# swords-online.com / weaponmasters.com swords question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swords-online-com-weaponmasters-com-swords-question/203202>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 22, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swords-online-com-weaponmasters-com-swords-question/203202 "2003-09-22T23:37:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swords-online-com-weaponmasters-com-swords-question/203202/1 "2003-09-22T23:37:16Z")

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Do any of you recommend the weapons they sell on [swords-online.com](http://swords-online.com) or [weaponmasters.com](http://weaponmasters.com)? I am checking out the wooden practice swords they have available and they have their own quality rating system. Are any of these 5.0 or greater quality ratings really that durable?

Any other recommendations? TIA

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**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swords-online-com-weaponmasters-com-swords-question/203202/2 "2003-09-23T03:23:18Z")

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What type of weapon are you looking to purchase specifically? And also for what?

Do you plan on learning a form of Kenjitsu? Western Medieval Martial Arts?

The display sword I saw, appear to be facotry made, cheap replicas. Not worthy of a serious collector, or intended for battle or re-enaction.

The wooden practice swords look ok. But they don’t have much of a selection if you’re looking for western blades.

Medieval Western wooden swords: [http://www.hollowearthswordworks.com/](http://www.hollowearthswordworks.com/)

Eastern & western wooden swords:  
[http://www.woodenswords.com/](http://www.woodenswords.com/)

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**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swords-online-com-weaponmasters-com-swords-question/203202/3 "2003-09-23T04:16:37Z")

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Yeah, I wouldn’t trust it Swords Online quality products, your better off looking for a local martial arts store, using one of \*\* Kinthalis\*\*'s links, or checking out eBay.

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**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swords-online-com-weaponmasters-com-swords-question/203202/4 "2003-09-23T14:23:17Z")

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On a similar note…anyone know where one can get iron wood fighting sticks?

Anyone? Anyone?

-Tcat

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**Author:** ![The\_Stranger\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@The\_Stranger\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stranger_1)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swords-online-com-weaponmasters-com-swords-question/203202/5 "2003-09-23T21:50:20Z")

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[http://www.bugei.com/swordindex.html](http://www.bugei.com/swordindex.html)