Beautiful and Functional: The Tai Chi Saber from Swords of Northshire

Where to find it: https://www.swordsofnorthshire.com/pr... ** Specifications ** Overall length: 125 cm / 49 in Blade length: 95 cm / 37.4 in Blade width: 3.5 cm / 1.38 in Blade thickness: 5.5 mm / 0.216 in at the guard, tapering to 1.5 mm / 0.06 in Point of balance: 12 cm / 4.7 in from the guard Weight: 1.3 kg / Blade material: 1095 high carbon steel Handle material: Ebony Hilt assembly: Pinned, full tang ** Pros / Cons ** Handles well in terms of weight, balance, and grip shape Beautifully decorated fittings Excellent finish Remarkable cutting performance The blade becomes very thin and flexible toward the tip Expensive The guard could be more tightly fitted, considering the price Swordsage's channel (for more about Chinese swords and armed martial arts):    / swordsage   Support the channel, get bonus content and other rewards:   / skallagrim   https://www.subscribestar.com/skallagrim    / @skallagrim   For one-time donations: https://streamlabs.com/skallagrim1 https://www.paypal.me/SkallagrimYT Books about history and/or martial arts, swords, knives, video/audio equipment, and other stuff I recommend: US - https://amzn.to/2DYndPI Canada - https://amzn.to/2PXSyIo Kult of Athena, my favorite online store for reproductions of historical arms and armor, fantasy swords, etc: http://ww4.aitsafe.com/go.htm?go=kult... Where to get HEMA gear and practice swords: http://www.woodenswords.com/?Click=1799 Get in contact or see a list of my video uploads:   / skallagrimyt     / _skallagrim_   Channel-related shirts and other merch: http://skallagrim.spreadshirt.com/ https://teespring.com/stores/skallagrim My side channel (for rambles, vlogs, opinions, gaming, etc):    / @skallhalla   Knives on Gearbest: https://www.gearbest.com/knives-tools... Intro song: "Illuminate" by Vindsvept https://vindsvept.bandcamp.com/track/... Outro: "Highland Storm" by The Slanted Room Records http://theslantedroom.weebly.com/