Finally swords!

*Zachatello00* · 02-14-2005, 03:15 PM

Okay, I know I've posted pictures of my weapons collection before, but I finally got a pair of swords, here they are:

TheShowstoppa · 02-14-2005, 04:32 PM

Whoa, Whoa, Whoa! Now, are these TOYS or are they actual swords made for some serious butt-kicking? I only want to know because they look soooooooo real. If they are real, I want to know where the hell you got them because I WANT A PAIR!

(It would only be fair!) Besides, they look really effing sweet!

*Weapon X* · 02-14-2005, 04:52 PM

Kick ass swords Zach,and I like the old Leo mask around them.

*Zachatello00* · 02-14-2005, 11:16 PM

Thanks for the compliments guys. They are real showstoppa, and I got them at China Bazaar in Gatlinburg, TN. But you could find them at probably any martial arts store. Here's the picture of my entire weapons collection:

*Weapon X* · 02-15-2005, 06:27 AM

Cool,theres a guy out at the local fle market who has a nice collection of real martial arts weapons everything except the Bo atleast I don't remember seeing it I'm thinking of getting a pair of sai.

TheShowstoppa · 02-15-2005, 11:19 AM

For anyone else who may refer to me from now on, everyone can call me Show. They dubbed me that on my old forum.

Okay... now another question would be what kind of wrapping tape did you use to give them the now common feature of the headband colors? I know they make ducttape in all colors and they also make electrical tape in different colors... but I wonder... With the money you paid, surely you did not just put crap tape!

Also... how much would something like set a person back? I've made a quality bo staff before... and I used to have one when I was in Karate. The swords and Sai are what I'm really after though.

*Zachatello00* · 02-15-2005, 04:38 PM

Nunchucks: 8.00 a pair
Sais: 20.00 together
Swords: 29.00 A piece
Bo Staff: Christmas present, but it shouldn't run you any more than 16 or so.
Actually, I just used colored duct tape. It gets the job done, and it's really inexpensive. I'm thinking about getting an original movie poster to display them with.

TheShowstoppa · 02-15-2005, 10:17 PM

Zach... if I hooked you up with, oh, let's say a check for about $70, could you possibly take care of getting some stuff like that for me. Of coarse the money would cover shipping too!

*Buslady* · 02-15-2005, 11:09 PM

i only have two pair of sai.

One is wrapped with red hockey stick cloth wraps and have dragons on the shaft and I integrated these neat little jade turtles hanging on the end. These one I call my Dragons, they're 21" and these I say are Raphs..well, my image of him.
And my pair are 20", my true size and one of these days when I find red cord I'll wrap my sai with that. Shureido are the expensive ones, are custom balanced beasts and they wrape with cord. Looks good.

Both sets are round instead of octogonal.

http://www.deviantart.com/view/6562006/ <---dragons
http://www.deviantart.com/view/6561970/ <---reason for the name, Dragon

*Zachatello00* · 02-16-2005, 05:57 AM

pmed you show, we'll work something out.

*cowabunga14* · 02-18-2005, 11:27 AM

Those weapons are rad Zach. I like the nunchakus. I found a pari of sais and nunchauks from The Collector's Edge. My dad's thinkin' about orderin' them.

*Kameko* · 02-22-2005, 03:16 PM

Wow, those are a lot cheaper than I would have expected. I've been considering doing something like this, and now I'm a lot more certain I want to! (But first I gotta figure out a way to display them OUT OF MY BABY BROTHERS' REACH. >.<)

Leonardo Mystic · 02-22-2005, 08:49 PM

Wicked. Those katanas are so cool, and I like that you put the blue tape around the hilts. ^_^

ZodiacAngel · 02-23-2005, 08:02 AM

Those katanas look cool. I wish I had a pair.......

hazlov2004 · 03-08-2005, 11:23 AM

wow zach those are so cool the katanas are my fav i wish i had some too

Leonardo_ · 05-18-2005, 08:34 AM

I have got two katanas next to my bed. Always ready to hand

But there's only one difference: one is black and the other "white" ( like yin and yang ). I whish i could make a picture of them to set it in here, but I don't know how.

@ Zachatello one question please: don't get your hands bubbles because of the blue tape around the handholds??

*Garou* · 05-18-2005, 10:51 AM

They are really cool - I only have one question though: Don't you need some sort of weapon-permission to have those? We do here in Denmark...

~~BartAllen~~ · 05-18-2005, 10:56 AM

i have a knock off of connoc Mcleods sword from the first highlander movie. i got it for 15 bucks.

i love flea markets.

oh, those swords are HOT!

Leonardo_ · 05-18-2005, 12:18 PM

Hey Garou,

I don't know, if you have spoken to me, but I am from Germany and I do not need a permission for it. Only for guns you need a gun-licence, but I don't like guns anyway.

*Garou* · 05-18-2005, 12:39 PM

Heh, it was for everyone to wanted to answer

You don't need a license for having swords? I'm moving to Germany...

02-14-2005, 03:15 PM	#1
Zachatello00 On the beat! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hiding behind the phone booth Posts: 2,137	Finally swords! Okay, I know I've posted pictures of my weapons collection before, but I finally got a pair of swords, here they are: __________________ "You're still news!"

02-14-2005, 04:32 PM	#2
TheShowstoppa Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 629	Whoa, Whoa, Whoa! Now, are these TOYS or are they actual swords made for some serious butt-kicking? I only want to know because they look soooooooo real. If they are real, I want to know where the hell you got them because I WANT A PAIR! (It would only be fair!) Besides, they look really effing sweet! __________________ Courtesy of LUCKFF "I don't know what bothers me more; That this actually worked, or that Don carries around a pigeon puppet." - Mikey: Search for Splinter Pt. 1

02-14-2005, 11:16 PM	#4
Zachatello00 On the beat! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hiding behind the phone booth Posts: 2,137	Thanks for the compliments guys. They are real showstoppa, and I got them at China Bazaar in Gatlinburg, TN. But you could find them at probably any martial arts store. Here's the picture of my entire weapons collection: __________________ "You're still news!"

02-15-2005, 11:19 AM	#6
TheShowstoppa Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 629	For anyone else who may refer to me from now on, everyone can call me Show. They dubbed me that on my old forum. Okay... now another question would be what kind of wrapping tape did you use to give them the now common feature of the headband colors? I know they make ducttape in all colors and they also make electrical tape in different colors... but I wonder... With the money you paid, surely you did not just put crap tape! Also... how much would something like set a person back? I've made a quality bo staff before... and I used to have one when I was in Karate. The swords and Sai are what I'm really after though. __________________ Courtesy of LUCKFF "I don't know what bothers me more; That this actually worked, or that Don carries around a pigeon puppet." - Mikey: Search for Splinter Pt. 1

02-15-2005, 04:38 PM	#7
Zachatello00 On the beat! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hiding behind the phone booth Posts: 2,137	Nunchucks: 8.00 a pair Sais: 20.00 together Swords: 29.00 A piece Bo Staff: Christmas present, but it shouldn't run you any more than 16 or so. Actually, I just used colored duct tape. It gets the job done, and it's really inexpensive. I'm thinking about getting an original movie poster to display them with. __________________ "You're still news!"

02-14-2005, 04:52 PM	#3
Weapon X Turtle Power! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,744	Kick ass swords Zach,and I like the old Leo mask around them.

02-15-2005, 06:27 AM	#5
Weapon X Turtle Power! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,744	Cool,theres a guy out at the local fle market who has a nice collection of real martial arts weapons everything except the Bo atleast I don't remember seeing it I'm thinking of getting a pair of sai.

02-15-2005, 10:17 PM	#8
TheShowstoppa Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 629	Zach... if I hooked you up with, oh, let's say a check for about $70, could you possibly take care of getting some stuff like that for me. Of coarse the money would cover shipping too! __________________ Courtesy of LUCKFF "I don't know what bothers me more; That this actually worked, or that Don carries around a pigeon puppet." - Mikey: Search for Splinter Pt. 1

02-15-2005, 11:09 PM	#9
Buslady WingsOfDarkness! Perkele! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In 7803... Posts: 4,366	i only have two pair of sai. One is wrapped with red hockey stick cloth wraps and have dragons on the shaft and I integrated these neat little jade turtles hanging on the end. These one I call my Dragons, they're 21" and these I say are Raphs..well, my image of him. And my pair are 20", my true size and one of these days when I find red cord I'll wrap my sai with that. Shureido are the expensive ones, are custom balanced beasts and they wrape with cord. Looks good. Both sets are round instead of octogonal. http://www.deviantart.com/view/6562006/ <---dragons http://www.deviantart.com/view/6561970/ <---reason for the name, Dragon __________________

02-16-2005, 05:57 AM	#10
Zachatello00 On the beat! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hiding behind the phone booth Posts: 2,137	pmed you show, we'll work something out. __________________ "You're still news!"

02-18-2005, 11:27 AM	#11
cowabunga14 Lover of Weird Things Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: CA Posts: 4,014	Those weapons are rad Zach. I like the nunchakus. I found a pari of sais and nunchauks from The Collector's Edge. My dad's thinkin' about orderin' them. __________________ How can something so beautiful shine on something so dreadful? Last edited by cowabunga14; 02-18-2005 at 11:33 AM.

02-22-2005, 03:16 PM	#12
Kameko Sister to the TMNT Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA Posts: 2,756	Wow, those are a lot cheaper than I would have expected. I've been considering doing something like this, and now I'm a lot more certain I want to! (But first I gotta figure out a way to display them OUT OF MY BABY BROTHERS' REACH. >.<)

02-22-2005, 08:49 PM	#13
Leonardo Mystic Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 904	Wicked. Those katanas are so cool, and I like that you put the blue tape around the hilts. ^_^ __________________

02-23-2005, 08:02 AM	#14
ZodiacAngel Foot Soldier Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: The Sanctuary Posts: 104	Wow Those katanas look cool. I wish I had a pair....... __________________ Piccolo: We can't give up just because things aren't the way we want them to be ~History is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever.~

03-08-2005, 11:23 AM	#15
hazlov2004 Mad Scientist Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Conyers GA Posts: 1,272	wow zach those are so cool the katanas are my fav i wish i had some too __________________ Im a silly and random person

05-18-2005, 08:34 AM	#16
Leonardo_ Stone Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 813	I have got two katanas next to my bed. Always ready to hand But there's only one difference: one is black and the other "white" ( like yin and yang ). I whish i could make a picture of them to set it in here, but I don't know how. @ Zachatello one question please: don't get your hands bubbles because of the blue tape around the handholds?? __________________

05-18-2005, 10:51 AM	#17
Garou On a X-Men: Evo trip! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: In a different and wicked reality... Posts: 1,991	They are really cool - I only have one question though: Don't you need some sort of weapon-permission to have those? We do here in Denmark... __________________ Ferret Bureau of Investigation

05-18-2005, 10:56 AM	#18
~~BartAllen~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 922	i have a knock off of connoc Mcleods sword from the first highlander movie. i got it for 15 bucks. i love flea markets. oh, those swords are HOT!

05-18-2005, 12:18 PM	#19
Leonardo_ Stone Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 813	Hey Garou, I don't know, if you have spoken to me, but I am from Germany and I do not need a permission for it. Only for guns you need a gun-licence, but I don't like guns anyway. __________________

05-18-2005, 12:39 PM	#20
Garou On a X-Men: Evo trip! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: In a different and wicked reality... Posts: 1,991	Heh, it was for everyone to wanted to answer You don't need a license for having swords? I'm moving to Germany... __________________ Ferret Bureau of Investigation