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The consequences of a poorly executed Unterhau!
Sir Edward:
--- Quote from: Sir Brian on 2011-01-20, 12:15:23 ---btw, how are the wasters you can get @ MDRF? Are the adequate? ???
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The plastic ones made by cold steel? Oh yeah, they're fine, but not great... it's the "you get what you pay for" thing. I think they're fine from a safety standpoint, it's just that the weight and balance isn't fantastic. The Purple Heart plastic trainers are some of the best, though they're pretty rigid. The Rawlings ones you get can from MRL are nice and light, but they flex too much, making them behave strangely in the bind, or hard blade contact.
I have some of each. I'll throw them all in the car this weekend.
Sir Brian:
hehe, no I have a cold steel polypropylene waster I bought from Blacksword armoury last season and I use it in my practice drills, I was curious about the wooden wasters they sell at MDRF. :)
Actually Larry Tom checked out my polypropylene waster on Sunday and said it wasn’t too bad. I think it’s a little too heavy in the blade but that’s ok to help build up the muscles you have to use so when you change to a metal blade you’re a lot faster. ;)
Sir Edward:
Ah yes, so the Hollow Earth wooden wasters? They look serviceable to me. I thought I remembered Hollow Earth being more expensive, but the website looks more sane. Maybe the raise the prices at faire. Here's their swords page:
http://www.hollowearthswordworks.com/swords.htm
The "bastard swords" are really the longswords. They're using the D&D terminology, it looks like.
Compare with Purple Heart:
http://woodenswords.com/WMA/longsword.htm
So the prices are about the same, at least on the websites. I've never played with the Hollow Earth swords outside of their shop, but they seem sturdy. Purple Heart swords hold up really well in practice.
Sir James A:
I picked up a wooden waster off ebay for somewhere under $15. I have yet to give it a try, though.
I did try using a plastic one (loaner sword) at a class once. It was terrible when against a wooden sword; it of course had some "give" the wooden did not. Not the best scenario when the drill was about "foolin" (however you spell "feeling" in german), which seemed to be about rotating your blade around the other person's to strike successfully.
Sir Brian, I hope that heals well and quickly. I noticed the x-ray says "unclassified"; I assume this means there won't be any titanium bone replacements? :D
Sir Brian:
Thanks Sir James!
--- Quote ---Sir Brian, I hope that heals well and quickly. I noticed the x-ray says "unclassified"; I assume this means there won't be any titanium bone replacements?
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hmmm a titanium longsword coming out of my pinky... ;)
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