Forum Members' Photographs 25: Instagram Is Overrated

True ! Pen is much mightier ! With it Mary can cancel all the credit cards, debit cards etc, She can also close an account and freeze all deposits so there is nothing left just to stab yourself with a sword !

 

In the most recent season of The Handmaid's Tale, one of the handmaids stabbed a Commander to death with a pen.

 

Interesting, I was under the impression Darksword had resolved their quality control issues.
What do you know about Del Tin? I've had my eye on one of their migration period swords.

Also, neat fighting videos!

 

Darksword: I know about their old QA problems, I don't really know if they have fixed them completely by now.
If you read in swords forums you always get the odd complain.
Del Tin: never tried myself, I know only what I read about them (a bit heavier than needed but good quality).

Personally I think that a lot depends on where you are (Europe or America) and what you are looking for (e.g. blunt o sharp, HEMA or SCA or wallhangers, etc.).
I am a HEMA pratictioner (as evident from my videos) so that's what I mostly look for and like many of my friends here in Europe we purchase our "tools" directly from manufacturers.

Some example:

https://www.regenyei.com/swords.php
A mainstaple of HEMA world in Europe, and covers some other types too (including sharps and custom).

https://www.facebook.com/pg/SIGIforge/photos/?ref=page_internal
https://kvetun-armoury.com
SIGI forge by Martin Fabian and Kevtun Armoury are the best place for swords for competition

If you look for something that is really functional, perfectly reproducing original in museums, and beautiful you can't go wrong with:
http://artofswordmaking.com
http://sulowskiswords.com
https://www.sword-elgur.com

I know the first one and he routinely collaborate with museums to study and reproduce medieval swords (publishing a lot of his findings too).
Prices for these 3 are high but also their quality (they mostly do custom work).
Example:
http://artofswordmaking.com/gallery/longsword-14/15thc
This is my sharp custom longsword, a work of deadly beauty.
Custom build for aesthetic and fitting my specific technical requirements (mostly proportion to my body and preferred techniques).
As a note the maker rejected a couple of my suggestions because they were anachronistic to the historical type.

 

@Takhisis Where is your picture? You promised.

 

Yeah @Takhisis where is it?

 

Yeah @Takhisis we want it ! We have x-mas emoticons and we're not affraid to use them !

Google graphics search yields some interesting results though , according to google Takhisis is either a dog, an incredibly sexy lady or multi headed dragon (my imagination is already running rampant) Maybe Takhisis is all those thing at once ? A sexy multiheaded dragon-dog !

 

My favorite tshirt of all time

 

Lovely tile work too!

 

That is a bold, yet cohesively designed bathroom. Very high marks! And a cool shirt to boot.

 

Thanks! believe it or not, i designed the space and put in the tiles myself! My wife did pick the tiles though....

 

@MaryKB wantent to see me in a suit , so here it is. (I cannot disobey my Queen ! ) I got a new haircut as well

Spoiler :

 

^Nice pic!

 

Thank You very much ! =) It just so happened that my work colleague bought her a new phone with high resolution camera and she was eager to test it

 

Weapons? Here’s me on a motorcycle in town.

 

I'd be careful with that machete when riding on a bumpy road if I were You

 

It is a dirt and bumpy road there, I’m on the back tho.

 

Well... at least You get to practice Your backhand swing ! xD

 

I know this will be heretical, but the short buzz suits you a lot more than the Jesus 'do.

I'm pretty sure I have the same dress shirt as you.

You'd make a great movie villain.