i think choy lee fut has a floor lamp form
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i think choy lee fut has a floor lamp form
there is also a bench form
during 1960s or cultural revolution,
there are broom stick forms and many other.
since all the metal ware was "summoned" to produce steel
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My weapons are all on racks in my kwoon.
My toys are under the bed (sigp228,9mmblack talons)
in my shower (stainless S&W 38federal hydra shocks)
My fridge is too close to the front entrance of my apartment, so I don't keep anything in there except food....
I don't carry anything on my person, except for a tactical pen, a set of keys, and a metal bookmark.In the summer I may have a fan...
Sifu Yee Chi-Wai said it best;
"No need to carry a weapon. There are weapons all around-fire hydrant, corner of a building, car bumper.."
nice . i carry a tactical calculator and tactical books. and a semtex eraser.
no monies. cant afford
I am telling you guys.....
...a sharpened #3 or #4 pencil!
No one confiscates a pencil (YET), especially if you camouflage it with pad of paper!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnLV3nd2rOM
if I have to choose 3 out of many
1. bow and arrow
2, straight sword/broad sword.
3. staff/spear
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I have my weapons all over my apartment lol. you can always reach one no matter where you are. i like it like that...sure anyone could grab one but ill gamble the intruder has his own or wont be as good as me with my weapons.. all my training weapons such as wooden and wushu steel are in my living room which is actually just my own gym, no couches or chairs. you must be at least 16 to be in my home unsupervised, or be accompanied by an adult at all times lol. not kid friendly home...
I store my weapons in oil or wax. I don't have a lot of chrome-plated weapons. I'm more of a traditional kind of guy, so most of my weapons aren't chromed. Can't really sharpen chrome right ;). I keep my weapons oiled with Hanwei sword oil - it's not too gummy over time and it's fragrant. I just don't like the spray applicators, which always seem to break.
For my antiques, I use Curator's Choice, but I'm about to run out. I'm told they no longer make Curator's Choice. This is not to be confused with the metal polish that I see is available online - it was a protective wax that was designed especially for antique arms. I've got a little left, enough for a few more cleanings, but then I'll have to default to car wax.
i really like the hanwei polisher kit. its really affordable..when ever i run out of oil i just buy a whole new kit. you get a nifty box and some extra paper and a new podwer ball. all for like 20-25 bucks! plus ya i like the scent
I carry a tactical pen too although I may stop carrying it. I've had it pulled from me on a few searches recently. It's a little obvious, and I'd surely get busted if I ever had to use it, especially considering what I do for a living. But I like the pen and it's a great conversation piece.
But back OT...+
I have a sword maintenance kit for Japan. It was gifted to me, as the Hanwei Sword Maintenance Kit is much less expensive, and is pretty much the same. I confess I never use it, and I even keep several Japanese swords although the only antique is a rather mediocre gunto that I used for iai. I was trained on the whole traditional Japanese sword cleaning ritual, but it was way to cumbersome as I have a lot of weapons to clean. So I forgot most of that. Now I clean my swords in the same spirit that I wax my car. Wax on, wax off. ;)
Tactical socks and a talent for storing farts.
That's all I need.
One man CAN clear a 40,000 sq ft cold storage locker if he really needs to... :D
I just let my practice "weapons" lie on the floor. the ones that I do not use for a while, I tie them up in a rope and lie on the ground.
I recently bought wushu and tai chi sword with carrying cases from MAM, sponsor of this forum.
so I store them in the carrying cases.
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Talking about sworsds maintenance kits, here is how I do it, just to share..
Usually, (for high carbon blades or stainless steel, no wushu blades here) I will sand blast the whole blade (disassemble the weapon first), with rought to super fine sandpaper, until a superior grint like 3000 or something. Then I will use some metal cleaner to clean it.. then use "Peek" (a paste) to buff and rub it to a mirror finish, the reoil the blade with some metal oil and let it stand for a day, then it is okay for normal use, everytime after use, just put it back dry.
For the wood, I sand it and polish it with orange oil, that's all.
Brass parts, use brasso to clean it completely and then re-buff it to make it nice and shiny.
Then reassemble them together and you get a new looking or BETTER than new looking piece with you.
I have done sharpening blades myself too, with honing stones or grinder (bench), and they both work well.
Chrome blades like the wushu blades are no good for this, if you sand it, you see the copper below and it will rust for sure. If you did, there is no fix unless you have a way to re-chrome it with some compressor kits, it's crazily hard to do yourself unless you got tons of money to buy that kit.
I used to have suitcases for everything
books, clothes and "weapons"
after moving so many times, I had to throw away a lot things.
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I wrapped cloth around sharps, to avoid accidents
some sharps come with sheaths or covering
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it is a tedious job to take care of your practice "weapons".
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thats the funnest part! lol i cant afford to buy matts all the time though so ive used various things.. you can take some heavy cardboard and spray it with water so you can roll it up add as much as you want to get it as thick as you want and then tie it with twine and let it dry some so its not too wet, or just do a few and let them dry out all the way if you want. but it feels better if its stilly kind of damp on the inside when you cut it... but thats just my own idea just to be able to cut more stuff and not spend monies cuz you can get cardboard for free lol
ya i have cut into pork a before but only before a big bar b q lol.. i have 2 coldsteel knives and ya they are pretty nice. my swords are hanwei though. i really like them. i have a good friend that is a blacksmith who makes his own blades so i get some of his too. im too poor to have antiques though :( some day when i get rich...there is a local sword shop and you can get all antique fitting for katana from all different periods and region. he even has a full set of samurai armor dating back to 1500s and its for sale too...but its mostly all japanese because he does kendo and iaido
Nice~ Always cool to have a blacksmith friend who can do the job, that is very admirable... lucky you! Yeah, they can make anything cool themselves, anything you want, in any way and any sharpness, haha.. just like when you have a graphic designer at home, you are about to see any magic to be done anytime. It's just as cool as that!
CYMac,
by CYMacQuote:
Kungfu is not my main focus, it's just a hobby or side dish for me
I appreciate you being a Taoist, and your attitude towards the use of martial force for self-defense. But if kungfu is a side dish for you, your large possession of weapons begs explanation.
P.S. Just last month, a local man hurted himself while cleaning a gun at his home. He has licenses for firing gun and possessing firearm. But police has found a huge number of firearms and ammunition at the premise (over 100 guns and 1,000 rounds). Some of them are real guns. Anyway, the total number found makes it illegal because it is over his license allows. The police is going to charge the man, who is named Gun King by the media. One curious question raised is the reason that the man has injured himself. It is very unusual for a person to clean a gun while it is loaded.
KC
Hong Kong
There are not a limit to how many guns you can own in Canada by-law if your guns are not over 500fps which is then considered a firearm. If your gun is over 500fps, your license do require you to register your gun as well, therefore, there aren't a limit to it unless you did get your guns from black market.
Cleaning a gun while it is loaded? It already give a very funny point that the guy is NOT educated in guns at all, even air pistols, airguns, and other type of gun hobbiest know to empty the gun's chamber EVERYTIME after they are done shooting a session. That is just the foundation and basic. If the person you mention can do such a silly thing, his gun smithing is very lousy and he doesn't follow the correct way to clean a gun either.
If you have experienced in guns before, even the manuals they come with teach you the safety rules of shooting and cleaning the gun, who on earth will be so silly to clean a gun like that?
Plus, please read the firearm law of Canada for the details and everything will be clear for you, jokes will reveal and false information will be see through.
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PS: I am not sure you are referring weapons to my guns or my kungfu weapons. Kungfu equippments are totally legal in Canada and doesn't have a limit of how many you can own by-law. If you are talking about guns, my collection is very small compare to many collectors I know, and if you aren't exposed to the world of guns and gun owners, I suggest you get into these social circles and you will open your eyes and mind up more to the real gun world with the real laws. Of course, all my possessions are legal and they are 100% legal to own in that amount as well. If you want, you can just go to other gun forums and look at other's collection, then you will know my collection is just one of the mid-range, not even close to the "Gun King" in the real world of guns. (not from your source) haha!
ideally if you have an extra room and shelves
you may call it weapon storage room
or just rent a spot in the store away place
etc etc.
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M4, iron sights right now, but due to an upcoming mission, they'll be giving me CCOs... you know, like everyone else in the friggin' Army has anyway.
Well, I was "raised" with the M16A2, so I'm actually more comfortable with them. I know they are a bit antiquated, but I'm just more proficient with them.
Aiming isn't hard as long as you apply your four fundamentals. I can tell just from your shot group what you are doing wrong (High/low, left/right misses, and "shot group all over the place!").
I never use Brasso. It's too abrasive for me. I use Wenol, which one of my gun restorer friends got me hooked on. There's different grades. In general, I like to use a lot of gun products for cleaning cold arms. They make such great gun products. I was really into silicon cloths for a spell, but they got too slippery for handles. Either that, or my grip just got weaker. :o