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For swashbucklers, collectors and admirers of the European art of swordplay. 

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Thatwolfguy

PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:52 pm


I am trying to get a sword, or the Dark Stars. Donations accepted lol
Also, just wondering, why do the fencing swords bend? It makes it harder to deflect.
PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 8:01 am


No, it doesn't make them harder to deflect, or parry. They bend for safety reasons. See here: http://www.binf.gmu.edu/jafri/fencing/fleche.gif. Now if fencing swords were rigid, then the right guy's blade would either go straight through his coach, break a few ribs, or leave a massive bruise. Fencers get bruises enough as it is lol . By the way, he is doing an attack called the "fleche," or arrow (en Francais).

So are you an SCA-er, or do you just do your own sort of fighting?

Velisarios


Thatwolfguy

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:59 pm


I dont like fencing school, i prefer heavier weapons like claymores and b*****d swords...mauls are too heavy and bulky, knock you off balance, and axes alltogether excape me. But i like big swords. My buddies and i have dulled swords and we go at it all the time....pain beyond belief but fun.
PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:00 am


I have a friend who uses two b*****d swords at once. He's in the SCA. I got him to fence with me once; it was so funny! We were using foil, and he kept missing! He would hit me in the arms and legs a lot. He would make comments about how much I was supposedly bleeding too, ti was great. xd

SilverDrgnbane


Thatwolfguy

PostPosted: Thu May 03, 2007 1:44 pm


two b*****d swords at once?! That is chaotic! Hernia to the max yo!
Actually not too bad i have a gothic battle axe that i use with a dirk, so it not too hard to believe. I hold the axe just below the heads though.
PostPosted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 11:34 am


Fencing is a gentlemans sport, were not trying to bust someone's head open or run someone through.

Leonfelix

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