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2nd May 2007, 05:12 PM
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Agree with Lew.
The first expensive modern knife I bought based on "Virtually Undestructible" claims and DVD commercial was a Cold Steel tanto knife. I took it to the jungle and tried to open a coconut. The blade tip snapped without even applying a pressure. Yet you see guys piercing a car hood with it in the commercial. So now I have a $40 good old knife, and it never fails. However, the point is only in QUALITY. It is not fair to compare a bad antique with good modern (and vice versa). Similarly, it is not fair to disrespect the antique artist by comparing the product made with and without ANY modern technology. |
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2nd May 2007, 05:43 PM
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Years ago a famous bladesmith referred to the stuff we collect as tribal junk which I thought was quite snobbish. Lew |
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2nd May 2007, 06:01 PM
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Snobbish
  more like blind ignorance, I wish there were more like him these days  
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2nd May 2007, 06:47 PM
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 Anyway, on other fora I'm renown to be "traditionally minded" but honestly age is *not* a warranty of quality. Of course you can't expect from a modern made sword the same feeling an antique (even a junk one) has, but it's not fair, IMHO to completely put down modern made works. The one that started this thread seems to me an excellent work, but to make judgment about the price or the historical/cultural accuracy is beyond my knowledge. |
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2nd May 2007, 10:05 PM
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cold steel sells production knives... .. same idea as the walmart type knives... which some people seem to prefer... ( maybe for the economy, or stainless nature... and that all the good i could possibly say about that )
- they are completely different from a custom knife.. i still maintain that the ancient blades that are bought now ...are usually at unbeatable prices...not at all compared to the old days.. if you were to pay the equivalent now a days... ha ha  ... so with that in mind, you are usually getting an acceptable price for some of the decent custom knives being made today... G ps... as you can see with the dha that Jesus made.... ! |
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2nd May 2007, 10:38 PM
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2nd May 2007, 11:05 PM
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2nd May 2007, 11:14 PM
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 He was into carpentry: scabbards, shira saya etc |
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2nd May 2007, 11:23 PM
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I know.
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