20 October, 2009 (16:47) | Sword Collecting | By: admin
If you are new to swords collecting, then you are probably lost in all the terminology used to describe swords. In order to purchase what you want, it can be quite useful to know the common terms used when describing swords.
Terms like: Pommel, Cross-guard, fuller, strong (Forte), Central ridge etc…
In order to help you better [...]
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31 March, 2009 (11:47) | Sword Collecting | By: admin
Considering the long history of Scotland and just how many battles took place there during the Middle Ages, it is no wonder that there are many Scottish swords. There is a wide range of Scottish swords available and whereas some are very elaborate and are meant to be showpieces, others are basic and designed only [...]
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27 February, 2009 (14:00) | Sword Collecting | By: admin
There is a wide variety of military swords on the market, because of the many different armies that once used swords. There are ancient swords from the Romans to swords from the Middle Ages and even sabers and other cavalry weapons and civil war swords that date back only to the mid 1800s. Not only have [...]
Tags: civil war swords, military swords
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5 February, 2009 (13:10) | Sword Collecting | By: admin
For those of you that do not know Paul Chen or the Hanwei Brand of swords, i have written a very short but to the point article on the subject.
Learn more about these amazing swords that are designed to be of the highest quality at affordable prices.
Read the full article here.
Tags: hanwei swords, paul chen swords
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3 February, 2009 (18:14) | Sword Collecting | By: admin
It is well known in the sword collecting area that if you purchase real sword made of High carbon steel blades that you will need to take really good care of them in order to keep them intact, but does the same rules apply for Stainless steel swords?
Stainless steel is a combination of carbon steel [...]
Tags: stainless steel swords, sword maintenance
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18 December, 2008 (15:13) | Sword Collecting | By: admin
Are you a beginner sword collector?
This article will mainly focus on the two general material that can be found in today’s swords.
Carbon Steel
Stainless Steel
The two main difference with these two types of sword materials is that one, the stainless steel is not suited for cutting or contact exercises and two, it is a lot more [...]
Tags: carbon steel, stainless steel
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29 September, 2008 (16:41) | Sword Collecting | By: admin
Collecting swords is a passion shared by many. For the new collector, there are multiple types of swords that can be collected. Many collect a single type of swords while others many. It is up to you to make your collection an innovative one. Swords are one of the oldest weapons in our history.
For many [...]
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