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Offline EIEIO

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The sword almost made it into the stone
« on: March 10, 2013, 02:27:32 pm »
This is my Tai Chi practice sword. It is cut from a maple sapling that had grown around another fallen tree. It has a 36" blade with an 8" handle. The blade and hand guard were cut on my EX-21 then sanded and waxed. The end of the handle is where the tree entered the root at ground level. It looks a little like an antler.

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Re: The sword almost made it into the stone
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2013, 02:34:40 pm »
Liked the story and Great job on the construction of a sword  Is Tai Chi another
type of self protection?  Just never heard of this.  Story.  Yes?  Danny  :+}
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Re: The sword almost made it into the stone
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2013, 03:58:22 pm »
Tai Chi is that real slow martial arts stuff you see us geezers doing in the park. My group follows the William C. C. Chen method.We're just starting to look at the sword form. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBhI5YWC9yA

Usually the practice sword is a lightweight wooden piece about 36"-40" long. This one is made from a maple sapling from our woods that was having a hard time, and was very crooked. The blade follows the center line of the sapling.

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Re: The sword almost made it into the stone
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2013, 05:19:06 pm »
Awesome job.  It looks really great.
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Re: The sword almost made it into the stone
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2013, 05:40:31 pm »
Excellent work on that sword.  Thanks for sharing it with us.


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Re: The sword almost made it into the stone
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2013, 09:54:36 pm »
 Okay, this one is really different - and I like it.  Thanks for sharing with us.

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Re: The sword almost made it into the stone
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2013, 09:19:27 am »
amazing work, another great work of art, thanks for sharing
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Re: The sword almost made it into the stone
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2013, 11:49:46 am »
nice video and a great sword.
I saw the curves in the sword and thought how could you use that.
and the I saw the video. all going real "slow" and controlled.
can imagine this will work great with your own made sword.
thanks for sharing, I learned again today ;)
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Re: The sword almost made it into the stone
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2013, 04:02:33 pm »
great looking piece thanks for sharing it with us.
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Re: The sword almost made it into the stone
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2013, 04:22:50 pm »
excellent piece of work there.
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Re: The sword almost made it into the stone
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2013, 08:00:24 pm »
Sword is way cool .....some time in this one ...
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Re: The sword almost made it into the stone
« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2013, 11:08:40 am »
Nice job, I like it. Thanks for posting the pictures.  :)
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Re: The sword almost made it into the stone
« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2013, 06:54:33 am »
Very nice work, thanks for sharing.
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