In my experience, the Hanwei blades are way to whippy along the last
half, making some blade work difficult to do correctly. On the
other hand, they have a built in blunt on the end which really
doesn't need any additional rubber (your rules and regs may vary).
It is these rubber tips that tend to make other blades seem even
whippier than they are.

I strongly recomend the Del Tins from Darkwood Armoury, my group has
bought over a dozen of them since they first came out. There was a
huge variation in stiffness between the first several batches, but I
think that the consistency and feel is better now. I generally
prefer to use their bated blade because the blunt on the end doesn't
change its handling as much as it does on the practice blades. It
is a little heavier, but for anyone who has done lots of test
cutting, it still feels alot more like a thrusting sword more than a
cutting sword.

Eric

--- In classicalfencing@yahoogroups.com, "Rob, F" <longbow@g...>
wrote:
> I was wondering what everybody opinion is on the Hanwei blade? I a
> newbie to all this so I have no idea.
> Thanks in adavance
>
> Rob



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