for anyone interested in the japanese way like me :)

ok i found this site which has the complete description of bushido and how it pertains to dagorhir and pic and desriptions of all the samurai wepons that can be built legaly for dagorhir havent found the how tos yet but im lookin. http://www.freewebs.com/toufuushogunate/wayofthesamurai.htm
oh btw i hadnt realized it but this is a dagorhir group outa indiana:P

Well technically the glaive I want to make is a "Nagamaki" with the blade being a little shorter than the handle, with enough spare foam to make a Katana or Wakizashi. I still like my dual hammer idea though >__>

i realy realy want to make a katana and an nodachi but im not to keen on finding the point where pvc bends but doesnt burn:P if and when i have the money for materials id be very grateful to any of you who know how to make curved wepons who would help me make them lol i want to be the apprentice of a master foamsmith:Plol

That's hella crazy cause I stumbled on that website like 2 weeks ago. Didnt' know anyone else would actually be intrested in being a samurai or doing that sort of heiarchy

In Japan... You no bend PVC... You bend foam! just add some extra foam on the front, and shave the backside to give it a curved look

Kurn has made these weapon's both ways. You can ask his advice via the forum. Look at Strider's two swords that Kurn made for him. I think they are the straight kind of Katana, but am no expert. Speaking of Strider. What happend to him, he use to be the king of chatters on this forum.

Kilanos has successfully bent PVC and so has Young Mordock. Two of our own you can talk to at practice.

Konradr

kool kool not so important now but when i have the resources ill be sure to bing it up again

Ah.

Totemo kakoii desu yo!

:3

Watashi wa katana ga daisuki desu.

Banzai foam brotha's!

How come strider's isn't in on this thread? Where's the stride man?

Konradr

Strider has Ninja-to aka "Straight bladed Wakizashi"

The Ninja-to was smaller than a Katana and had no curve to the blade. Very much a stabbing weapon.

They are also single edged. Strider has very nice ones... but they cant stab.




Im pretty sure strider will chime in anytime now.

lol dont know how i missed it but i have only just started learning japanese not to long ago so i was wondering what it was you said demie???? pm or whatever -actually to be more acurate i havent started learning yet i know a lil but i want the roseta stone program but dont have the money yet so -

I GOT SUM NINJA-TO!!!!

Thanks for the intro Konradr lol.

good to have ya back man and yea i like your swords but i need staby tips i like runnin ppl through

edgar dernhelm wrote:

good to have ya back man and yea i like your swords but i need staby tips i like runnin ppl through

LOL reminds me of my first day of Belegarth, my first kill I killed this guy named Par, who kind of has a huge ego, and was leader of the realm at the time. I ran up behind him with a blue sword and stabbed him with it and pranced away victorious as he was the last person alive on his team. Then after about 30 seconds someone yells "Hey... THATS NOT A STABBY WEAPON!" and then he pwnt me. lol

Phoxly wrote:

edgar dernhelm wrote:

good to have ya back man and yea i like your swords but i need staby tips i like runnin ppl through

LOL reminds me of my first day of Belegarth, my first kill I killed this guy named Par, who kind of has a huge ego, and was leader of the realm at the time. I ran up behind him with a blue sword and stabbed him with it and pranced away victorious as he was the last person alive on his team. Then after about 30 seconds someone yells "Hey... THATS NOT A STABBY WEAPON!" and then he pwnt me. lol

Yeah, there are legends about the legends about Par's ego. What does his sig say? Something like, "Humility, it's pretty much the only thing I'm not good at." He is a good fighter, though, and he can give good advice and help you learn a lot.

IMO, and on our field, if you took death, stay dead. Period. Teach the person about the weapon later so they use it safely in the future, and let the noob enjoy his moment of glory, but if you took a death you should honor it.

agreed Isk...very well put!

Isk wrote:

Phoxly wrote:

edgar dernhelm wrote:

good to have ya back man and yea i like your swords but i need staby tips i like runnin ppl through

LOL reminds me of my first day of Belegarth, my first kill I killed this guy named Par, who kind of has a huge ego, and was leader of the realm at the time. I ran up behind him with a blue sword and stabbed him with it and pranced away victorious as he was the last person alive on his team. Then after about 30 seconds someone yells "Hey... THATS NOT A STABBY WEAPON!" and then he pwnt me. lol

Yeah, there are legends about the legends about Par's ego. What does his sig say? Something like, "Humility, it's pretty much the only thing I'm not good at." He is a good fighter, though, and he can give good advice and help you learn a lot.

IMO, and on our field, if you took death, stay dead. Period. Teach the person about the weapon later so they use it safely in the future, and let the noob enjoy his moment of glory, but if you took a death you should honor it.

Yeah Par taught me EVERYTHING I know about sword and board (which isn't a lot, but it helped!), and by that I mean he beat me relentlessly for a few hours til I caught on to his tactics. I was florentine for the first few months because most of our shields were small round punch shields, which when your really tall and leggy, I just couldn't cover all my bases with it, then he taught me that its not about covering your body, its aobut keeping it in a convenient position to block the vital parts it doesn't cover.

He and Katsu (Baka) taught me this REALLY useful trick, which is about the only trick I know with a shield, I dont really know how to describe it except you turn in to swing high, but keep your elbow in and flip it around to strike on the opposite side, while you bring the shield under to protect your right side.

All the tactics they taught me was with a strap on shield, and two swords, with one sword inverted (holding like a dagger) I actually thought "sword and board" refered to having two swords and a shield strapped to your arm lol, turns out any sword and shield is callled it.