A kukri and a gladius. Very interesting collection! You need a Claymore, a scimitar from Damascus and a Katana to get complete global coverage.
My collection is for me over the top but as you say if you start to really collect you need this and that and really why stop at what you suggest ...there are military swords and they can be split into old new Army and Navy ..
The only reason I ended up getting the gladius was it seemed like a useful thing to have in the bush because of the two edges... I used it in a practical way and having two edges gave you longer at cutting than just one...and back then I was cutting a lot of sapplings.
The other came as a mate talked me into it cause he was getting one but it proved very useful for kindling and is better than a little axe.
But one has to be careful falling into the collector trap and now probably if I see another large pocket knife I will probably get it to go with the others.
I had 15 guitars once I only have three guitars now and two three strings ..it sort of gets away on you...Certainly some collect scopes..well I have a few when I think about it and have another planned...six but some are now trash.
I would like to get a good set of throwing knives.
I can throw them as acurate as darts and they are fun just like darts.
But I have yet to come across anything I would call decent.
alex
Sorry Alex - I was being a bit tongue in cheek as they are two very different blades from very different times and places, and I figured you were going for a geographic distribution theme.
You're right about the trap of collecting, particularly as you start to become knowledgeable about the topic, and have to get every variation represented! I'd hate to think what a real katana or claymore would cost these days, even if such a thing could be legitimately bought! I suspect above meteorite knife territory and they'd be a damn sight more interesting to a historian.
I shall stick to my increasing collection of empty bottles. At least till the garbo comes past again, anyway.
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Originally Posted by xelasnave
My collection is for me over the top but as you say if you start to really collect you need this and that and really why stop at what you suggest ...there are military swords and they can be split into old new Army and Navy ..
The only reason I ended up getting the gladius was it seemed like a useful thing to have in the bush because of the two edges... I used it in a practical way and having two edges gave you longer at cutting than just one...and back then I was cutting a lot of sapplings.
The other came as a mate talked me into it cause he was getting one but it proved very useful for kindling and is better than a little axe.
But one has to be careful falling into the collector trap and now probably if I see another large pocket knife I will probably get it to go with the others.
I had 15 guitars once I only have three guitars now and two three strings ..it sort of gets away on you...Certainly some collect scopes..well I have a few when I think about it and have another planned...six but some are now trash.
The gladius probably has seen more humans off than any other sword.
80,000 Britons in one day and under Julius Ceaser the Romans killed just so many..and you can see why it is just the right length ..the sweet spot is where a tennis racket hits the ball but of course it was a stabbing tool designed not to get stuck but as I said hard to beat for brush work.
alex
Sorry Alex - I was being a bit tongue in cheek as they are two very different blades from very different times and places, and I figured you were going for a geographic distribution theme.
You're right about the trap of collecting, particularly as you start to become knowledgeable about the topic, and have to get every variation represented! I'd hate to think what a real katana or claymore would cost these days, even if such a thing could be legitimately bought! I suspect above meteorite knife territory and they'd be a damn sight more interesting to a historian.
I shall stick to my increasing collection of empty bottles. At least till the garbo comes past again, anyway.
When in real estate I went to a house and the guy showed me his double gargage absolutely full of beer cans.
I have not seen anything like it and I could not leave until he showed me his most prized ones...near an hour but I got the listing sold the house sold him another then a unit block and it all came down to me showing interest.
ANd I have had to look at many collections when in real estate as most folk define themselves by their collections and to give recognition to their collection seems to satify them somehow...I remember one guy with a collection of model trains ..he could have opened a couple of shops and again he was just so happy showing me...and well for an hour anyhting can be interesting.
The chap who talked me into the kindling splitter was a sword collector at one stage and he ended up with a store with all sorts of stuff...many years ago..but at the time he got a rather nice katana..only a copy but not inexpensive.
Many moons ago, my ex son in law had vinyl records in piles covering every
flat surface in the apartment that wasn't the floor, and god knows how many more in the attic; I'll have to ask my daughter what happened to them
when he died.
raymo
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