Thread: wood swords

- don't get me wrong- blades over 9 cm. are just as ilegal in Spain...the steel ones, of course

Originally Posted by Artesano

- blades over 9 cm. are just as ilegal in Spain...

geez Artezano, you live in Toledo?....I seem to recall it as the knife and sword making capital of Europe.

Spirit,....just keep making the bloody swords will ya,.....when the police turn up just tell em underfoot said we could .
anything that will get your kids motivated and learning stuff is a good thing
perhaps you can get someone in who can discuss the traditions of japanese swords,
(that may legitimize it a bit more, and the kids might learn something extra to boot)

Originally Posted by underfoot

geez Artezano, you live in Toledo?....I seem to recall it as the knife and sword making capital of Europe.

......this is what the world's looking like today, Undy-we'll be carving with plastic gouges before long, maybe joining the Mafia out of sheer nostalgia-just to remember what the steel was

I'm just looking forward to telling my uncle that in Australia they have to make their swords out of wood, and even then, they are still illegal! Hahaheheh. Oi. And now I have an image of someone walking with two swords slung across their back and this in one hand:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGCthretLBk"]YouTube - 56 shots wood gun[/ame]

And this in the other:

[ame="http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=RW9I2DsfQ-E&feature=related"]YouTube - wood gun[/ame]

walking around town, dressed in brown leather.

Originally Posted by Artesano

LICENSE FOR WOODEN SWORDS
I'm trying to imagine the situation: the SWAT team( or what you call it in Australia), full body armour, helmets, automatic weapons, and at least a dozen of police cars ,surrounds SPIRIT's house....then comes some of the "put your hands where I can sea them" stuff , then they enter to confiscate the dedly weapon- the wooden sword......and it's just now that they discover the bad guy's really armed to the teeth -with a whole collection of deadly, rasor sharp....chisels

In the 1930's , a man armed with one of these

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fought an an opponent armed with one of these

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and disarmed him in 3 moves .
Both warriors were among the top exponents of their respective culture's martial art .



As funny as the scenario at the top is , the reality can be far different .

As for me I'll argue the toss if they want to make a fuss, you can legally buy kids swords without permit as well as plastic guns so I'm going to claim them as toys for the students. From what I saw on the Knifemakers site the wording is replica, so if they want to be pedantic about materials then a replica is a copy and my swords are original designs not copies. I am careful about students not taking them home, they have to be physically collected by a parent.

Jock couldn't get photos to load ????

had a meeting today and my supervisor said keep making them

l think l will rethink the sword making after l finish the double edge one

hi i was wondering does anyone know were i can buy either a wooden gum or a wooden sowrd, but the sword handel need to be wood and the autual sword need to be metal.

Hope this (wip) wont be the last one I get to make before they put me away

Originally Posted by SPIRIT

Jock couldn't get photos to load ????

They won't enlarge , I cut and pasted them to the post .

I find this method works best with photos of long thin objects .

Originally Posted by barerlz

hi i was wondering does anyone know were i can buy either a wooden gum or a wooden sowrd, but the sword handel need to be wood and the autual sword need to be metal.

ask skew

iggy we may get to share a cell I'm on top but

Originally Posted by Manuka Jock

In the 1930's , a man armed with one of these



fought an an opponent armed with one of these



and disarmed him in 3 moves .
Both warriors were among the top exponents of their respective culture's martial art .



As funny as the scenario at the top is , the reality can be far different .

I can not see your pictures and do not know which particular episode you are referring to, but I assume you refer to jo jitsu. The jo is too long to pass for a walking stick, though.

Originally Posted by Frank&Earnest

I can not see your pictures and do not know which particular episode you are referring to, but I assume you refer to jo jitsu. The jo is too long to pass for a walking stick, though.

F&E .
I have re-posted the photos in a different and less effective manner , hence the edited script.

I have no idea what 'episode' you mean . I am not referring to a tv series .....
I speak of real life , of history .....

not of jo or jitsu

Jock