[MR] weapons

[Charles Rowe]

follow the products link and look for trainers.  They come in several styles, from Gladius, to Oriental Sword Breakers, Bokkens, Tantos,  WakazashiI, Axes, hand and a Halfs, and even daggers. That variety is one of the things that got me interested in them.  The company also sells a Machete modeled after the Gladius. I just bought one of those for period hunting.
Fergus
--- On Sun, 2/19/12, Tracy Kremer <peregryn47 at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Tracy Kremer <peregryn47 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [MR] weapons
To: "Charles Rowe" <chasrowe72 at yahoo.com>
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2012, 7:50 PM

Wow, they look pretty cool!
Hmmmm - well, lessee, if that is not a rhetorical question;
These things weigh almost 30lb, so, how much does a rattan sword typically weigh?
If anyone wanted to use these, there'd be all those other weapons still done in rattan, and of course these swords apparently come in only one size.
Also, how do they break - do they shatter, or bend, or what?  And how long would they stand up to use before breaking?
The only obvious advantage I can see at this point would be the actual edge rather than tape-marked edge, and the appearance. 
 

Lady Eluned
 
 
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From: Charles Rowe <chasrowe72 at yahoo.com>
To: atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org 
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 7:09 PM
Subject: [MR] weapons

I know I've been out of the fighting loop for awhile and haven't kept up with the ruling of the marshals but has anyone every thought of using things like these in SCA combat?http://www.ltspecpro.com/products/317-medieval-training-sword.aspx

Fergus MacDair
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