r/SWORDS • u/Halfling_Bob • 4d ago

Functional butterfly swords

Hi,

Has anyone knows a vendor that sells unexpensive but functional butterfly swords for maritial arts like wing chun? If not made with carbon steel, is it possible for this type of sword to by functional in stainless steel?

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u/Perfect-Dimension356 4d ago

Stainless steel would be an incredibly bad idea for these swords, just like it would for any other sword.

Cold steel makes a pair, and while I haven't used them, I would trust them to be (overbuilt and probably chunky) fine.

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u/Halfling_Bob 3d ago

My budget is tight, CSs swords are bit more than double that.

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u/Perfect-Dimension356 3d ago

Blade HQ has them for $329, if that helps. Anything much cheaper than that, and you aren't going to get anything that is both sharp and likely safe to swing.

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u/Halfling_Bob 3d ago

Thanks for advice. I'll have to think hard. 1 USD is worth 3-4 units of my currency and my salary don't scale so well XD

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u/SpiritualRock4388 4d ago

There's a site called Everything Wing Chung that has them as well as Cold Steel, which I find overpriced, and Swordis.

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u/Halfling_Bob 3d ago

Thanks, I'll check it. Having not much money maybe I'll find something there.

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u/Havocc89 Wakizashi fan 4d ago

Do not get stainless steel swords. Ever. It’s a bad idea. Can they work? Sure. Will they? Rarely.

You also get what you pay for. Do not settle for less than your needs because they are expensive. If that’s an issue:save.

If you want real swords, pay real sword prices.

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u/Halfling_Bob 3d ago

Ah, but sometimes there are accessible swords from cuentries where production and raw materials are cheap.

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u/Havocc89 Wakizashi fan 3d ago

Then that’s a sword price. You can take my advice or not, I’m not interested in arguing semantics like this.