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Vikingsword Staff
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: The Aussie Bush
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Oh Vandoo. You are such a skeptic.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: What is still UK
Posts: 5,844
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Well I believe in Klingons.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: East Coast USA
Posts: 3,191
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Oh Damn!
I missed out on that one ![]() ![]() Lew |
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: dc
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Edited.
Last edited by Michael Blalock; 14th June 2006 at 11:19 PM. |
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: On the banks of Cut Bank Creek, Montana
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So what you are saying is that the Chinese didn't invent CNC Machining 4300 years ago?
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: OKLAHOMA, USA
Posts: 3,138
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PERHAPS A LITTLE BACKGROUND WOULD HELP. ONE OF THE MORE FAMOUS CONTEMPORARY DESIGNERS OF KNIVES AND SWORDS IN A TYPE OFTEN CALLED FANTASY SWORDS AND KNIVES IS GIL HIBBEN. THIS BRONZE AGE SWORD IS IN THAT STYLE SO I WAS SAYING THAT GIL HIBBEN MUST HAVE LIVED IN CHINA 2300 YEARS AGO AND SUCH A SWORD WAS PERHAPS PROOF OF REINCARNATION. I WAS JUST JOKEING, I HAVE SEEN MANY FANTASY KNIVES COMMING OUT OF CHINA FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS BUT HAD NOT SEEN A BRONZE EXAMPLE SAID TO BE FROM THAT PERIOD SO THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE A LITTLE FUN
![]() I ALSO HAVE NOTHING AGAINST GIL HIBBEN AND LIKE SOME OF HIS WORK AND EVEN HAVE ONE OF HIS SIGNED KNIVES IN MY COLLECTION. I AM SURE I WOULD HAVE LOVED THEM WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER IF THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE. SOME ARE QUITE SHOWY AND FIERCE LOOKING BUT NOT VERY FUNCTIONAL AND SOME ARE FUNCTIONAL BUT STILL HAVE FANTASY INFLUENCES AND NEW DESIGNS. |
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