|
|
i like this one
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 07:25
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 5, 2024 04:50 |
|
|
|
this one's freaking sweet i'll embed the pics https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/27599
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 07:27
|
|
|
|
anybody else think swords are rad
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 07:28
|
|
|
|
some chinese researchers dug this bad boy out of a grave perfectly preserved covered in words basically saying I AM THE SWORD OF CHINESE KING ARTHUR it's sick as hell. then they lent it out of country to some museum where someone dropped it and put a huge crack in it lol
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 07:37
|
|
|
Salamander |
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 08:36
|
|
|
Sassafras |
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 08:36
|
|
|
Sabbatarian |
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 08:39
|
|
|
|
sword
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 08:50
|
|
|
|
 i appreciate that whoever designed anduril for the lotr movies made it first and foremost a functional sword. some elf runes carved into the fuller, some ornamentation at the pommel and the edges of the crossguard, but other than that it's Just A Sword and i appreciate that a lot
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 13:27
|
|
|
|
Is this a cool thread? Sworda |
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 13:47
|
|
|
don't fuckin mess with swords http://www.channel101.com/episode/477
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 13:51
|
|
|
|
cool swords
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 14:11
|
|
|
|
does a keyblade count as a sword?
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 15:45
|
|
|
|
Ohtori Akio posted:anybody else think swords are rad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdGpvnNUehM
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 15:58
|
|
|
it's tape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb3UobSZl34
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 16:21
|
|
|
|
Szczerbiec (try saying that five times fast!) is the Polish coronation sword and is pretty neat looking! it has some magical formula on the hilt or something
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 17:17
|
|
|
|
biosterous posted:
i agree a lot i like it when fantasy swords look like they'd hurt if someone whacked you with em Mummy Napkin posted:does a keyblade count as a sword? yeah definitely free hubcaps posted:Szczerbiec (try saying that five times fast!) is the Polish coronation sword and is pretty neat looking! it has some magical formula on the hilt or something this is sick i love how many important national swords are still around. ill never be able to pronounce polish though
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 18:07
|
|
|
|
what are keyblades keys to? unfortunate peoples skulls?
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 18:52
|
|
|
How do you open doors in Florida? With Florida keys |
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 18:59
|
|
|
|
baka fwocka fwame posted:what are keyblades keys to? unfortunate peoples skulls? you open and close symbolic keys to disney franchises with them. but also yeah clubbing dudes
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 19:07
|
|
|
Ohtori Akio posted:i like this one this looks sharp, like sharper than a usual sword |
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 19:17
|
|
|
|
kitten riot posted:this looks sharp, like sharper than a usual sword to me? it looks like a friend
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 19:23
|
|
|
i like swords. here is a page with information about my favourite swords. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulfberht_swords whoever produced these (it had to be a workshop, production of them was longer than one lifespan) was making just loving killer swords. they were status items as well as weapons because they were crafted at a higher standard than the average sword of the time. none of them are in as good shape as the japanese blades but that's partially because swords ended up buried with people instead of being passed down reverently i guess. also if you like swords reading about the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakeshott_typology is pretty fascinating. look at all these dang swords!  lastly somehow in my teenage years i came into possession of a weird small and dull copy of tizona. i found it in my front yard and have kept it ever since. it was hanging on a wall but i renovated that room and now i'm not sure where it is. a cool sword but i don't know enough about el cid to be sure if it's cool to have.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tizona
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 22:18
|
|
|
|
Heather Papps posted:whoever produced these (it had to be a workshop, production of them was longer than one lifespan) was making just loving killer swords. they were status items as well as weapons because they were crafted at a higher standard than the average sword of the time. none of them are in as good shape as the japanese blades but that's partially because swords ended up buried with people instead of being passed down reverently i guess. imo the northern european pagan tradition of swords is sick as hell, partly because when you died and they held a funeral for you somebody would gently caress up your sword before tucking it in your grave with you. iirc its really cool Symbolism yeah but also: so nobody messes with your grave trying to get your sick rear end sword
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 22:48
|
|
|
|
also it rules that for centuries and centuries metalwork was an area where Closely Guarded Trade Secrets mattered a hell of a lot. even super specific origins, apparently back in the day when you got a sword through damascene trade routes it'd be likely to have been made with better ore. but at the time people were just like ah poo poo these fancy eastern weapons...must have been made by the True Masters
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 22:50
|
|
|
|
in conclusion, did you know that naginata are swords under japanese reckoning? check out this sick rear end sword (missing its really long handle)  most of the important european antiques don't get polished up because like, that slowly eats them away right? whereas the japanese museums keep them polished and pretty. everything gets destroyed eventually, let's see that hamon while we can
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 22:53
|
|
|
so the modern idea of a dude being like master chief and just loving mowing thru mountains of enemies is a modern myth but the idea that a samurai with a good sword could destroy a peasant rebellion almost singlehandedly makes perfect sense, or that a mounted plate armoured dude with a halberd could singlehandedly defeat a bunch of bronze age tech folk is completely reasonable. someone made a very funny post about seeing a warrior kings skeleton and realizing that he is half your size, but if that dude had a really sharp sword and good armour and was fighting people clothed in furs and swinging stone axes everything makes sense. the past must have been pretty intense.
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 22:54
|
|
|
|
oh absolutely. even at late eras and without military nobility, heavy infantry loving shreds light infantry. let alone a dude on a horse with a spear booking it towards you? no thanks buddy i'm going back to farming
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 22:58
|
|
|
a proto ninja, looking back and forth rapidly at a chain and sickle
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 22:59
|
|
|
|
a wise man once said "don't gently caress with swords. swords will cut a loving baby in half" but I don't believe him |
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2022 23:45
|
|
|
Heather Papps posted:so the modern idea of a dude being like master chief and just loving mowing thru mountains of enemies is a modern myth but the idea that a samurai with a good sword could destroy a peasant rebellion almost singlehandedly makes perfect sense, or that a mounted plate armoured dude with a halberd could singlehandedly defeat a bunch of bronze age tech folk is completely reasonable. someone made a very funny post about seeing a warrior kings skeleton and realizing that he is half your size, but if that dude had a really sharp sword and good armour and was fighting people clothed in furs and swinging stone axes everything makes sense. tbf, if i was facing a warrior king skeleton, i'd be pretty hosed regardless of being taller |
|
#
?
Aug 12, 2022 00:01
|
|
|
 me and Ol' Trusty, summer of '19
|
|
#
?
Aug 12, 2022 00:06
|
|
|
Which one carries whom? |
|
#
?
Aug 12, 2022 00:27
|
|
|
this is wonderful
|
|
#
?
Aug 12, 2022 00:51
|
|
|
biosterous posted:
That would be John Howe of Weta Workshop in New Zealand. 
|
|
#
?
Aug 12, 2022 01:08
|
|
|
|
Areola Grande posted:
hell yeah brother
|
|
#
?
Aug 12, 2022 01:42
|
|
|
|
i don't know much about swords but i always thought the dadao was a neat design, looks like it'd be good for barbecuing
|
|
#
?
Aug 12, 2022 02:46
|
|
|
|
Barco Fiesta posted:That would be John Howe of Weta Workshop in New Zealand. thanks john howe you did a good job designing that sword
|
|
#
?
Aug 12, 2022 03:28
|
|
|
|
biosterous posted:thanks john howe you did a good job designing that sword
|
|
#
?
Aug 12, 2022 03:37
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 5, 2024 04:50 |
|
|
|
My guilty pleasure is watching skellagrim on YouTube. It's so unapologetically nerdy about ancient and fantasy weapons. It would not surprise me at all if he posted in GBS, but that's all part of the charm. |
|
#
?
Aug 12, 2022 04:40
|
|
