Today’s Practice

[Brent Yamamoto]

With all due respect to Dundee, this is a knife.

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Sword isn’t the most practical thing for today of course. But there is still value in the training. And it’s not a bad workout.

[KarlinPhoenix]

Brent, is this a Grosse Messer sword?

[Brent Yamamoto]

Brent, is this a Grosse Messer sword?

yes, though I usually see it referred to as Kriegsmesser. Same same. Big fricking knife. :)

[Marco Innocenti]

Love it.

War knife.

Who’s the maker?

[michael]

Nice. I did a fair amount of sword work in my Bujinkan days and still have a couple.

[Jonathon_Spaf]

That looks like a lot of fun. I would love to see a video!

[MesserMan]

Is that an Albion Knecht? That’s one of my “grail” swords. It’ll be a long time before I can justify the cost though. A lot of German longsword techniques work well with the two-handed messers.

[Brent Yamamoto]

Is that an Albion Knecht? That’s one of my “grail” swords. It’ll be a long time before I can justify the cost though. A lot of German longsword techniques work well with the two-handed messers.

I wish it was. No, this is from Swords of Northshire. Bought before the Chinese virus. It’s decent quality but not in the same class as Albion. The blade is good quality. fittings are a little rough but solid and workable. It’s balanced nicely, feels good in the hand, not as tip heavy as a katana (which is good or bad depending on what one wants). It’s the closest thing to a European katana, which was what I wanted given I have more background with kenjutsu than anything HEMA. Don’t know how it actually cuts but hopefully can do some this week.

[KarlinPhoenix]

yes, though I usually see it referred to as Kriegsmesser. Same same. Big fricking knife. :)

Being a 'knife', people who were forbidden from carrying swords could protect themselves from the 'others' of the day.

[MesserMan]

I wish it was. No, this is from Swords of Northshire. Bought before the Chinese virus. It’s decent quality but not in the same class as Albion. The blade is good quality. fittings are a little rough but solid and workable. It’s balanced nicely, feels good in the hand, not as tip heavy as a katana (which is good or bad depending on what one wants). It’s the closest thing to a European katana, which was what I wanted given I have more background with kenjutsu than anything HEMA. Don’t know how it actually cuts but hopefully can do some this week.

Swords of Northshire huh? I’m going to have to check this out then. I have a Ronin Dojo Pro katana, and while it’s well balanced, it’s a bear of a sword for longer sessions because it’s a Dotanuki blade. LOTS of blade-presence! Doing kata with it for a half-hour is an intense entire body workout by itself. It’s the sword I hand to people who think that all Katana are featherweight laser beams. Cures them of that notion the instant they have it in their hand.