Advanced Knife Bro Tests the GSM Hand and a Half sword. It fails badly.

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CA504

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CS China swords are made by the same company (Fred Chen/Huanuo) that manufactures for Dynasty Forge. They have IMO, the best heat treatment and fit/finish of all the budget Chinese repro blades. Fred Chen blades make up the majority of my collection.

I’ve done terribly abusive things to my hand and a half and all that happens is the mirror finish get a few more scuffs.

https://imgur.com/a/7cOXfTQ
 
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Chris_Texas

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CA504 said:
CS China swords are made by the same company (Fred Chen/Huanuo) that manufactures for Dynasty Forge. They have IMO, the best heat treatment and fit/finish of all the budget Chinese repro blades. Fred Chen blades make up the majority of my collection.

I’ve done terribly abusive things to my hand and a half and all that happens is the mirror finish get a few more scuffs.

https://imgur.com/a/7cOXfTQ
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Many people have used and tested Cold Steel swords in the past. The "worst" critique I have generally seen is that the weight and balance do not properly match historic examples. And that they are, if anything, overbuilt and weighted more towards cutting than combat.

This test here was clearly as shocking to Advanced Knife Bro as it was to me. The comedy was supposed to be seeing him wearing armor, not seeing the weapon break immediately.

The question: is this the quality level we can expect from GSM Cold Steel, or was this a fluke of some kind? Hopefully AKB contacts GSM - reportedly difficult these days- and reports his experience.
 
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deadzonepatrol

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The video was hilarious. What a failure, indeed!

It may very well be more than a heat treat issue. The steel in that sword may have had inclusions, impurities that caused a weakness. Where was that steel made? Most probably Communist China. You cannot trust anything coming out of that place. And that is precisely why I would never buy any sword made in PRC or with steel made in PRC.
 
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Chris_Texas

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deadzonepatrol said:
The video was hilarious. What a failure, indeed!

It may very well be more than a heat treat issue. The steel in that sword may have had inclusions, impurities that caused a weakness. Where was that steel made? Most probably Communist China. You cannot trust anything coming out of that place. And that is precisely why I would never buy any sword made in PRC or with steel made in PRC.
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Sadly it is hard to know where the steel came from, or even what it really is. For reference read again why Cold Steel cancelled the A2 Trailmasters.
 
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