2019 S.W.O.R.D. Game

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Odigan wrote:
Peter Remling wrote:I went to one cutting party (the only one) and had the misfortune of seeing that after repeated cuts the nail holding the deck on raised up and a cut (not mine thank God) hit the nail and took a piece out of the blade. It was a brand new custom Atrim and one of the prettiest I've seen. It looked like GIJoe took a bite out of the blade.
I usually avoid metal fasteners in that region of the stand for this reason, as I've seen the same happen several times! Deeply set screws are a pretty safe bet, otherwise I prefer just pegged in place, which also makes it easy to break down for transport (or can be glued as well if permanent).
Yep, I pegged this one. I have to make a new deck 3/4" thick so it isn't as flexible and I'll peg that one too.
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Peter Remling wrote:
Odigan wrote:
Peter Remling wrote:I went to one cutting party (the only one) and had the misfortune of seeing that after repeated cuts the nail holding the deck on raised up and a cut (not mine thank God) hit the nail and took a piece out of the blade. It was a brand new custom Atrim and one of the prettiest I've seen. It looked like GIJoe took a bite out of the blade.
I usually avoid metal fasteners in that region of the stand for this reason, as I've seen the same happen several times! Deeply set screws are a pretty safe bet, otherwise I prefer just pegged in place, which also makes it easy to break down for transport (or can be glued as well if permanent).
Yep, I pegged this one. I have to make a new deck 3/4" thick so it isn't as flexible and I'll peg that one too.
That’s my problem to. Water bottles aren’t my regular cutting medium and the stand I threw together is much to light.
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Weeeell that was fun.

I'm using the game as an excuse and motivator to take better care of my blades, and get out using them more regularly. Good motivation, good goals. After a first set of failed attempts last week, I saved up more bottles and spent some time working on my edge, as I'm sure it was contributing to the problem. Could get through the sequence fine, but just COULD NOT get the last two to stay on the stand. Back at it today, and once again no dice. SO stinkin' close...I felt like they almost fell off in slow motion!


https://youtu.be/b7QQeUhg4CE
On to the next! Taylor, you can post the next as early as Saturday!
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https://youtu.be/ADyR4THz1Bs

Ok so it's a descending cut to the top bottle and a rising false edge cut to the bottom bottle.
Good luck guys. :mrgreen:
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Very cleanly done!
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Thank you Greg :mrgreen:
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Well done. I could watch that Albion own targets all day.
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Thank you Ursus! It really does the work for me. Ranger cheat code!
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Since everyone is using longswords I used one to be consistent, but also did it with a single-hander for good measure.

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Explain to me how in Udun you guys are managing to stack your bottles cap-to-cap. I've wasted the better part of an afternoon just trying to stack these dumb things!
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Greg wrote:Explain to me how in Udun you guys are managing to stack your bottles cap-to-cap. I've wasted the better part of an afternoon just trying to stack these dumb things!
I definitely spent more time trying to balance them than I did actually cutting.
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Me too it takes a lot of time. I definitely won't pick that in my next trick. Sorry guys.
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I think It makes a difference, though. If I stack them both upright, the wider bottom sends the lower bottle flying.
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Wow great work Odigan! What swords are you using?
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TaylorSteiner wrote:Wow great work Odigan! What swords are you using?
Thanks! These were an Albion Regent and Reeve.
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