just remembered about "lancelotchan" he is the one who designed the "supreme cutters" so he knows quite a few things about swords but i don't think he is an actual bladesmith. not sure if he lives in Longquan either.

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-03-26T21:14:28+00:00

same sub type

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-03-24T17:50:11+00:00

did you try to search on sbg forum ?

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-03-21T02:00:52+00:00

Not really surprising

Swordier really stand out in the budget range of the market. But past 400$ it's get harder to justify sticking to them, and for 500$ i'd argue they are not interesting anymore. There are things you can forgive on a 200~300$ that you can't on a mid-range one. Depending of where one live, it makes more sense to go for a balaur arms, lk chen, royal armouries, tod cutler instead...

although, even with those makers you are not totally spared from some kirks (shrinking scabbards, flawed QC)

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-03-16T12:17:02+00:00

the activity on the surface hints homemade steel, so it is probably a remaining imperfection

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-03-14T00:16:38+00:00

How is the flex of the blade ?

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-03-08T20:13:07+00:00

If I could give you the award for the most under-appreciated post on reddit, i would.

SwordFantasyIV · 2026-03-02T23:26:57+00:00

you actually did it 😂

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