I'm sorry, I don't see anything inherently unsafe with the design. Why should the design prove problematic for people like myself who crossover? It seems to...
... I don't know that crossover fighters ar necessarily any worse about this than "regular" rapier fighters. To date there has never been a successful...
Not saying its a bad design, but history tends repeat itself. Most fighters from a chivalric background tend to slip into their more prevalant training and...
The Barony of Iron Mountain is hosting a joint fighter practice with Thorngill and Oakburn Keep on Saturday 14 June 2008. Heavy fighters, Rapier fighters and...
Just thinking out loud here...but what about something with a spring encased tip? Spring encased for 'give' when it hits its target that it receds enough...
Hey Brian, If you can come up with a workable scheme, run it by Cameron (if you don't want to build it yourself). Sir Morgan is interested in experimenting...
... So you're thinking something like a PVC pipe for the haft, a metal blade of some sort mounted on the tip and the blade slides down into the pipe when you...
That one has promise if you pay very close attention to the springs and maintaining them. Yes we tried this one also based on old "plunger daggers". Get a...
Yeah, but we were thinking of Pikemen armed with Pike and hanger, you know actually making this a little more historically correct. Nobody said anything about...
Pray pardon my ignorance... Could you clarify the term "bottoming out?" I presume you are talking about some sort of control issue, but I'm trying to get a...
"Bottoming out"=using up all available compression and having the tip of the haft make contact Robert ... From: Benjamin Hay <benjamin_hay@...> ...
Are there not children's toys with rubber blades? Can one of those be modified to fit this use? Stefan Hey Brian, If you can come up with a workable scheme,...
http://www.amazon.com/Applegate-Fairbairn-Rubber-Training-Knives/dp/B000 AOKGO6/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1212497572&sr=8-6 This one could be set...
Here's the retractable daggers... http://www.kidscostumesandmore.com/costumes/retractable-dagger-4019fr.ht m Use a rubber dagger combined with a rubber...
If looking at those sort of things then I might suggest http://www.revival.us/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=214 <shrugs> just tossing...
they are not too stiff and maybe combined with something else might produce what you seek (either combine with a plunger style or padding between haft and head...
... Hmmmm. These work actually very well, with six foot ash shafts; the spearend has nice give and doesn't bottom out (i.e., you don't suddenly get clobbered...
We both pretty much agreed a long time ago that rapier melees as we play them are more of a fun/lets do something in mass as opposed to having a strict...
... Plant the tip on the opponent, and then give it a firm push. Doesn't need to be a thrust-strike like we do on the armored side. ... And good 'uns. This...
I understand the desire for playing with pike when recreating melees. As Giovanni states, it radically changes things. Personally, I've played with pike...
Hi Doc, I don't know if Sir Morgan is worried about that right now. Course this may be a good time for the KRMs to begin that discussion. I think lots of...
Oh, yes indeed. Very enthused. Including one very bright-eyed lurking lady Helen Trying very hard to remember these words; "As ye have gacked unto?others, so...
<<Former expert "rainer on parades", Aedan>> Yeah, like mine. ;^) (Waves...Hi Your Excellency) I think it is possible to have "heavier" poleweapons to use in...
... Bearing in mind Aedan's wet blanket, there's also this comment from the website: "Currently the tips are available only in a WMA version, as the SCA rules...
