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Guns; I like guns
Topic Started: Jan 9 2007, 06:55 PM (2,439 Views)
Mister Sinister
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Feb 16 2007, 11:14 AM
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My Boss has a friend who owns an ancient Samurai sword..He paid close to 20,000$ dollars for it at an antiques dealer....Three weeks later someone offered him 2.25 million for it.  He declined.

I imagine if someone offered him 2.25 million for it, someone else will offer him more. Although, paying 20 grand for a sword and someone offered me 2 and a quarter million, I'd have taken the money and ran. That's a lot of cash to refuse....

He's a blue godamned millionare. I asked my Boss about him again, it's his cousin.

He owns a specialty metals shop (amongst other companies)... He collects WWII weapons and "happened" across an authentic samurai sword carried by a Japanese officer in WWII (as opposed to the replicas produced).

A Japanese national (working for the Japanese Govt) tracked him down (he had been looking for the sword for years, and only found the previous owner about two weeks after the sale). The man flew to the US (upstate New York) and met with my boss' cousin, upon seeing the sword the man bowed profusely. Apparently, this man was on a mission to collect as many ancient swords and repatriate them back to Japan as recoverd artifacts. The Japanese man explained to the owner that the sword predates Katana blades as it is substantially longer than the Katana blades, and therefore it was made about 800 years ago. When the sword was unsheathed is when the dollar signs started to fly...It was made by a very famous swordsmith. In short, my Boss' cousin got lucky...extremely lucky...The kind of luck only a rich man can have.

When the man offered 2.25 million after a short barter, the owner asked, "is that yen or dollars?" When the Japanese man said dollars, the owner sheathed the sword very quickly and, in true Yankee fashion said, "Hell, I've got 2 and a quarter mil, but this is the only ancient samurai sword I have. Thanks for coming by!"

For Christmas my Boss made his cousin, about two quarts worth of homemade Red Spaghetti sauce (best damn homemade sauce ever) and overnighted it to him...Three days later my Boss got a check for 500$ and a request for more.
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Mister Sinister
Feb 16 2007, 04:57 PM
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Feb 16 2007, 11:14 AM
Mister Sinister
Feb 16 2007, 03:55 PM
My Boss has a friend who owns an ancient Samurai sword..He paid close to 20,000$ dollars for it at an antiques dealer....Three weeks later someone offered him 2.25 million for it.  He declined.

I imagine if someone offered him 2.25 million for it, someone else will offer him more. Although, paying 20 grand for a sword and someone offered me 2 and a quarter million, I'd have taken the money and ran. That's a lot of cash to refuse....

He's a blue godamned millionare. I asked my Boss about him again, it's his cousin.

He owns a specialty metals shop (amongst other companies)... He collects WWII weapons and "happened" across an authentic samurai sword carried by a Japanese officer in WWII (as opposed to the replicas produced).

A Japanese national (working for the Japanese Govt) tracked him down (he had been looking for the sword for years, and only found the previous owner about two weeks after the sale). The man flew to the US (upstate New York) and met with my boss' cousin, upon seeing the sword the man bowed profusely. Apparently, this man was on a mission to collect as many ancient swords and repatriate them back to Japan as recoverd artifacts. The Japanese man explained to the owner that the sword predates Katana blades as it is substantially longer than the Katana blades, and therefore it was made about 800 years ago. When the sword was unsheathed is when the dollar signs started to fly...It was made by a very famous swordsmith. In short, my Boss' cousin got lucky...extremely lucky...The kind of luck only a rich man can have.

When the man offered 2.25 million after a short barter, the owner asked, "is that yen or dollars?" When the Japanese man said dollars, the owner sheathed the sword very quickly and, in true Yankee fashion said, "Hell, I've got 2 and a quarter mil, but this is the only ancient samurai sword I have. Thanks for coming by!"

For Christmas my Boss made his cousin, about two quarts worth of homemade Red Spaghetti sauce (best damn homemade sauce ever) and overnighted it to him...Three days later my Boss got a check for 500$ and a request for more.

That's gotta be nice. Imagine if you owned just one relic that was valued more than what 20 people you see on the street combined was worth. Better yet, imagine if you were the one that offeres him $2.25 million for that sword and could have easily afforded it. I guess the more you have, the more useless expensive shit you'll accumulate. I think if I had that much money, I would be paying 2 million for an exotic foreign sports car, not a sword.
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Feb 16 2007, 01:26 PM
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Feb 16 2007, 04:57 PM
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Feb 16 2007, 11:14 AM
Mister Sinister
Feb 16 2007, 03:55 PM
My Boss has a friend who owns an ancient Samurai sword..He paid close to 20,000$ dollars for it at an antiques dealer....Three weeks later someone offered him 2.25 million for it.  He declined.

I imagine if someone offered him 2.25 million for it, someone else will offer him more. Although, paying 20 grand for a sword and someone offered me 2 and a quarter million, I'd have taken the money and ran. That's a lot of cash to refuse....

He's a blue godamned millionare. I asked my Boss about him again, it's his cousin.

He owns a specialty metals shop (amongst other companies)... He collects WWII weapons and "happened" across an authentic samurai sword carried by a Japanese officer in WWII (as opposed to the replicas produced).

A Japanese national (working for the Japanese Govt) tracked him down (he had been looking for the sword for years, and only found the previous owner about two weeks after the sale). The man flew to the US (upstate New York) and met with my boss' cousin, upon seeing the sword the man bowed profusely. Apparently, this man was on a mission to collect as many ancient swords and repatriate them back to Japan as recoverd artifacts. The Japanese man explained to the owner that the sword predates Katana blades as it is substantially longer than the Katana blades, and therefore it was made about 800 years ago. When the sword was unsheathed is when the dollar signs started to fly...It was made by a very famous swordsmith. In short, my Boss' cousin got lucky...extremely lucky...The kind of luck only a rich man can have.

When the man offered 2.25 million after a short barter, the owner asked, "is that yen or dollars?" When the Japanese man said dollars, the owner sheathed the sword very quickly and, in true Yankee fashion said, "Hell, I've got 2 and a quarter mil, but this is the only ancient samurai sword I have. Thanks for coming by!"

For Christmas my Boss made his cousin, about two quarts worth of homemade Red Spaghetti sauce (best damn homemade sauce ever) and overnighted it to him...Three days later my Boss got a check for 500$ and a request for more.

That's gotta be nice. Imagine if you owned just one relic that was valued more than what 20 people you see on the street combined was worth. Better yet, imagine if you were the one that offeres him $2.25 million for that sword and could have easily afforded it. I guess the more you have, the more useless expensive shit you'll accumulate. I think if I had that much money, I would be paying 2 million for an exotic foreign sports car, not a sword.

I think the guy worked for some Japanese government agency that wanted to reclaim as many swords as possible, so I think he was using Govt monies. If it's all true, then I gather the Jap was simply making a gesture towards the "American Greed" in order to get the sword, which is apparently priceless, back.

Hey, if Egypt had the money, you think all their ancient artifacts would be sitting in western museums?
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Hey, if Egypt had the money, you think all their ancient artifacts would be sitting in western museums?


Probably not. And I imagine if that were the case, there would be a lot of smugglers unemployed through the years.
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Hey, if Egypt had the money, you think all their ancient artifacts would be sitting in western museums?


Probably not. And I imagine if that were the case, there would be a lot of smugglers unemployed through the years.

I think they'd either get a normal job or go stealing those artifacts from museums.

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I will be willing to bet every single one of you that
I have shot a gun bigger that any of you have ever shot.

I think guns are awesome, but I am a swordsman, really.
I'd rather dual wield swords than awesome guns.
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Mar 16 2007, 03:17 AM
I will be willing to bet every single one of you that
I have shot a gun bigger that any of you have ever shot.

105mm.

Can you beat that?
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i have fired a peice of artillery before, does that mean i win?
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Mar 16 2007, 07:56 PM
i have fired a peice of artillery before, does that mean i win?

What caliber?

[[[]]] said 105 mm. Standerd Arty round (for the US Army)today is 155 mm.
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The 105mm cannon on a Leopard MBT has, I think, a larger charge than the 155mm howitzers have. (I have vague memories of lifting both and noting that the 105 was a fuckton heavier, but this was many, many years ago and my memories may be scrambled.)
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The 105mm cannon on a Leopard MBT has, I think, a larger charge than the 155mm howitzers have. (I have vague memories of lifting both and noting that the 105 was a fuckton heavier, but this was many, many years ago and my memories may be scrambled.)

Indeed it has a larger charge. Tanks can fire an assortment of different shells, while Artillary has one shell. A AP round in a Leopard ,for example, would weigh much more than a standerd 155 mm.
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The standard yank artilery shell is still 155mm i think
However any of you cracked shots from a M4 Cabrine,A AUG23 or a mounted
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