God of War style machete...

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OverUseOfMachetes said:
Well was there anything like this knife that might have been useful? (Always looking for options)
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I think it would make an intimidating knife, not so great of a user. Maybe something that belonged on the battlefield before guns, to strike fear into the enemy. It certainly is a cool knife, and I like many of his designs, but I prefer one smooth, unbroke straight or curving edge because its easier to sharpen and bites better into materials. To be honest, if I bought something like this I'd enjoy it but wouldn't use it in the field. Maybe that is a better answer than my other, and I apologize if I seemed rude. You should check out some Condor Tool and Knife, and some Cold Steel. They both make some interesting oddball tools and weapons, and both are reasonable tough. You'll probably find something you like. My suggestion is that instead of starting out with something aesthetic, try something of a normal style of knife, then see if you can find a version that comes close to what you like. You may have better luck that way.
 
RemyKaze said:
Short and sweet, either focus on practical or focus on aesthetics. No point in spending a lot of money on a wallhanger, and definitely no point in using some crazy spiky fantasy design as a real tool. And based on that, unless you commission a custom, likely no one is going to make something like that for actual use. Maybe you should consolidate all your threads into one "fantasy knife wishlist" instead of making one for each knife. Not trying to be offensive or anything, but people here usually focus on the practical applications of their knives, cool looking designs notwithstanding.
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What I gather from your post is that you find it pointless to collect fantasy knives, and are trying to tell the guy what topics he can, and can not post in the general knife discussion, and he needs to stick to your definition of a popular topic.
Maybe you don't mean to be, but you come off as sounding pretty offensive.
 
RemyKaze said:
Wow, you guys are awfully anal and touchy, eh? Nowhere was I rude in my post, and I included some useful information, unlike yourself. I'm trying to elevate the guy's understanding of what makes a good knife, and what makes a poor knife. Go be butthurt somewhere else, please, as your response is pretty immature given the civility of my original post. Thanks.;)
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Sorry OP for this thread getting so far away from the subject by a couple, no, mostly one, jackwad. You see, some folks fany this site as their own personal playspace online where anything less than gripping to them is grounds for a posterior violation post. Then, when someone brings attention to them and their jackwaddiness, they get their panties further inserted into their cheeks, such as this gent above. Pay no attention to folks like this. Keep posting what you like.
 
jimh0220 said:
Sorry OP for this thread getting so far away from the subject by a couple, no, mostly one, jackwad. You see, some folks fany this site as their own personal playspace online where anything less than gripping to them is grounds for a posterior violation post. Then, when someone brings attention to them and their jackwaddiness, they get their panties further inserted into their cheeks, such as this gent above. Pay no attention to folks like this. Keep posting what you like.
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If you guys are gonna keep at it, why not go to whine and cheese and really speak your mind:D
 
cncpro11 said:
What I gather from your post is that you find it pointless to collect fantasy knives, and are trying to tell the guy what topics he can, and can not post in the general knife discussion, and he needs to stick to your definition of a popular topic.
Maybe you don't mean to be, but you come off as sounding pretty offensive.
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Personally I do find it pointless, but that isn't my point. My point is that fantasy/aesthetically pleasing knife designs don't always marry easily with practicality. I'm just saying that sometimes you have to choose one or the other in a knife, because often a fantasy knife sacrifices performance with wild design, and practical knives can be quite ugly. Now that isn't always the case, but in a user knife, one expects a blade to be shaped with performance and ease of use in mind. I think perhaps I got a little frustrated because these knives are obviously not easily applicable as machetes and skinning tools, and I feel that any person asking about said uses already would have the experience to discern what makes a good machete or skinning knife. Again, my apologies.
 
I don't know if you'll find much looking like that machete without being expensive. There's just not a big market for it. Like others have said, it's not very practical. But maybe you should get into making knives, after you get good enough, you could make something that looks like that. Would you want it just to have something from the game?

It's suprising how long it took for me to find out what OP meant. And I'm a very computer orientated person, eventually I just googled it :)! Took at least several hundred posts between budgetlightforum and the lol forums.
 
RemyKaze said:
Personally I do find it pointless, but that isn't my point. My point is that fantasy/aesthetically pleasing knife designs don't always marry easily with practicality. I'm just saying that sometimes you have to choose one or the other in a knife, because often a fantasy knife sacrifices performance with wild design, and practical knives can be quite ugly. Now that isn't always the case, but in a user knife, one expects a blade to be shaped with performance and ease of use in mind. I think perhaps I got a little frustrated because these knives are obviously not easily applicable as machetes and skinning tools, and I feel that any person asking about said uses already would have the experience to discern what makes a good machete or skinning knife. Again, my apologies.
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He's a kid.
No worries.
 
There is a place for asthetics in knive and even machetes. The simple beauty of a well made knife is what draws folks to it. if not, every knife would look like a hunk of shapeless metal with an edge. Handles, finishes, shape, and style are why we all own more than one knife. Even fantasy and art knives are part of the equation. Anyonw who doesn't see at least style in that machete would be lying. Usefullness isn't always most important.
 
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jimh0220 said:
There is a place for asthetics in knive and even machetes. The simple beauty of a well made knife is what draws folks to it. f not, every knife would look like a hunk of shapeless metal with an edge. Handles, finishes, shape, and style are why we all own more than one knife. Even fantasy and art knives are part of the equation. Anyonw who doesn't see at least style in that machete would be lying. Usefullness i't always most important.
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Well said my friend:thumbup:
 
9blades said:
If you guys are gonna keep at it, why not go to whine and cheese and really speak your mind:D
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Nah. Poking fun at the elitest gent here is much more productive here. More people see him for who he is than in w&c, and every time he replies to something, he just keeps burying himself further. Like watching a skydiver with no chute. It takes a while to see them splat, but you can't stop watching him fall. :D
 
jimh0220 said:
Nah. Poking fun at the elitest gent here is much more productive here. More people see him for who he is than in w&c, and every time he replies to something, he just keeps burying himself further. Like watching a skydiver with no chute. It takes a while to see them splat, but you can't stop watching him fall. :D
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Ah come on man that's a little harsh.....he apologized and he was just stating his opinion (a reasonable one at that even if it was a little harsh lol)
 
jimh0220 said:
Nah. Poking fun at the elitest gent here is much more productive here. More people see him for who he is than in w&c, and every time he replies to something, he just keeps burying himself further. Like watching a skydiver with no chute. It takes a while to see them splat, but you can't stop watching him fall. :D
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Not sure why you keep egging it on...did my response really bother you that much? If so, I don't know what to tell you. I didn't find my original post to be that offensive, but you're still going on and on about it. Can we not just drop it and get back on subject?
 
jimh0220 said:
Anyonw who doesn't see at least style in that machete would be lying.
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I'm not sure what this means really. I don't see any style I could describe ???
I could think of some adjectives to descibe what I think it looks like, but I dought anyone would want to here them:p
 
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