Does /k/ like swords? I like swords.

Swords are great for cosplay and wall hangers. They really should be in /fa/.

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Halberd > sword > morning star > dagger

>>33175071
He doesnt know about HEMA.

I do not like swords.

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>>33175044
Yo

I fight with swords with other sweaty men 8 hours a week. Feels good, man.

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I think it's kind of cool that swords were used quite often in China during WW2.

Of course, that's because they had trouble arming their troops with guns.

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>>33175044
What rings you got bitch?

>>33175044

Another thing that more people would like if it weren't for its fans

I just ordered a custom sharp longsword with scabbard and belt from Regenyei armoury

August is a helluva wait

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>>33175044
Well Considering the last sword thread lasted like 6 1/2 days, and was pretty positive, yeah I think /k/ likes swords.

And I would hope a lot of /k/ knows enough about swords to notice your Pic Related is a Cold Steel, and Cold Steel, for the most part in sword terms, is shit tier.

>>33175071
lol good one friend.

>>33175836
Congrats, I've not heard much about their sharp swords, I assume they are pretty good considering their practice swords.

I'm curious, whats the waiting period like for Regenyei? At lest what they say. There's nothing worse than waiting forever for a sword, my Valiant Armoury took 9 1/2 weeks (better than the predicted 12), I can only imagine waiting 9 months for a Albion, or years for an Angus Trim.

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>>33175144
>he prefers halberds over flanged mace

>>33175044
That you Will?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TyADW5Z6nw

>>33175144
>Halberd over spear
>Sword over mace
>Dagger listed at all

Maces/warhammers >Spear > Polearms > Swords > Rocks

>>33177497
There is a good chance that daggers killed more men in armor than swords, of course maces and hammers probably killed the most, at lest with melee weapons.

A lot of treatises depict armor&sword vs. armor&sword battles ending with wrestling and ultimately a dagger (lot of times with a triangular blade) being thrust though gaps as the killing blow.

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Despite UPS' best efforts I got my windlass pompeii in, I wouldn't pay the full price for the sword, but at 60% off it was a good deal

The scabbard is total crap as per windlass standards

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sword and buckler enthusiast reporting in

>>33175071
t. faggot who bought a stainless steel piece of garbage with mom's money

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>>33175044
>swords

>>33178769
Hey happy to see it came, that whole UPS thing must have been annoying.

So, where are reputable places to buy a sword?

>>33179899
kultofathena
swordnarmoury
museumreplicas
valiantarmoury

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>>33179899
I really like Lutel-Handicrafts and Albion-Swords

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any other hema faggots in here?

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>>33179939
That's beautiful, that's even prettier than the Albion kriegsmesser. It looks really small though from this perspective... is it a miniature?

Is it yours?

>>33179962
yep. getting too old to spar though. one knee giving way, and could do with new shoulders/elbows.

might have to get an ultralight messer and start doing leckuchner.

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>>33179998
It's mine. I have a few more pictures, and it's definitely not miniature.

I got it from Lutel-Handicrafts last year.

>>33180014
shit man that sucks, maybe take up singlestick? we do a lot of it in my group

>>33180064
What's the distal taper like on it? I always heard that lutel had some issues with it

>>33180076
It's quite nice, a gradual taper the whole length. It's what I'd expect of a long single edge blade.

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>>33180064
I've been looking at the site, it almost seems too good to be true, it looks like amazing quality for that price. I'm not familiar with the steel, but I'll read into that more, literally the only slight minor issue I see is the 48-50hrc maybe a bit soft. Also shipping costs to America maybe a bit high. But idk what country they are based out of.

How long was the wait for yours? The site says 4-6 months.

I've been looking for a good kriegsmesser for a while, and nothing in the sub $500 range (sub $1,000 range even) was really standing out to me, but this looks fantastic.

>>33180014
Switch to polearm?

>>33180127
>minor issue I see is the 48-50hrc maybe a bit soft
Most swords run around that RC. Lutel's are known to be pretty good. Price is more a factor of east euro wages than lack of quality.

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>>33179998
most messers were a lot smaller/more gracile than the replicas out there.

Lutel's one has a decent hilt, but the end-cap is a mess. In fact, most messers didnt have end caps or pommels. here's one that is right.

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>>33180127
They're based out of the Czech Republic. The shipping has been consistently right under $100 for both orders I've had from them for both my Kriegsmesser and Bastard Sword+Dagger orders.

The wait from order placed to doorstep was 6 months for my Kriegsmesser, and 9 for the sword and dagger. I believe the extra weight was due to the fact I ordered a couple pieces mixed with their currently huge backlist.

They're a relatively tiny shop for how many orders they get from all over Europe and here, so you're mostly on the waitlist for that time.

I love mine. It came with a good edge when I asked for sharpening from them, and it only needed a bit of honing to be razor sharp. I would recommend them to anyone. They're so nice for what you pay in my opinion.

As for the softness, I don't really have a worthy comparison, (only other experience with Hanwei stuff and windlass pieces which I consider quite inferior) but it holds an edge well while cutting.

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>>33180145
And ins and outs you think a first time buyer from them should know?

Thank you very much for this, I'm strongly considering giving them a shot next time I'm in the market for a sword. I'm eyeing up the Kriegsmesser, War Hammer (17011), and Two-handed sword (16009). And maybe their Rapiers since it's really hard to find good sharp Rapiers now a days for under $1000, but even still these are a bit out of my price range. My almost $700 (after shipping) VA Rhinelander was really pushing my budget.

>>33180169
Well I saw the dimensions on the site, like 33" blade, that's historically accurate for some finds. I was just saying from that pic it looked like it could have been like a really fine novelty letter opener. And I'm willing to overlook flaws like that for the price.

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>>33180267
its mostly the pommels and blade tapers are too big.

and a huge number of the real ones dont have any pommel at all.

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>>33180267
It's on account of my huge granite counter tops.

Btw for the thread's sake here's my bastard and the dagger from them.

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>>33180329
>blade tapers too big.

Duh. Its late. my brain's not working.

Blade tapers that are too small, I should've said - blades that only go from say, 3/16ths to 1/8th, instead of 1/4 to 1/16th of an inch.

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>>33180267
>>33180349
Oh, btw. They're pretty cool about doing a little bit of customization. They'll do things like blades, grips, pommels, and guards from different listings on your order if you specify. On my dagger, they did it with a more defined profile taper at no extra cost when I asked and gave an example.

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>>33180384
>>33180267


>swiss saber 11006 with hilt from 11005

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>>33180349
Where have you been? I wish you were on a sword thread earlier.

Man that is a huge counter top... I can't find I big enough place to take pics of my swords like that, so it's always the floor or bed or some tree.

Yeah I'm going to have to try them out, and I've already read about the whole fake site and real site thing. I'll start saving for the Kriegsmesser. The exact configuration I want comes to just under $400 and I'm guessing shipping could bring it up to $500. Guess I'll have to see how much my tax return is this year. Maybe I'll have that money set aside by the middle of summer, and I'll get it around Christmas.

>>33175144
>talks about halberd
>posts generic fantasy long axe

Tell me about the Mordhau

Why is it so effective?

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>>33180472
>>33180430
>>33180384
I honestly hate you, not only have you convinced me to buy a new sword sooner than expected (GF is not going to like it), but I now need to consider if I want to get new counter tops as well. kek

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>>33180496
I've just been shy is all. I post my kriegsmesser picture every once in a while on here.

They're great pieces, and I also can't wait to get one of their war-hammers. The worst part with dealing with them is the wait.

It's so fucking worth though. I just wear them around all day when they show up, and am all the more attached.

Good luck on the cash situation.

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>>33180550
Anytime.

>>33180542
Because when you turn your sword upside down it becomes a hammer, and that's cheating.

>>33175044
Welcome to Coneria!

>>33180542
Because sometimes you're carrying a sword, and a guy in armor shows up and tries to rob you

You can either
>Cut his armor ineffectively
>Complain out loud and hope he gives you a hammer
>Go to a grapple and stab gaps (good idea)
>Turn your sword into a mace/hammer and bash his head in (also good idea)

There's a reason that the sword was the best side arm a person could possibly carry

>>33175044

If I could find a decent quality reproduction of a M1840 Cavalry Saber for a reasonable price I would certainly pick one up to go with my Walker.

I have a major boner for most of the swords of the witcher series, but I'd never own one for other purposes than a wallhanger

It's just incredibly cringy to me, I'd feel like some katana wielding fag

>>33177707
>>There is a good chance that daggers killed more men in armor than swords, of course maces and hammers probably killed the most, at lest with melee weapons.

>>dagger taking all the credit after the hard working mace/hammer set them up.

>>33175789
To be quite honest I'm a bit of a sperg myself, but thanks to HEMA I have met a whole bunch of really interesting and intelligent people. Obviously a Chad would feel inadequate in a gym full of history nerds and overall intelligent people that can also probably hand his ass to him, but that doesn't mean the hobby is exclusive, it means that Chad is insecure.
I get where you're coming from, there definitely are a lot of keyboard warriors in the community, but I've seen them exclusively online, and maybe once or twice in real life, which leads me to believe they're not even a part of the "actual" community that practices HEMA.

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Say anyone have much experience with hard sword/large-enough-rifle cases?

I'm thinking of getting a large case to help make transporting a few swords more easy, not having to wrap them in blankets to conceal them in the back of my car (I have a station wagon).

I'm looking at the Pelican 1750, it seems large enough to carry my long sword and a Katana. But it's 50.5 inches long, long enough for everything I currently own, but I could see myself getting larger than that.

There is the Pelican im3410, it's plenty long at 55ish, but at 10" wide, it may not fit the cross guard of a sword that long.

Any other suggestions? Other brands?

>>33175144
>halberd
>posts a long axe

>>33179939
whiteman katana?

>>33181615
>>33181615
Not really construction-wise, not really metallurgy-wise, somehow looks-wise.

Japanese are white anyway.

>>33175766
Chloranthy ring and dark wood grain ring.

Why?

>>33183441
it's a big ass two handed cutter with a single edge curved blade

whiteman katana confirmed

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surprised more people don't talk about pic related as modern day swords.

>>33184624
The school where I train we actually do have baton practice combined with combatives for self defense and as a base for the mechanics in grappling.
The master describes it quite elegantly actually. He describes melee combat as a flower, of which the root is the fist, the baton (or simply a stick) is the stem, and all other long weapons are petals.

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>>33184624
Serious question, why would they?

>>33184624
Why though, it's not like people suddenly discover to use short sticks to defend themselves?
Most of the time they aren't openly carried, which was a big if not a defining trait of civilian sword carry, the need to affirm yourself as a gentleman or at least a man of honor. The context of sword carrying is completely lost to us.

Open carried pistol are closer to what swords were than telescopic things, and not because "muh_sidearm".

>>33175144
fucking runescape "halberd"

>>33175161
Is it a good hobby to get into? Are the people sperglords?

>>33186121
refer to this post
>>33181172

>>33186542
Thanks. Makes it sound a bit like /tg/ culture to be honest. With all the good and bad things that implies.

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I like swords.

>>33186121
Sort of.

The whole "learn how to use a sword!" does kind of attract the kind of RPG nerd and there's some crossover with re-enactment and LARPing. I've met some incredibly sperg-y people who were amazing fencers.

I don't think the "Chad gets intimidated from nerds who can kick his ass" claim is entirely accurate, since a Chad who's interested in taking it up tends to have some inkling of nerd hobbies. My HEMA coach is an MMA coach, myself and a few other fencers in my club come from MMA/other martial art background. Not everybody is some overweight autist who is a master with a sword but can't run a mile.

>>33183487
>Mask of Child
>Grass Crest Shield
>Green Blossoms
>Cloranthy and Dark Wood rings
Catch me if you can.

Drunkedly ordered a sword from paul chen hanwei last sunday. Shit tier swords or service or both? My order hasn't been fulfilled yet.

>>33175044
What's a good place to get reasonably priced swords from? I'll even take non-functional replica's if they're cheap.

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>>33187865
Me too.

>>33190197
>>33179904

>>33186570
It is. At least where I live there's a pretty big overlap in the people who play board games and pnp rpgs and people that practice HEMA.

Not too interested in swords but polearms are bretty gud

Kind of want a poleaxe after all the "MOST VERSATILE WEAPON" shit