Katie Tightpussy: oh i can totally believe that. the thing about HEMA is that it seems incredibly fun but also the deepest autistic rabbit hole imaginable

me: idk what to do while sick youtube: do you want to watch an hour long professionally animated deep dive into explaining what makes the lockheed sr-71 blackbird so cool me: wellllllllll shucks i reckon i could be inclined

My covid isolation stint was like, LoTR -> YouTube videos critiquing the combat scenes in LoTR -> videos about historical European martial arts (hema) -> best hema weapons for self defense -> same but for home defense -> home defense generally -> oops I made myself afraid

the answer was a small buckler made out of carbon fiber I think

oh i can totally believe that. the thing about HEMA is that it seems incredibly fun but also the deepest autistic rabbit hole imaginable

@anarchoshanties.bsky.social

extremely correct

the ring tempts me

For real. I spring boarded into eastern martial arts for a while and almost bought this sword. I'm not a person that buys swords but isolation makes you think different lkchensword.com/shop-1/ols/p...

Song Zhan Ma Daolkchensword.com Zhan Ma Dao (Horse Cutting Sword) is a powerful double hand cutting weapon designed for elite infantry units against enemies cavalry. Zhan Ma Dao had a long history since the Han Dynasty and seen majo...

I NEED THIS SWORD IMMEDIATELY SOMEONE BUY ME THIS SWORD

FOR WHAT PURPOSE!!! Only if it’s used for evil

CAN'T A WHITE WOMAN HAVE HISTORICALLY ACCURATE SONG DYNASTY GEAR

YES 🙌

ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL

I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW BADLY I NEED HER UNTIL NOW

I got an LK Chen Scarlet Sunrise jian, and let me tell you, those cats make a good sword.

Ah shit that doesn't bode well for my wallet lol

I just finally managed to put together some savings for a rainy day and then I saw this baby lkchensword.com/silver-swall...

OHHHHHHHHHHHHH SHE'S BEAUTIFUL

So good and you know you so rarely get long swords like that that are so delicate and graceful ugggghhhh

I feel so seen

i would love to get into it but also jesus christ i do not have the time or money to get into it

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