I've done sword swinging around while going"whu-shaaaa.," since I was a kid, took some kali for a bunch of years, but was always taught not to worship or covet weapons so I never owned my own sword. I like looking through the for sale by owners section because it teaches me about the current knives that users like me tend to buy/own and trade back and forth. I was hoping swords and machetes got the same treatment. AND ACTUALLY, I'm not really that interested in machetes, I just post that term here because many short swords are refered to a machetes (even though they really are weapons as well as jungle clearing aids.) I live in NM and unless I'm feeling like hacking some fire wood with either of my two Condor Machetes I don't really have the need for use of one.
A sword however will give me many hours of swinging while going "whu-shaaaa," or, if I'm in a Star Wars frame of mind "Bzzzzzrrrwhh vzzzzrrrrrwhhooo" mood. But seriously, I praticed with sticks of various materials and weights for like 30 years, and used practice swords etc. and just got it into my head that since I now am collecting knives (not just buying one that I keep and use, but actually collecting and rotating my EDC) I might like to expand that and get a sword.
That is all, thank you, carry on. May the force be with you.
Silly, swords are very, very different from knives. A knife can be made very robust, and with full tang construction you can inspect the blade for cracks and without finding anything you can buy with confidence.
Swords are a completely different ball game. They are meant to cut, flex, and have a very different edge geometry.
Further, unless it's an *expensive* used sword, as I said above, most people don't think it's worth the effort to sell one here and pay 30, 40 bucks for shipping, and likely taking a loss vs. just selling locally. If I have a bottom of the barrel sword worth $100; why would you pay me $140 for it, when you could get a new one for that much?
However, if the sword is actually *used* then either I take a massive loss even if it's in good condition, or it's used to the point of major work- the edge is gone, balance off, the handle is loose. Then, even if I sell it for $40, you're still paying $80 for a broken(ish) sword.
And you
have to worry about the construction and if it's still structurally sound, because the way you use a sword will cause serious injury if it fails. Loose handles, caused by screw construction on handles can be problematic, as you need to tighten them. From a peened or epoxied handle, things are much more dangerous.
Really, the only time there is enough of a difference in price between used and new AND you can be guaranteed the sword is in decent condition is with *expensive* swords.
Otherwise, just get a rawlings trainer.
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