Quote Originally Posted by Mike M. View Post
The swordforum.com boards have a lot of reviews of the Cold Steel stuff. Reportedly, the swords are OK in quality, but heavy. Dale Seago has reviewed the dirk in detail. Their stuff is generally good...but there's better out there. I've got a sword from Armour Class in the UK, and it is quite impressive. And reasonably priced for the quality.
Well where can we find better quality pieces out there. I continually find middle of the road or scrap quality and the occasional piece that I could easily pay for a car faster. I do not think I need to buy and collect museum quality but something not congured from a scrapped boat would be nice.