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Zeon posted a full-size Berserk sword earlier today, and then mentioned he wanted to see a full-size Final Fantasy VII Buster Sword. Mike Schropp at Total Geekdom made exactly that, Zeon! He also posted the illustrated process of making it. AND Schropp has a picture of himself and the completed sword in costume (for Halloween) with special Final Fantasy effects. If I posted that picture here, you wouldn’t think it was really him. So I selected this picture instead. You can go see the rest. Link
BBQ Sword Cooking Fork - $27.95
It’s your Dad against the grill! This Father’s Day arm Dad with a proper weapon. Get him the BBQ Sword Cooking Fork from the NeatoShop! Now Dad can burn steaks in swashbuckling style.
Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more fabulous Cooking Gadgets and Father’s Day Gifts!
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Mini Samurai Umbrella – $19.95
April showers bring May flowers. Are you looking for a stylish umbrella to keep you from getting all wet? You need the Mini Samurai Umbrella from the NeatoShop. Go ahead, tell that rain you mean business!
The Samurai Sword Umbrella is also available as a full sized umbrella.
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Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for all your oddball needs.
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The Queen Anne’s Revenge was the flagship of Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard. The ship was abandoned in 1718 when it wrecked on a sandbar off the coast of North Carolina. Archaeologists have been carefully studying the wreckage for a decade now, and have slowly released photographs of their finds. Recently they reconstructed a sword hilt from found fragments that may have belonged to Blackbeard or one of his companions.
Recovered from the Queen Anne’s Revenge wreck site in 2008, the quillon could have been made in England or France, according to Wendy Welsh, conservator of the Queen Anne’s Revenge artifacts for the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.
Beyond the hilt, only a stump of the blade remains, but Welsh said Jan Piet Puype, a Dutch arms historian, thinks the weapon was probably relatively short and was carried by a gentleman with some status—at least before a pirate got hold of it.
Although it could have been used for self-defense, the sword was mainly a decorative accessory and was manufactured sometime between the mid-17th century and the early 18th century, according to Puype.
See more pictures and information at National Geographic News. Link
(Image credit: Wendy M. Welsh, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources)
A swinging sword looks very different from the sword’s point of view! These guys duct taped a camera to the end of the sword before they put it through its paces. The effect may cause dizziness. -via The Daily What
Falsely imprisoned for 10 years, Uncle Matin finally breathed the fresh air of freedom when he ran into his friends at the market who beseeched him to show them his famous sword trick.
But what happened when he started to do the sword trick, which he had sworn never to do ever again? Link [embedded YouTube]
Geekosystem categorized types of swords seen in Hollywood movies into 10 archetypes. Starting the list is the Ancestral Sword:
The ancestral sword is usually a gift (or yours by birthright), something that you take because, well, it’s dangerous to go alone. Maybe it’s been in your family for generations. Maybe you pried it from the cold, dead hands of your loved one and swore to avenge his death with the very same blade. Whatever floats your boat.
It’s very likely that the weapon’s significance will be so great that it will be destroyed as part of the 2nd act climax and your eventual replacing of it will be used to symbolize that you have come into your adulthood and stepped out of the shadow of your parent.
Mini Samurai Umbrella – $19.95
Perhaps it’s not yet rainy season where you are, but a good samurai is always prepared. We’ve just gotten a shipment of the Mini Samurai Umbrella, a travel version of the our bestselling full-sized Samurai Umbrella.
Stock is limited (the manufacturer ran out of stock for the longest time due to incredibly popular demand) so if you want one, get it fast: Link
Previously on Neatorama: Our very first commercial for Samurai Umbrella
BBQ Sword Cooking Fork and BBQ Sword Spatula ($27.95 ea.)
For your next BBQ, make like D’Artagnan and fearlessly grill hotdogs and hamburgers with your trusty BBQ Sword Cooking Fork and Spatula. Take a look at Neatorama’s neat grilling items that are sure to be the hit of the party: Link
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Spring has sprung, and you know what that means: summer is going to be here soon! Get ready for BBQ season and unleash your inner d’Artagnan with this BBQ Sword Spatula from the NeatoShop: Link
See also: BBQ Branding Iron | BBQ Sword Cooking Fork and the Condiment Gun
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Master Sword and Pedestal by Xenonray – via Nintendo Papercraft
Whoa! This is awesome: Gajitz blog has a nice compendium of the various papercrafts inspired by the Zelda games. I remember fondly playing Zelda II: The Adventure of Link on my NES oh so many years ago.
Link | More at the excellent blog Nintendo Papercraft (you can lose hours there!)
Samurai Umbrella – $29.95
The rain is no match for the Samurai Umbrella – this heavy duty umbrella has a fun samurai sword-style handle. The heavy duty yet light weight umbrella comes complete with a nylon scabbard so you can sling it across your shoulder just like you would a real samurai sword.
So, make like a samurai (or is that Boy Scout? Anyways …) and be prepared for a rainy day and get yourself this Samurai Umbrella. Or get two so you can play fight with a buddy on sunny days.
Limited quantity over yonder at the Neatorama Shop: Link
Whether we like it or not, weapons play a pivotal role in human history. Most of them are simple and ruthlessly practical, whereas others evolved to become highly ornate, to the point that they could no longer be used as actual weapons but as ceremonial pieces instead.
Socyberty has an interesting post about the 10 most unusual blades (including knives and swords) from around the world. Take, for example, the katar shown to the left:
The Katar, shown in the introduction, is a short punching sword from India. The hand fitted into the grip so that the blade was above the knuckles. It was a weapon used by the Rajput, referred to as “the most valiant warriors of the Indian sub continent.”
Used in close combat the blades were said to be able to punch through armour.
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