Since you have all that great hardware and know-how, Mecha will want to make some clones of you to settle on what works...
I love all the pieces you showed.
Sam and I have spoken in person about what I believe works and it’s always fun
Hi Sam hope you are well buddy
thx for the comment on the blades
I’ve spent years sparring with sword like objects and it’s taught me many things
distance
Timing
Ability to change direction
Speed
Power
are all key
a weapon that can give you the option of working in the open and in close quarters is the best general weapon
to swing a long sword in close quarters is folly and to use a short sword in the open can be not the best option
my Sensei was a Japanese kendo master that was featured in the old BBC documentary BUDO
Here we are in NY at a tournament a few decades ago
I’m amped beyond belief
I’ll never forget one day he squared off against a few of us he was armed with a wakizashi sized shinai and we had full length shinai
he moved around the room tangling us upon ourselves and never let us surround him but made us get in our own way
he would than block and strike and move through us and it was incredible and frustrating all at the same time
he showed us that the right technique and proper use of your weapon was key
spent years there training 3 nights a week 3 hours a night
warm up was a few thousand swings with heavy oak bokens nightly
check out the film BUDO and Suji’s part of it he was a young highly ranked Kendoist in Japan when it was filmed
Suji can be seen starting at 4:40 and is featured through this entire sword segment from the documentary. You will recognize him from our pic but he of course is much older in our pic
so if you think using a sword is something taught by cutting water bottles in your back yard think again
a man with a good sword that knows how to use it Is a formidable opponent
someone Who thinks they know how to use it is just that
like any weapon you need time behind it to become proficient with it
here I am in my early 20’s testing a Katana the great Phill Hartsfield made for me
Recent in my 50’s
double cut that the targets did not know they were cut for a bit
so I’ve been at this for a few decades so I’m fairly confident wether it be Sword , baseball bat , pool cue etc I’m gonna turn my opponent into a human popsicle
there is a drop cut in my Sig at bottom of page