Often in Muay Thai it is the most respected fighter in the club that wears the pink shorts. It must be the same in the light sabre arena.😃
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For some strange reason, my wife has had a hankering for a lightsaber all the years I've known her. She actually looked at me morosely when I showed her the gif. Where I'm getting at is, where could I get her one, please? Totally surreal way to practice fencing, I reckon
Quote from: firiki on June 30, 2016, 11:45:51 AMFor some strange reason, my wife has had a hankering for a lightsaber all the years I've known her. She actually looked at me morosely when I showed her the gif. Where I'm getting at is, where could I get her one, please? Totally surreal way to practice fencing, I reckon How sturdy are those? Enough to hit with some force without peril of breaking them/ruining the light?
Quote from: styx on June 30, 2016, 07:25:22 AMso you're having fun at workWorking for the EMPIRE has its perks
Quote from: Etherealicer on June 30, 2016, 11:35:39 AMQuote from: styx on June 30, 2016, 07:25:22 AMso you're having fun at workWorking for the EMPIRE has its perks i'm gonna guess that you're a lousy shot
Quote from: styx on June 30, 2016, 01:45:25 PMQuote from: Etherealicer on June 30, 2016, 11:35:39 AMQuote from: styx on June 30, 2016, 07:25:22 AMso you're having fun at workWorking for the EMPIRE has its perks i'm gonna guess that you're a lousy shot
Using the term "combat ready" is debatable, but anyway.
What is the "blade" material? How would it how up against strikes to other surfaces, or is it only suitable for whacking other Arbiters (and tender flesh)
Quote from: Sea Monster on July 01, 2016, 05:32:56 AMUsing the term "combat ready" is debatable, but anyway.The term "combat ready" is widely recognized as meaning: Can be used for training-/sport- combat, in contrast to being just ornamental. It also implies that the weapon is blunt for safety reasons.Think of it like "HD ready", its not really HD but it can be used with a HD signal.Also every combat sport uses blunted-weapons for sparring, they still can hurt you though. So, it is combat in the sense of "combat sport" and not "kill your enemy combat".Quote from: Sea Monster on July 01, 2016, 05:32:56 AMWhat is the "blade" material? How would it how up against strikes to other surfaces, or is it only suitable for whacking other Arbiters (and tender flesh)The blade material is polycarbonate . The blade is durable and there are videos where people whack at trees and other hard surfaces. However, they are made to hack at each other you train against a metal blade it won't last very long.But this is the thing, every melee weapon degrades. Our metal feathers (training swords with a flexible tip) last about 1-2 years, before you have to replace it. Even the stiff blades (if you would sharpen them you could use it in real, to the death, combat) degrade, the edge needs to be smoothed and such.
But this is the thing, every melee weapon degrades. Our metal feathers (training swords with a flexible tip) last about 1-2 years, before you have to replace it. Even the stiff blades (if you would sharpen them you could use it in real, to the death, combat) degrade, the edge needs to be smoothed and such.
QuoteBut this is the thing, every melee weapon degrades. Our metal feathers (training swords with a flexible tip) last about 1-2 years, before you have to replace it. Even the stiff blades (if you would sharpen them you could use it in real, to the death, combat) degrade, the edge needs to be smoothed and such.My understanding is that Melee weapons only degrade if you miss When they discovered Iron was harder than squishy people, it was a great day for warfare (rocks, copper, depleted uranium, it varies)Metal, for all it's flaws, is also fairly easy to "touch up" when it gets burs or what-have-you (with a bit of extra effort, if can even be straightened, re tempered, or welded)I don't know a great deal about polymers, but I imagine there's not much that can be done to "maintain" a polycarbonate "blade"?[I'm not knocking it, I'm as big a Star Wars fan as you'll find, I'm just holding out for something closer to the real thing (and hover boards)]
Quote from: Etherealicer on July 01, 2016, 09:45:56 AMQuote from: Sea Monster on July 01, 2016, 05:32:56 AMUsing the term "combat ready" is debatable, but anyway.The term "combat ready" is widely recognized as meaning: Can be used for training-/sport- combat, in contrast to being just ornamental. It also implies that the weapon is blunt for safety reasons.Think of it like "HD ready", its not really HD but it can be used with a HD signal.Also every combat sport uses blunted-weapons for sparring, they still can hurt you though. So, it is combat in the sense of "combat sport" and not "kill your enemy combat".Quote from: Sea Monster on July 01, 2016, 05:32:56 AMWhat is the "blade" material? How would it how up against strikes to other surfaces, or is it only suitable for whacking other Arbiters (and tender flesh)The blade material is polycarbonate . The blade is durable and there are videos where people whack at trees and other hard surfaces. However, they are made to hack at each other you train against a metal blade it won't last very long.But this is the thing, every melee weapon degrades. Our metal feathers (training swords with a flexible tip) last about 1-2 years, before you have to replace it. Even the stiff blades (if you would sharpen them you could use it in real, to the death, combat) degrade, the edge needs to be smoothed and such.That explains the flexible material used by Jon Snow in his blade. It'll last longer...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEz1z5Daxmo
Quote from: Sea Monster on July 01, 2016, 01:41:24 PMQuoteBut this is the thing, every melee weapon degrades. Our metal feathers (training swords with a flexible tip) last about 1-2 years, before you have to replace it. Even the stiff blades (if you would sharpen them you could use it in real, to the death, combat) degrade, the edge needs to be smoothed and such.My understanding is that Melee weapons only degrade if you miss When they discovered Iron was harder than squishy people, it was a great day for warfare (rocks, copper, depleted uranium, it varies)Metal, for all it's flaws, is also fairly easy to "touch up" when it gets burs or what-have-you (with a bit of extra effort, if can even be straightened, re tempered, or welded)I don't know a great deal about polymers, but I imagine there's not much that can be done to "maintain" a polycarbonate "blade"?[I'm not knocking it, I'm as big a Star Wars fan as you'll find, I'm just holding out for something closer to the real thing (and hover boards)]Yeah, but if your opponent know what he is doing, it gets fairly hard to avoid clashing steel.In an ideal world you don't block your opponents sword with your own but you glide in. Basically, you catch your opponents blade close to your tip and let it scratch along your blade to dissipate force. However, that is really hard to do, more often the blades simply block each other. It is true that a nick in a metal blade can be fixed and so a traditional sword is by far the longest lasting. With our fencing feathers (see image) are far less durable, they are spring steel so they bend when thrusting. Commonly, what happens is that they get bent, if the kink is bad enough you have to heat them to get them back in shape... that ruins the tempering... and increases the risk of breakage. As you can imagine if a feather breaks that is rather dangerous.It is probably better to compare polycarbonate blades to wooden sticks. Both are fairly cheap* and once they have a crack you cannot fix them anymore. How durable those polycarbonate tubes really are has to be seen, but with their light weight and flexibility I project that they last longer than wooden sticks. We have broken ash staffs within an hour of training.* We are currently looking at options but it appears that we can get replacement blades at about $2.50... a feather goes at about $150 and a real longsword blade at about $200 (prices for the blade without hilt).
Quote from: firiki on June 30, 2016, 11:45:51 AMFor some strange reason, my wife has had a hankering for a lightsaber all the years I've known her. She actually looked at me morosely when I showed her the gif. Where I'm getting at is, where could I get her one, please? Totally surreal way to practice fencing, I reckon We got ours from SaberForgeThe offer pretty good quality at reasonable price and unreasonable shipping times...The darkness with the bright lights make it a bit irritating... also for show effect it is better to swing the blade wide and a lot, but balance is good enough for decent fighting techniques.