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Master Sword replica
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gengidashiell
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I have a sword that's better in my opinion. I have Kadaj's Souba from Advent Children.
Only $70. A great price for this! And if it's not battle ready yet (you can tell by if it hurts to just touch the edge of the blade or not), you can just take it to someone with a sharpening stone and have them bring it to "weapons grade" sharpness. Blade metal is 440 Stainless Steel (sounds like "weapons grade" meterial).
Need a license from a martial arts school to use a combat ready Katana ONLY (normal European swords like the master sword don't), as these Asian schools want money before they let you use Asian weapons.
Master sword at combat ready, could be bought without a license. And if you don't want to spend too much money on one, get a friend in the smithy business to make one for you at low price.
And buy the way, these swords being sold are nearly combat ready or they are SUPER HIGH QUALITY replicas. Normal replicas cost only a few bucks. I got a Katana from a neighbor (only sold it for $10), and I don't even know the status as he never told me (if its a replica or the real thing, I don't know, I might have been lucky and got the real thing). But it's not that sharp, and I'd have to get it sharpened before using it in a fight (though it still is sharp enough to cause a deep wound if swung hard enough, just not sharp enough to take someone's arm off).
As for the MAIN parts to a sword:
Blade (does damage)
Hilt (protects hand from sliding onto blade)
Handle (what you hold)
I don't know where the tang is or what kind of sword it's on, or what it is or what it does (its purpose). I only know I've heard of it before. But I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter what it's made of. Only the 3 main parts I mentioned above actually matter the material they are made from.
Master sword at combat ready, could be bought without a license. And if you don't want to spend too much money on one, get a friend in the smithy business to make one for you at low price.
And buy the way, these swords being sold are nearly combat ready or they are SUPER HIGH QUALITY replicas. Normal replicas cost only a few bucks. I got a Katana from a neighbor (only sold it for $10), and I don't even know the status as he never told me (if its a replica or the real thing, I don't know, I might have been lucky and got the real thing). But it's not that sharp, and I'd have to get it sharpened before using it in a fight (though it still is sharp enough to cause a deep wound if swung hard enough, just not sharp enough to take someone's arm off).
As for the MAIN parts to a sword:
Blade (does damage)
Hilt (protects hand from sliding onto blade)
Handle (what you hold)
I don't know where the tang is or what kind of sword it's on, or what it is or what it does (its purpose). I only know I've heard of it before. But I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter what it's made of. Only the 3 main parts I mentioned above actually matter the material they are made from.
Cutie wit a bootie
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The material for the sword matters quite a bit.
I should just ask my friend what metal makes for good blades.
Either way, the master sword is really cool
I should just ask my friend what metal makes for good blades.
Either way, the master sword is really cool
Hey cool you don't know what a tang is but consider yourself an expert on swords? It's literally the most important part. It's the part of the blade that goes through the hilt and either acts as the handle or is attached to it. Without a decent tang, even just swinging a cheap replica knockoff like what you've linked in the OP would most certainly cause stress to the joint and break it. That toy in the OP is strictly decorative. Beyond that it's 440 stainless steel which pretty much guarantees it was just pressed out of a machine, like most kitchen knives. For an actual sword you might want to use as a weapon, it needs to be heat tempered or forged, to actually strengthen and for that it needs a much higher carbon content, like 60-70% which cutlery steel isn't anywhere near.
LOL. The fact you're talking as if you'd use it in a fight is proof enough you're not even mature enough to own one. Now, lemme teach you a few things.
The fact you don't know what tang is is extremely depressing. The tang is how far the blade sinks into the hilt before it cuts off. A sword which is fully combat-ready would be full-tang, as it entrenches the blade in order to absorb the shock of clashes and strikes. The replica Master Sword you posted, I would presume from the price that it is either a half-tang or a half-push tang. Half-tang means the blade is entrenched halfway into the hilt and held in place by either being encapsulated, or with a rat-tail joint (Having a screw/bolt in the bottom to lock it in place). Half-push is pretty much the same, but held in a slightly different fashion. Neither of these are useful if you're going to be using it for anything above a display piece.
Now, to continue with that Master Sword, it's 440 stainless steel, yes. BUT. What matters is what type. You see, there are various blade types within that main component. We know what it's made of, but not how. How many folds of steel are used in the blade? Is it just steel, or is it mixed with carbon or damascus? (Unlikely for a budget product--these are usually reserved for the more expensive items). In addition, there's no mention of how it was made--The best products are hand-tempered and are usually in excess of three digits in price. Then you have to take into account the other components.
By the way, the handle and hilt are the same thing. Or rather.
The hilt is composed of three parts. The grip, the pommel, and the guard. The guard will differ in fashion depending on the type of sword you're looking at, but will usually feature either a crossguard or quillions, in addition to the Oriental tsuba.
I have a martial arts license, so I know what I'm talking about. And whilst you're correct that the Master Sword above is a European-style weapon, it is still a replica. Ersatz, or in layman's terms fake. Fake weapons don't need a license, but any real piece of equipment beyond a certain length does require vetting first. Not to mention, you must be 18 at least, or perhaps 21 in the US, I do not know.
The fact you don't know what tang is is extremely depressing. The tang is how far the blade sinks into the hilt before it cuts off. A sword which is fully combat-ready would be full-tang, as it entrenches the blade in order to absorb the shock of clashes and strikes. The replica Master Sword you posted, I would presume from the price that it is either a half-tang or a half-push tang. Half-tang means the blade is entrenched halfway into the hilt and held in place by either being encapsulated, or with a rat-tail joint (Having a screw/bolt in the bottom to lock it in place). Half-push is pretty much the same, but held in a slightly different fashion. Neither of these are useful if you're going to be using it for anything above a display piece.
Now, to continue with that Master Sword, it's 440 stainless steel, yes. BUT. What matters is what type. You see, there are various blade types within that main component. We know what it's made of, but not how. How many folds of steel are used in the blade? Is it just steel, or is it mixed with carbon or damascus? (Unlikely for a budget product--these are usually reserved for the more expensive items). In addition, there's no mention of how it was made--The best products are hand-tempered and are usually in excess of three digits in price. Then you have to take into account the other components.
By the way, the handle and hilt are the same thing. Or rather.
The hilt is composed of three parts. The grip, the pommel, and the guard. The guard will differ in fashion depending on the type of sword you're looking at, but will usually feature either a crossguard or quillions, in addition to the Oriental tsuba.
I have a martial arts license, so I know what I'm talking about. And whilst you're correct that the Master Sword above is a European-style weapon, it is still a replica. Ersatz, or in layman's terms fake. Fake weapons don't need a license, but any real piece of equipment beyond a certain length does require vetting first. Not to mention, you must be 18 at least, or perhaps 21 in the US, I do not know.
Commander78
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depends on the circumstances and where you are however self defence does count as a valid excuse for killing someone, assuming you can prove it was truly self defence and that killing the person was justifiable in defending yourself (e.g. there were no other alternatives left and/or you didn't go overboard which is also subjective based on the circumstances)
for example an attacker comes at you with a knife and you fight back at em and puncture their heart with a knife, that's self defence, someone coming at you unarmed and shooting them 10 times will probably be manslaughter or at the very least excessive force
back on topic even a show piece sword would be cool but as myself and others have stated in this thread it is still just that, a show piece and would probably break if used in real combat
as for battle ready swords, they fall into the same category as guns or bows/arrows, it's sometimes fun just to play with them or compete in a tournament against other sword users and a battle ready version of the above sword would be fun to use in a competition
for example an attacker comes at you with a knife and you fight back at em and puncture their heart with a knife, that's self defence, someone coming at you unarmed and shooting them 10 times will probably be manslaughter or at the very least excessive force
back on topic even a show piece sword would be cool but as myself and others have stated in this thread it is still just that, a show piece and would probably break if used in real combat
as for battle ready swords, they fall into the same category as guns or bows/arrows, it's sometimes fun just to play with them or compete in a tournament against other sword users and a battle ready version of the above sword would be fun to use in a competition
Uh not "if you are being assaulted and fear immediate personal injury or injury to a nearby victim," pretty much the qualifier for using lethal force (which anyone in their right mind would consider a sword to be in any situation) is if you're personal life is threatened. You would almost certainly get charged with murder for killing someone who attacked anyone else regardless of the force they were using against their victims. You would get charged with murder for killing someone, even in self-defense, if there was no need for lethal force unless it was specifically in a place like Texas with castle doctrine, which means it would've needed to have happened in your home when you were in a situation where fleeing was no longer an option.
You have some really perverse ideas about the law among other things and I hope you're either trolling or never in a life or death situation like you seem to be fantasizing about because it seems likely either you'll end up dead or have killed someone for something that certainly wasn't necessitating self-defense using lethal force. By the way, lethal force in almost all instances means that the perpetrator has a gun pointed at you or something similiar. Or is some kind of Neanderthal swinging abut a claymore I guess.
You have some really perverse ideas about the law among other things and I hope you're either trolling or never in a life or death situation like you seem to be fantasizing about because it seems likely either you'll end up dead or have killed someone for something that certainly wasn't necessitating self-defense using lethal force. By the way, lethal force in almost all instances means that the perpetrator has a gun pointed at you or something similiar. Or is some kind of Neanderthal swinging abut a claymore I guess.
If someone is trying to beat the crap out of me and I shove him in self defense, but he accidental trips, falls onto a glass vase on a coffee-table and it breaks, and a shard of glass cuts him through his heart (just by chance it goes right between his ribs), and he dies, then I have used "lethal force" (though accidentally). But since I was trying to defend myself in a situation where I might have gotten injured (possibly severely with broken bones, because he was wearing brass knuckles) then I'm not charged with a crime. Instead he is charged post-mortum with a crime and a trial is held (with a public defender standing in his place as he is dead and can't defend against the charges himself) to see if while he was alive he indeed had assaulted me. If it is found to be that he was the assailant, then no charges will be filed against me.
Point is if I had a sword, and someone broke in to my apartment, I'd feel my life and that of my family was in danger from the potential that this person had a weapon, and I would brandish the sword first to scare off the intruder. If they then proceed to draw a weapon (instead of running away) from a pocket such as a knife or gun, then I would have reason to fear serious or fatal injury to me or my family if I didn't act with any force necessary to remove this immediate and obvious threat. And I would then have no guilt to take a swing at that person with my sharpened made for battle sword (if I had one). And if that guy lost the arm he was holding his weapon with, and ended up bleeding to death before the medics could arrive, I wouldn't feel the least bit guilty, because I knew I had protected me and my family from serious injury or death. And in the course of the resulting investigation, there would probably be enough evidence at the scene of the crime to prove my actions were justified, and I'd be spared a prison sentence.