I'm going to be ordering the Classic Medieval from you all here in the coming weeks for the Ren Fest coming up.
Now, at the risk of sounding stupid, is there a way to have it sharpened by you guys, but not OVER sharpened? Sharp enough to cut melons and the like, but not razour's edge?
Thank you for the help, I assume I would put something like this in the "comments or requests" section of the order form
my friend bought the hellstorm scimitar from musuem rep. and stabed it into a wooden floor, the whole dam handle split in two, the sword didnt have much of a tang to it and was def. not peened.
wow, I've never seen a Windlass that sharp, oh wait, I have because I sharpened one. the footage of the guy sharpening the sword on the belt sander makes me want to cry. they have such a beautiful machine, the GALL to call that guy a professional sharpener and THEN charge you for the crap-tastic secondary bevel grind he puts on there with the uber low grit belt? sorry to be so harsh but please, you have the right equipment do the job right. just look at the angle he's holding that sword at!
What a douche bag , internet is for fun , if i want to learn about god ill go to church , so if you want to keep bible bashing people go somewhere else and fuck them over , youtube is for videos not god
im not gonna keep on spaning comments like you so cya ..oh yeah i for got FUCK YOU !
I suggest you run your postings through a spellchecker in the future. Also you don't seem to know much about swords.
The internet is a terrific source of information and there are many websites out there with good information on them. If you really want to know, you can check it out for yourself.
Also, try having rational conversations, and perhaps leave your religious opinions out of them if they're not topical.:P
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I suggests you understand God is very real and the internet is a very good source for proof of Him you can look for your self, and God has everthing to do with it, for who is on His side wins. Don't talk to me with your rebellious attitude toward God, learn some respect for your Creator. Also I do know alot about swords most people here don't , go talk to a sword smith and find out what made the Katana diffrent if you don't believe me, also you attacking my spelling is very cowardly.
Out of respect to others, keep religion out of this thread, message me instead if need be. Let's talk about swords.
Traditional katana are differentially tempered. Unfortunately, all that folding made the steel stiff and brittle.
Katana made of a good quality, well tempered mono-steel (What's your preference for a mono-steel? Do you know what a mono-steel is?) can be every bit as resilient and retain just as keen an edge as a katana that have been made using traditional techniques.
If people don't want to hear about God then they can look away, I am not going to shut up about God because people don't want to face the truth. I am not looking to be liked, I am not looking to please others, so don't talk to me with your lets not talk about the single most important thing speach. Also if you want to talk about katana I would advise to stop useing wiki.
The only reasone you see these blades cutting like that is because of our technology we have today. Each katana was diffrent, one was indeed beter then the other, and the same goes for the European swords too, it depened on the smith. The Katana was sharper more flexable and swift. While a broad sword is a tough stronge sword that can be beaten all day long and still be a effective weapon. It depends on your style and personal taste.
the soft core was for the shock absorption, but flexibility Katana is horrible in general. You can damage your sword, bend it horribly by bad cuts...destroy the blade when hit on the sides...and the hard edge of the katana has a tendency to chip. In kenjutsu, block is rarily done but usually with a sweeping motion, to deflect to avoid damaging the edge irrevocably. This is not a problem for the typical european swords, who can take much more punishment..due to it's flex. watch?v=gjkvpsqIavk
What are you talking about the katana was a very flexable sword, I bet your a euro and your defending your own sword. I am in no way JApanese and I am for the katana as much as the broad sword, but the katana was flexable, thats why it had a soft core, not beacuse it could absorb blows. The katana was ellagent while the broad sword was a sharp club. Two diffrent weapons for two diffrent jobs.
no, the katana is a very stiff sword..that is Katana's made from japanese soil in the original style. It didn't have a spring temper like typical european blades, which is where flexibility comes from. The soft core is there to absorb shock, or the hard part of the blade would just shatter.
I'm defending swords from the point of what they are, not what my bias is towards them.
You should research a bit deeper about swords in general.
And the term broadsword is somewhat of a faulty used term.
@kardentyrell well the katana was made for one thing a single swing kill if a samurai misses his swing and his swing he dosent have much room for a parry attack because of its curved blade from other blades like a claymore or a longsword
A medieval European sword is hardly a sharp club. If you did a little research, youl would know that most single-handed swords barely exceeded 2 lbs, while it is very rare to even find a longsword that exceeds 4 and a half lbs.
Regardless of nationality, swords were designed to be precision weapons. Even Viking swords, the victims of the worst sword stereotypes, are no different in this respect.
"some inaccuracies. Katana is notoriously inflexible. European sword could typically bend 90 degrees and return to it's original form."
90º? More like 20º and that only after the middle ages. You put an "L" shape bend in any sword and its a hook until you see a blacksmith. That's provided it doesn't break.
The average European sword weighed no more than 3 lbs.
Medieval European sword quality also depended on the smith. Annealing, tempering, etc were huge steps in the quality control of any historical bladed weapon.
The modern European medieval sword replica is either hand-made in a traditional way or scientifically produced in a completely controlled manner. The same is true of Asian sword replicas.
Hah, I love how they say a European sword can be as sharp and cut as well as a Katana. ABOUT TIME SOMEONE SAID IT. I'm beyond sick of hearing about katana this, katana that, there's a good reason 95% of the world didn't use it.
the only reason katanas were so sharp is because of the differential hardening, which allowed the edge to be hard and sharp while the rest of the sword was flexible and tough. that being said, the katana did and still does (typically) have a more advanced forging process. although, personally, i prefer the handling of a longsword over a katana.
While you are certainly correct I would say, the fact that a katana's forging is advanced only makes it less of a practical weapon and more a work of art. Why would a huge army craft thousands of identical blades that take five times longer to craft and yield no better results than any other blade of the same weight and length? Surely you see my point.. It's like the equivalent of carving a sculpture into every bombshell during a war..
the reason the forging process for a historically made katana is so complicated is because they had to fold it so many times to equalize the carbon through the blade because the iron ore was so crappy. not to make it any better than a european blade, but to make it as good as a european blade
For my knowledge katana forging was more of a ritual, rather than a practical forging. Since the swords were made for samurais, who intended a lifelasting training, the katanas were blessed by priests. Most likely this comment just repeats the point of both of you, but I just wanted to say a word or two, so I'm not trying to piss anyone off. :D
Well yes and no, they also layered it to make it even more flexable, sharp, and tougher. The Katana was a well made blade.Better? I would say diffrent, it was more of a cutting blade while a european blade was a sharp club. A katana could cut through chain mail, plate probley get far enuff to kill the guy. Both are effective at what they do, just made for diffrent styles.
folding steel is a technique known in europe for centuries before use for the katana in japan. It simply dispersed impurities 'weaknessess' into the entire area of the steel. Katana can not 'cut' through mail or plate. It simply wasn't designed to face those targets, nor is the european sword a sharp club.
Katana were forged the way they were for the same reason Viking swords were forged the way they were. At first, both cultures had access to poorer quality ore and had to compensate for this in some way.
Necessity is the mother of invention. Even when better quality ore became available, these techniques were continued as a matter of tradition, and contributed to swords with unique properties.
I have never seen any record of a "katana" being used in regular combat..
and for that matter, I don't blame them, I wouldn't take out a long thin razor blade to war with me either. I can hardly imagine what it would look like after one hit against the blade of a much bigger, much heavier, much broader sword..
@DaaanceYouLoser Even with matching sharpness, european swords are inferior. Katana this katana that, your straight blades cannot do shit compared to katanas. No, I'm not asian, I'm scottish with a deep respect for Japan. Although scottish swords are cool, I like japanese ones better.
Second, what are you talking about straight blades? Straight blades were only used for a few centuries in a long, long history of European swords of all different shapes, for example the leaf-shaped blades of ancient Greece.
You don't have a deep respect for Japan, you have an embarrassing romanticism and obsession for what you perceive as Japanese culture derived from fiction.
@OtakuWulf What basis do you have to support this opinion? I Europe we had blast furnaces and industrial grade steel production, when the Japanese still gathered meteorite shards to produce small amount of steel in amateur-grade furnaces. In Europe we used pattern welding in the dark ages to even out the impurities through the blade, the Japanese did that until the XX century. It's all about steel, geometry and sharpening.
@OtakuWulf In Europe we simply developed cheaper and more effective ways to produce our weapons. A European longsword will chop away limbs, it will pierce through mail, it will endure being thrusted between armour plates, it will endure blade to blade contact. When the Europeans first confronted the Japanese, they didn't have their rapiers' thin blades chopped off or broken. The katana might be advanced, but it's not a lightsaber, and it has inconveniences in comparison to other swords.
@DaaanceYouLoser because its made of a special steel called "tamahagane." The katana uses a superior hard tamahagane for the edge and a softer for the blunt side. recent research has tested the katana against modern weapons such as a rail gun; the katana was able to cut down i believe 6 or so incoming bullets before it broke .
@Jmontastic Rail guns? What? So in the midst of actually getting rail guns to work properly thy are all of a sudden testing them against a katana? LINK?
@Jmontastic Dude, you need to get your facts straight. Tamahagane is actually really low-grade steel. That's why they had to fold the steel repeatedly. I'll hand it to them that they made the best out of crap materials, though.
@leonhardtz5 That's true. They may also have gotten the idea of folding the steel and differential heat treatment from elsewhere. Many Philippine, Malaysian, Indonesian blades were folded with a softer core and hard edge.
@MrRealrancher Hey Im just getting back to this discussion, other cultures also used folding after the advent of really good monosteels, but they used it for purely decorative purposes, damascus steel springs right to mind. and differential hardening has always gone on even after good mono steels where made, the Japanese didnt corner the market on it, they just turned it into a religeon,.
@DaaanceYouLoser Yes. And that reason is that they weren't up for trade due to the fact that Japan was shut off until the 18 hundreds. Learn history before you type. Also, Katana blades are more slashing weapons compared to anything else, due to their curvature, whereas European swords are chopping weapons due to their shape and weight. They crush flesh and bone aside, rather than slice it and they were not sharpened to extremes because straight swords cannot easily retain an edge anyway.
windlass longer blades are way to whippy and flimsy, and they have extremely poor hilt contruction. I prefer Generation 2 or Darksword Armoury. windlass's only good swords is the XIV arming sword and the viking swords
Actually, I've had fairly bad experiences with Generation 2 lately. I have the High Elven Sword which is pretty poorly balanced, more like a sharpened crowbar with a bad grip. The famous waisted Gladius is superb... except for the infamously crack-prone wooden hilt. The "Knightly Sword" from Windless is pretty good--tougher than it looks. Windlass also makes a good mace. ;)
Well, it's hard to judge a sword that's not based on authentic historical sword designs.. there's a reason fantasy swords are just that, because they don't work out so well in practical life.
Actually the high elven blade is not of a fantasy design that was just the name, it really was a bastard sword with a more swept hilt and cross piece making it look elegant. It was a very functional blade but the only thing was wrong about it was the lack of any sort of real heat treatment, it was quite soft and malleable and took a set right out of the box. Never been a problem with my windlass blades even the non historical "fantastical" blades.
@DocNTheLady They claim their Kukri are made for the British military or some such tripe. I had one and it was crap. Poor temper, terrible hilt. There was a plating on the blade that cracked and flaked off. Cold peened tang with hammer marks in the pommel. It was just a disaster. I tossed it. Their "service" swords are pretty much all dress items for formal occasions.
That said I have read good reviews lately. I hope they are correct. I'd like to pick up a D ring bowie from Windlass.
I own 5 windlass blades and of those 5 every single one of them are extremely well made and have very solid construction. They have never let me down, the oldest one being bought nearly 9 years ago. On the other hand the only generation 2 sword I bought was the high elven sword and they actually forgot to heat treat the blade......you should give windlass another chance. Better than you give them credit for.
I'm going to be ordering the Classic Medieval from you all here in the coming weeks for the Ren Fest coming up.
Now, at the risk of sounding stupid, is there a way to have it sharpened by you guys, but not OVER sharpened? Sharp enough to cut melons and the like, but not razour's edge?
Thank you for the help, I assume I would put something like this in the "comments or requests" section of the order form
-- Brent Fox
bretona 5 months ago
my friend bought the hellstorm scimitar from musuem rep. and stabed it into a wooden floor, the whole dam handle split in two, the sword didnt have much of a tang to it and was def. not peened.
lordlen8972 6 months ago
windlass makes grap.
kapteenijuhani 7 months ago
i should really buy one of these just in case of an apocalypse
CristianApostol 10 months ago 6
LARPers beware.
AcolyteOfLulz 1 year ago
Won't using a belt grinder ruin the sword's tempering? Better to use a file and some stones, no?
AR15fan 1 year ago
I love my Windlass longsword and claymore! Beautiful weapons.
kendoka0girl 1 year ago
Robin Hood Prince of Theives theme?
SgtSamProductions 1 year ago
Question here--Is the Sticklestead Viking Sword a Windlass sword you would recommend?
Surielis 1 year ago
lol disney music..
mabscape 1 year ago
wow, I've never seen a Windlass that sharp, oh wait, I have because I sharpened one. the footage of the guy sharpening the sword on the belt sander makes me want to cry. they have such a beautiful machine, the GALL to call that guy a professional sharpener and THEN charge you for the crap-tastic secondary bevel grind he puts on there with the uber low grit belt? sorry to be so harsh but please, you have the right equipment do the job right. just look at the angle he's holding that sword at!
Ianflaer 1 year ago
What a douche bag , internet is for fun , if i want to learn about god ill go to church , so if you want to keep bible bashing people go somewhere else and fuck them over , youtube is for videos not god
im not gonna keep on spaning comments like you so cya ..oh yeah i for got FUCK YOU !
jesusasuke 2 years ago
It's the apple and oranges argument. The winner is the one on God's side.
Godisthebest9 2 years ago
I suggest you run your postings through a spellchecker in the future. Also you don't seem to know much about swords.
The internet is a terrific source of information and there are many websites out there with good information on them. If you really want to know, you can check it out for yourself.
Also, try having rational conversations, and perhaps leave your religious opinions out of them if they're not topical.:P
TempleOfSin 2 years ago
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I suggests you understand God is very real and the internet is a very good source for proof of Him you can look for your self, and God has everthing to do with it, for who is on His side wins. Don't talk to me with your rebellious attitude toward God, learn some respect for your Creator. Also I do know alot about swords most people here don't , go talk to a sword smith and find out what made the Katana diffrent if you don't believe me, also you attacking my spelling is very cowardly.
Godisthebest9 2 years ago
Out of respect to others, keep religion out of this thread, message me instead if need be. Let's talk about swords.
Traditional katana are differentially tempered. Unfortunately, all that folding made the steel stiff and brittle.
Katana made of a good quality, well tempered mono-steel (What's your preference for a mono-steel? Do you know what a mono-steel is?) can be every bit as resilient and retain just as keen an edge as a katana that have been made using traditional techniques.
TempleOfSin 2 years ago
If people don't want to hear about God then they can look away, I am not going to shut up about God because people don't want to face the truth. I am not looking to be liked, I am not looking to please others, so don't talk to me with your lets not talk about the single most important thing speach. Also if you want to talk about katana I would advise to stop useing wiki.
Godisthebest9 2 years ago
I'm using many different sources. (including personal experience). If you're ever ready to discuss sword steel I'll be here.
TempleOfSin 2 years ago
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Godisthebest9 2 years ago
The only reasone you see these blades cutting like that is because of our technology we have today. Each katana was diffrent, one was indeed beter then the other, and the same goes for the European swords too, it depened on the smith. The Katana was sharper more flexable and swift. While a broad sword is a tough stronge sword that can be beaten all day long and still be a effective weapon. It depends on your style and personal taste.
Godisthebest9 2 years ago
some inaccuracies. Katana is notoriously inflexible. European sword could typically bend 90 degrees and return to it's original form.
kardentyrell 2 years ago
They put a soft core in the middle to make it flexable, the Katana was known for it's ellagence.
Godisthebest9 2 years ago
the soft core was for the shock absorption, but flexibility Katana is horrible in general. You can damage your sword, bend it horribly by bad cuts...destroy the blade when hit on the sides...and the hard edge of the katana has a tendency to chip. In kenjutsu, block is rarily done but usually with a sweeping motion, to deflect to avoid damaging the edge irrevocably. This is not a problem for the typical european swords, who can take much more punishment..due to it's flex. watch?v=gjkvpsqIavk
kardentyrell 2 years ago 3
What are you talking about the katana was a very flexable sword, I bet your a euro and your defending your own sword. I am in no way JApanese and I am for the katana as much as the broad sword, but the katana was flexable, thats why it had a soft core, not beacuse it could absorb blows. The katana was ellagent while the broad sword was a sharp club. Two diffrent weapons for two diffrent jobs.
Godisthebest9 2 years ago
no, the katana is a very stiff sword..that is Katana's made from japanese soil in the original style. It didn't have a spring temper like typical european blades, which is where flexibility comes from. The soft core is there to absorb shock, or the hard part of the blade would just shatter.
I'm defending swords from the point of what they are, not what my bias is towards them.
You should research a bit deeper about swords in general.
And the term broadsword is somewhat of a faulty used term.
kardentyrell 2 years ago 11
whatever you say
Godisthebest9 2 years ago
@kardentyrell well the katana was made for one thing a single swing kill if a samurai misses his swing and his swing he dosent have much room for a parry attack because of its curved blade from other blades like a claymore or a longsword
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A medieval European sword is hardly a sharp club. If you did a little research, youl would know that most single-handed swords barely exceeded 2 lbs, while it is very rare to even find a longsword that exceeds 4 and a half lbs.
Regardless of nationality, swords were designed to be precision weapons. Even Viking swords, the victims of the worst sword stereotypes, are no different in this respect.
TempleOfSin 2 years ago
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@kardentyrell
"some inaccuracies. Katana is notoriously inflexible. European sword could typically bend 90 degrees and return to it's original form."
90º? More like 20º and that only after the middle ages. You put an "L" shape bend in any sword and its a hook until you see a blacksmith. That's provided it doesn't break.
WurledPeas 1 year ago
The average European sword weighed no more than 3 lbs.
Medieval European sword quality also depended on the smith. Annealing, tempering, etc were huge steps in the quality control of any historical bladed weapon.
The modern European medieval sword replica is either hand-made in a traditional way or scientifically produced in a completely controlled manner. The same is true of Asian sword replicas.
TempleOfSin 2 years ago
windlass swords have peened pommels are they removable for maintainence?
juggalo128 2 years ago
I have that sword is the "arbedo sword" but is semi sharp and is better.
is wrong sharp a sword too much it become easier to broke during a sword fight and it damage easily.
anyway is a good flexible, effective and practical sword
83Boiler83 2 years ago
Are you possibly willing to sell it?:)
TempleOfSin 2 years ago
Hah, I love how they say a European sword can be as sharp and cut as well as a Katana. ABOUT TIME SOMEONE SAID IT. I'm beyond sick of hearing about katana this, katana that, there's a good reason 95% of the world didn't use it.
DaaanceYouLoser 2 years ago 23
Absolutely!
angryseraph 2 years ago 3
I agree RE Katana this and That....overdone!!
There are MANY Great Blades that are NOT Katanas!!!
DocNTheLady 2 years ago 2
the only reason katanas were so sharp is because of the differential hardening, which allowed the edge to be hard and sharp while the rest of the sword was flexible and tough. that being said, the katana did and still does (typically) have a more advanced forging process. although, personally, i prefer the handling of a longsword over a katana.
simplegr33n420 2 years ago
While you are certainly correct I would say, the fact that a katana's forging is advanced only makes it less of a practical weapon and more a work of art. Why would a huge army craft thousands of identical blades that take five times longer to craft and yield no better results than any other blade of the same weight and length? Surely you see my point.. It's like the equivalent of carving a sculpture into every bombshell during a war..
DaaanceYouLoser 2 years ago
a good point, but in the end its all just pros and cons. if we carved sculptures into every bombshell though, i bet we wouldnt go to war so quickly.
simplegr33n420 2 years ago
the reason the forging process for a historically made katana is so complicated is because they had to fold it so many times to equalize the carbon through the blade because the iron ore was so crappy. not to make it any better than a european blade, but to make it as good as a european blade
Gryndar1 2 years ago 3
For my knowledge katana forging was more of a ritual, rather than a practical forging. Since the swords were made for samurais, who intended a lifelasting training, the katanas were blessed by priests. Most likely this comment just repeats the point of both of you, but I just wanted to say a word or two, so I'm not trying to piss anyone off. :D
granduelist 2 years ago 2
Well yes and no, they also layered it to make it even more flexable, sharp, and tougher. The Katana was a well made blade.Better? I would say diffrent, it was more of a cutting blade while a european blade was a sharp club. A katana could cut through chain mail, plate probley get far enuff to kill the guy. Both are effective at what they do, just made for diffrent styles.
Godisthebest9 2 years ago
folding steel is a technique known in europe for centuries before use for the katana in japan. It simply dispersed impurities 'weaknessess' into the entire area of the steel. Katana can not 'cut' through mail or plate. It simply wasn't designed to face those targets, nor is the european sword a sharp club.
kardentyrell 2 years ago
Whatever you say.
Godisthebest9 2 years ago
Katana were forged the way they were for the same reason Viking swords were forged the way they were. At first, both cultures had access to poorer quality ore and had to compensate for this in some way.
Necessity is the mother of invention. Even when better quality ore became available, these techniques were continued as a matter of tradition, and contributed to swords with unique properties.
TempleOfSin 2 years ago 2
I totally agree. People seem to forget that half the known world was conquered by the Roman Empire. An they didn't use katanas.
jasmine547 2 years ago 2
lmao... about the farthest thing from it.
I have never seen any record of a "katana" being used in regular combat..
and for that matter, I don't blame them, I wouldn't take out a long thin razor blade to war with me either. I can hardly imagine what it would look like after one hit against the blade of a much bigger, much heavier, much broader sword..
DaaanceYouLoser 2 years ago
Katanas weren't made to deflect like that. They were made for the person to be swift.
Dodging, and countering, are Katanas. Not Rush and strike like claymores and many European weapons.
AsianandBuddies 2 years ago
Well that's clearly nonsense. Dodging in a war? Right. Somebody watches way too much animé, lol.
DaaanceYouLoser 2 years ago
Put a good cut in the blade accually.
Godisthebest9 2 years ago
@DaaanceYouLoser Even with matching sharpness, european swords are inferior. Katana this katana that, your straight blades cannot do shit compared to katanas. No, I'm not asian, I'm scottish with a deep respect for Japan. Although scottish swords are cool, I like japanese ones better.
OtakuWulf 1 year ago
@OtakuWulf
Well firstly, look at your username. Enough said.
Second, what are you talking about straight blades? Straight blades were only used for a few centuries in a long, long history of European swords of all different shapes, for example the leaf-shaped blades of ancient Greece.
You don't have a deep respect for Japan, you have an embarrassing romanticism and obsession for what you perceive as Japanese culture derived from fiction.
DaaanceYouLoser 1 year ago 2
@OtakuWulf What basis do you have to support this opinion? I Europe we had blast furnaces and industrial grade steel production, when the Japanese still gathered meteorite shards to produce small amount of steel in amateur-grade furnaces. In Europe we used pattern welding in the dark ages to even out the impurities through the blade, the Japanese did that until the XX century. It's all about steel, geometry and sharpening.
stridingshadow 1 year ago
@OtakuWulf In Europe we simply developed cheaper and more effective ways to produce our weapons. A European longsword will chop away limbs, it will pierce through mail, it will endure being thrusted between armour plates, it will endure blade to blade contact. When the Europeans first confronted the Japanese, they didn't have their rapiers' thin blades chopped off or broken. The katana might be advanced, but it's not a lightsaber, and it has inconveniences in comparison to other swords.
stridingshadow 1 year ago
@DaaanceYouLoser because its made of a special steel called "tamahagane." The katana uses a superior hard tamahagane for the edge and a softer for the blunt side. recent research has tested the katana against modern weapons such as a rail gun; the katana was able to cut down i believe 6 or so incoming bullets before it broke .
Jmontastic 1 year ago
@Jmontastic Rail guns? What? So in the midst of actually getting rail guns to work properly thy are all of a sudden testing them against a katana? LINK?
WurledPeas 1 year ago
@WurledPeas It wasn't a rail gun, it was a .50 cal machine gun. And after the first shot, the blade was damaged beyond repair.
leonhardtz5 1 year ago
@Jmontastic Dude, you need to get your facts straight. Tamahagane is actually really low-grade steel. That's why they had to fold the steel repeatedly. I'll hand it to them that they made the best out of crap materials, though.
leonhardtz5 1 year ago
@leonhardtz5 That's true. They may also have gotten the idea of folding the steel and differential heat treatment from elsewhere. Many Philippine, Malaysian, Indonesian blades were folded with a softer core and hard edge.
WurledPeas 1 year ago
@leonhardtz5 not. Tamahagane is a kind of steel very LOW in impurities.
GhostXDog 7 months ago
@DaaanceYouLoser Amen
MrRealrancher 1 year ago
@MrRealrancher Hey Im just getting back to this discussion, other cultures also used folding after the advent of really good monosteels, but they used it for purely decorative purposes, damascus steel springs right to mind. and differential hardening has always gone on even after good mono steels where made, the Japanese didnt corner the market on it, they just turned it into a religeon,.
Gryndar1 1 year ago
@DaaanceYouLoser Yes. And that reason is that they weren't up for trade due to the fact that Japan was shut off until the 18 hundreds. Learn history before you type. Also, Katana blades are more slashing weapons compared to anything else, due to their curvature, whereas European swords are chopping weapons due to their shape and weight. They crush flesh and bone aside, rather than slice it and they were not sharpened to extremes because straight swords cannot easily retain an edge anyway.
GhostXDog 7 months ago
@DaaanceYouLoser I can't stand people who rant about things they do not know the basics of.
GhostXDog 7 months ago
windlass longer blades are way to whippy and flimsy, and they have extremely poor hilt contruction. I prefer Generation 2 or Darksword Armoury. windlass's only good swords is the XIV arming sword and the viking swords
MasiukA 3 years ago
Actually, I've had fairly bad experiences with Generation 2 lately. I have the High Elven Sword which is pretty poorly balanced, more like a sharpened crowbar with a bad grip. The famous waisted Gladius is superb... except for the infamously crack-prone wooden hilt. The "Knightly Sword" from Windless is pretty good--tougher than it looks. Windlass also makes a good mace. ;)
angryseraph 2 years ago
Well, it's hard to judge a sword that's not based on authentic historical sword designs.. there's a reason fantasy swords are just that, because they don't work out so well in practical life.
DaaanceYouLoser 2 years ago
Actually the high elven blade is not of a fantasy design that was just the name, it really was a bastard sword with a more swept hilt and cross piece making it look elegant. It was a very functional blade but the only thing was wrong about it was the lack of any sort of real heat treatment, it was quite soft and malleable and took a set right out of the box. Never been a problem with my windlass blades even the non historical "fantastical" blades.
kuribo1 2 years ago
Hmmm...Why would many of the Military Services choose Windlass for their Service blades if they are no good.....
:)
DocNTheLady 2 years ago
@DocNTheLady They claim their Kukri are made for the British military or some such tripe. I had one and it was crap. Poor temper, terrible hilt. There was a plating on the blade that cracked and flaked off. Cold peened tang with hammer marks in the pommel. It was just a disaster. I tossed it. Their "service" swords are pretty much all dress items for formal occasions.
That said I have read good reviews lately. I hope they are correct. I'd like to pick up a D ring bowie from Windlass.
WurledPeas 1 year ago
I own 5 windlass blades and of those 5 every single one of them are extremely well made and have very solid construction. They have never let me down, the oldest one being bought nearly 9 years ago. On the other hand the only generation 2 sword I bought was the high elven sword and they actually forgot to heat treat the blade......you should give windlass another chance. Better than you give them credit for.
kuribo1 2 years ago