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Tsukiyumi
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*sharpens axe*
There is only one way of avoiding the war – that is the overthrow of this society. However, as we are too weak for this task, the war is inevitable. -L. Trotsky, 1939
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:::gets poncho:::
This could get messy
This could get messy
They say that in the Army,
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
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A beheading sword generally worked better.
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
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Tsukiyumi
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Katana?Mikey wrote:A beheading sword generally worked better.
Just something bladed, and reusable. It's more cost-effective that way.
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Usually, a blade that relied on sharpness would blunt itself partway through the spinal column. True beheading swords were heavy, with a very thick cross-section and often no point, and relied on the weight of the blow chopping through the neck, rather than cutting through. European ones looked similar to hand-and-a-half or two-handed swords, with much smaller quillons, but the Chinese made a very specific, single-edged, one with little or no quillons. I'll see if I can find a pic.
A German executioner's sword:
An Oriental beheading sword:
A German executioner's sword:
An Oriental beheading sword:
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
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Tsukiyumi
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Nice. 8)
There is only one way of avoiding the war – that is the overthrow of this society. However, as we are too weak for this task, the war is inevitable. -L. Trotsky, 1939
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Your first picture's the red X of doom.
Still, it's a wonder the sort of things you learn on DITL. 8)
Still, it's a wonder the sort of things you learn on DITL. 8)
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I love swords. I always have since I was a boy. I used to have a sword collection, but I lost them all when my house got burglerized. In fact, I'm giving serious consideration to taking up fencing at the community center by my place. They teach the epee, foil, and saber.
They say that in the Army,
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
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Changed the first pic. Tough to see the end but it is squared, and the blade has a flatter cross-section rather than the diamond cross-section of a combat blade.
Mark - fencing is a lot of fun. I fenced saber in college. Better get to stretching, though.
Mark - fencing is a lot of fun. I fenced saber in college. Better get to stretching, though.
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
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Lightsabers are better. 
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Yeah, it looks like it would require quite a bit of flexablitity. Are the basic techniques really tough to learn?Mikey wrote:Changed the first pic. Tough to see the end but it is squared, and the blade has a flatter cross-section rather than the diamond cross-section of a combat blade.
Mark - fencing is a lot of fun. I fenced saber in college. Better get to stretching, though.
They say that in the Army,
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
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Sionnach Glic
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*readies firing squad*Let the execution begin!
So, who's first against the wall?
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No, no. Not cost effective. Bullets are expensive; blades can be re-sharpened and used over and over.Rochey wrote:*readies firing squad*Let the execution begin!
So, who's first against the wall?
There is only one way of avoiding the war – that is the overthrow of this society. However, as we are too weak for this task, the war is inevitable. -L. Trotsky, 1939
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And lightsabers don't need to even be sharpened.
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Sionnach Glic
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How about we just hang them? We can re-use the rope again and again.
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