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Practicing with sharps
Sir Edward:
I remember watching some of the combat down at NCRF last year with the Starfires. It makes a lot more sense in harness, like your group was doing. Last time I played with mine, we were in basic fencing gear, and it was a lot more frightening than working with Albions, I must say! :)
You're right about the lifetime warranty. I sometimes wish some of the other manufacturers would offer that, but I suspect that the warranty is what prompted Starfire to make their swords so beefy, rather than the other way around.
Sir James (Fiat Lux):
Those things make one hell of a sound when they break, too. We still have a broken one that we've been meaning to (for 2 years now!) get replaced, but it makes for such a great conversation piece!
Especially side-by-side with the helm it was broken over. Oh, the crease!
Sir Brian:
Heh, necromancing an almost six year old thread just might be a record for this forum! ;)
Here is a really interesting video pertaining to the topic title.
Roland seriously knows his stuff and brings some stark reality to some of the misconceptions some folks have of HEMA training with blunts. Just as synthetics react differently from aluminum and steel blunts, so too does sharps verses blunts.
Sir William:
I have never fenced with a sharp so this is news to me- thanks for sharing Sir Brian. I wonder how many other people might automatically assume that the differences between a sharp and blunt are inconsequential, other than the obvious.
Thorsteinn:
I did this with semi sharp Spears once. It was fantastically eye opening.
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