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.....actually I posted the photos of the replica sword on the net....anyways they've added more CTHD stuff in time for Christmas!!

www.superiormartialarts.c...affiliate!

Hmm.....that IS a better buy. $10 cheaper than Superior Martial Arts (the link I posted).

But then again, I strongly advise you not to get swords over the internet. They're ALOT overpriced.

For example, this broadsword

is being sold for $78.84 USD plus $25 USD shipping which comes to a total of $103.84 USD. I got it for $40 CDN (which is $25 USD) without having to pay for shipping because I bought it in a store (and we know the guy who sold it to us). Now that's about 5 times less than if I had bought it over the internet.

So be careful when buying over the net...

Hahaha......maybe I could buy a cheap straight sword and then "modify" it!! Hehehe....well, I'm doing that with this really cheap broadsword...it basically look like it came out of the gutter when I bought it.

The sheath had this ugly-colored (and patterned) plastic covering it. I just took a knife, ran it along the side, and stripped off the plastic. Then I took sandpaper and smoothed it all up.

This week I'm going to stain or paint the wood, then apply a lacquer coating on top. I'm going to get some chrome touch-up paint (or metal spray paint) because the aluminum parts have tarnish or something on them. Then buy a few pieces of nylon for the sash and then it will look better than new!! Hmm...maybe carve my Chinese name into the side too? I'll see if I can post a photo when it's done sometime.

Flexible blade = wushu steel

Actually broadswords are hard as well. It's just for demonstrations, flooppy swords look cool cause it makes alot of noise and it flashes alot of light.