SnakeSkin w/ Engraveing Sword

Conogre · 24th March 2005, 04:48 PM

Sheeesh, Derek.....I'd rather have the lizard that the leather came from! **grin**
The rust on the blade seems rather deep in some areas and almost non-existant in others, with the inlaying seeming to be uncommonly clear even in heavily rusted areas.
As to what I've seen or not seen, nowdays I'd have to take your word on it....I forgot how old I was for two years,
and no comments about sharpness either!!**grin**
Mike

derek · 24th March 2005, 04:54 PM

Man, I had a friend that kept monitors years ago (name was also Derek, coincidentally) and they are mean as hell. One of them actually shattered the glass on a tank just eating a meal!! (meal=very unfortunate rat)

ariel · 24th March 2005, 05:03 PM

My son just got himself a baby Chinese Bearded Dragon. They are supposed to be very friendly even at full length (~ a foot) but you should only hear the crunch of crickets in it's mouth and shudder... Adults eat live mice....
Do you think it will make a good cutting test target?

Conogre · 24th March 2005, 05:13 PM

If you want to have fun, sit and very slowly wave one hand at the little dragon........there's a good chance it will wave back at you.
Bearded dragons are omnivores that consume both insects, fruit and vegetables, with the occasional smaller lizard, and when they say "mice" they mean newborn pinkies too young to have hair.
An adult mouse is capable of severely injuring even a full grown bearded dragon (there are 5 species)of the larger types as they aren't particularly aggressive, except to other male bearded dragons....the term bearded, by the way, comes from an expandable throat covered in sharp spines and which turns black in courting males.
They can be quick enough that blade damage could be incurred from striking where the lizard WAS, or through it if hit.
I myself like to test blades on people who test them on lizards!**grin**
I admit to being predjudiced, as I've never had a lizard lie to me or try to do harm, unlike many "intelligent"animals.
Mike

ariel · 24th March 2005, 06:43 PM

Mike,
You sound suspiciously like my son.
Was he in secret contact with you to assuage his Dad's fears?
Lizards, snakes and the rest of cold-blooded creatures terrify me; they are just pitbulls with pea-sized brains and no social skills. Remember the movies "Alligator!", "Anaconda" and "Jurassic Park"?
There are these Sudanese Kaskaras with the scabbards made of the entire croc: awful sight..... Will never buy one.

BSMStar · 24th March 2005, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ariel

Mike,
You sound suspiciously like my son.
Was he in secret contact with you to assuage his Dad's fears?
Lizards, snakes and the rest of cold-blooded creatures terrify me; they are just pitbulls with pea-sized brains and no social skills. Remember the movies "Alligator!", "Anaconda" and "Jurassic Park"?

ariel,

I don't think they mean to play on your fears.... you are just talking about something big, angry and looking for something to eat... never mind, I think I will join you... that's beginning to sound like my wife.

tom hyle · 25th March 2005, 06:08 AM

Derek, can you elaborate on what you find unkaskaroid about the guard? Is it the roundness of the quillons? The finials? I'm not disagreeing; I'd like to be better able to regionalize/ethnically ID these type guards.
Conogre, I'm pretty sure that's not inlay on the blade, but etching with a lowered "ground" and raised letters. It appears to have rusted and pitted at some time, been polished (with a flat stone or sandpaper, etc?) across the tops of the raised letters, leaving the ground pitted, then rusted a bit again.
I wasn't thinking of the Tebu daggers, actually; there is another type, and I'm not sure if it's an arm dagger or not, though it certainly resembles one; it has a pommel this exact shape, integral to the usually wooden handle, and a similar shape at the tip of the usually nonleathered wooden sheath. I've seen two sold on ebay lately, at least one as Oceanic/Pacific, but I'm pretty sure they're African. I don't know if I still have one on my "watching" page, but I'll check later.

24th March 2005, 04:48 PM	#1
Conogre Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Clearwater, Florida Posts: 371	Sheeesh, Derek.....I'd rather have the lizard that the leather came from! grin The rust on the blade seems rather deep in some areas and almost non-existant in others, with the inlaying seeming to be uncommonly clear even in heavily rusted areas. As to what I've seen or not seen, nowdays I'd have to take your word on it....I forgot how old I was for two years, and no comments about sharpness either!!grin Mike

24th March 2005, 04:54 PM	#2
derek Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 215	Man, I had a friend that kept monitors years ago (name was also Derek, coincidentally) and they are mean as hell. One of them actually shattered the glass on a tank just eating a meal!! (meal=very unfortunate rat)

24th March 2005, 05:03 PM	#3
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	My son just got himself a baby Chinese Bearded Dragon. They are supposed to be very friendly even at full length (~ a foot) but you should only hear the crunch of crickets in it's mouth and shudder... Adults eat live mice.... Do you think it will make a good cutting test target?

24th March 2005, 05:13 PM	#4
Conogre Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Clearwater, Florida Posts: 371	If you want to have fun, sit and very slowly wave one hand at the little dragon........there's a good chance it will wave back at you. Bearded dragons are omnivores that consume both insects, fruit and vegetables, with the occasional smaller lizard, and when they say "mice" they mean newborn pinkies too young to have hair. An adult mouse is capable of severely injuring even a full grown bearded dragon (there are 5 species)of the larger types as they aren't particularly aggressive, except to other male bearded dragons....the term bearded, by the way, comes from an expandable throat covered in sharp spines and which turns black in courting males. They can be quick enough that blade damage could be incurred from striking where the lizard WAS, or through it if hit. I myself like to test blades on people who test them on lizards!grin I admit to being predjudiced, as I've never had a lizard lie to me or try to do harm, unlike many "intelligent"animals. Mike

24th March 2005, 06:43 PM	#5
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Mike, You sound suspiciously like my son. Was he in secret contact with you to assuage his Dad's fears? Lizards, snakes and the rest of cold-blooded creatures terrify me; they are just pitbulls with pea-sized brains and no social skills. Remember the movies "Alligator!", "Anaconda" and "Jurassic Park"? There are these Sudanese Kaskaras with the scabbards made of the entire croc: awful sight..... Will never buy one.

25th March 2005, 06:08 AM	#7
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Derek, can you elaborate on what you find unkaskaroid about the guard? Is it the roundness of the quillons? The finials? I'm not disagreeing; I'd like to be better able to regionalize/ethnically ID these type guards. Conogre, I'm pretty sure that's not inlay on the blade, but etching with a lowered "ground" and raised letters. It appears to have rusted and pitted at some time, been polished (with a flat stone or sandpaper, etc?) across the tops of the raised letters, leaving the ground pitted, then rusted a bit again. I wasn't thinking of the Tebu daggers, actually; there is another type, and I'm not sure if it's an arm dagger or not, though it certainly resembles one; it has a pommel this exact shape, integral to the usually wooden handle, and a similar shape at the tip of the usually nonleathered wooden sheath. I've seen two sold on ebay lately, at least one as Oceanic/Pacific, but I'm pretty sure they're African. I don't know if I still have one on my "watching" page, but I'll check later.