Reaver sword and axe, and the Operative's sword!

POSTED BY: PhoenixRose
UPDATED: Friday, May 11, 2007 02:29
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PENGUIN

Sunday, November 19, 2006 3:52 PM

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Originally posted by Ged:
That's really cool Rose!

I found a site that makes Jayne hats - http://www.wearwithstyle.com/hat5.html

Does anyone know if this is real or has anyone gotten one from here?

There are people on the board who make the Jayne hats too!

Like... CALLMESERENITY

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GED

Sunday, November 19, 2006 3:56 PM

ooh, I'd love to get my hands on one!

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ZEPH

Sunday, November 19, 2006 9:21 PM

I own ten (I think... I lose track sometimes...) Museum Replica pieces -- rapiers, a two-handed sword, some daggers, a cutlass. The pieces are made by Windlass Steelcrafts, and are what is referred to as "battle ready." This means if you put an edge on 'em, they can supposedly be used just like the originals (in the case of their historical replicas).

At one time, you would be hard-pressed to find any "sword nut" that would own anything by Windlass, but they brought their production methods around ten or fifteen years ago, and it's hard to find a better product, for what they are. Additional note -- you gotta clean and oil 'em now and again, or they will rust. This isn't stainless steel.

They are not, let me stress NOT, stage-combat ready pieces, they will not really stand up to serious, repetitive blade-on-blade combat -- but that's not what they're made for. Real sword-fighting ain't what you see on TV or at the movies. Apart from "Shindig," that was actually some pretty good stuff.

I actually do use their rapiers for historically-accurate stage combat, but not for the usual "swashbuckling" type stuff that most people see or think of when they think of stage- or film-combat.

Just tossing my experience out there for folks...

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PENNAUSAMIKE

Thursday, November 23, 2006 8:58 AM

The Reaver sword and axe are accurate but the Operative sword isn't.
It has only four blood relief slots and is a little shorter than screen used.
Check the Propstore of London for photos of screenused Operative swords.

Having said that, it still looks very much the part and will make most people happy.

A version with inaccurate grips can be seen on
http://cgi.ebay.com/Serenity-Firefly...QQcmdZViewItem
I bought one of these with the intention of correcting the grips.

Mike

PHOENIXROSE

Monday, November 27, 2006 6:48 AM

Well, looking at them closely, none of them are perfect. But hey, they're close, and they're pretty!!!

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TVINI

Thursday, May 10, 2007 9:01 PM

Quote:
Ged wrote:
I found a site that makes Jayne hats - http://www.wearwithstyle.com/hat5.html

Does anyone know if this is real or has anyone gotten one from here?

I'm a little late answering, but it's real. That's me. :) Feel free to holler if you have questions.

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CANTER

Thursday, May 10, 2007 9:11 PM

I just read your faq's.

The one about the shrinking is hilarious!

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TVINI

Thursday, May 10, 2007 9:32 PM

Hee! That poor guy. As I read the e-mail, I could just picture him fishing the hat out of the washing machine, cradling the wet mess in his hands, wide-eyed. I had to send him another one, I couldn't leave him like that. Heh.

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GHOULFISH

Friday, May 11, 2007 2:29 AM

The axe and sword in the Serenity poster dont match very well with the replicas, i think someone in graphics dropped the ball.

JK

Anyway, ill have to get some detailed pictures of the sword and axe and make them in my spare time. (which is really limited right now)

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