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11-01-2005, 12:15 PM
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#1 | | Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 65
| what are some good sabres?
im thinking about getting either a Pozdnyakov-Pro sabre weapon from LP or an allstar bluestar sabre from blade(all ALLSTAR PARTS, NO BLADE PARTS  ) and i was wondering what would be better...is the allstar bluestar thing good? how about Pozdnyakov-Pro? Pozdnyakov-Pro is like 30 dollars more but would it be worth it? i bought a westbrook blade at blade and when i point-extend-lunged with the sabre, it is crazily bent and i have no idea what to do to unbend it. does allstar or the Pozdnyakov-Pro bend crazy like that too? | 
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11-01-2005, 12:27 PM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Posts: 1,238
| I tend to be of the thought that spending much more than 30 USD on a saber blade period is questionable. There are plenty of good saber blades out there for around that, and I just don't see any saber fencers keeping their blades years and years (and I have a couple of 7 year old foil blades that are still great). That having been said, I have no experience with either of the blades in question, so I can't give you an opinion there. GL  | |
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11-01-2005, 02:21 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Carlsbad, CA
Posts: 610
| I have never been convinced that the more expensive blades are worth the price premium. I go for the cheapest one that has the "feel" that I want, which usually lands me in the $17-20 range. No complaints. When they bend (which they don't much) I bend them back by hand. I don't have them break all that often, and certainly not often enough (in my opinion) to justify the higher price for ones that might (or might not!) last longer.
My sabres are all hybrid now, as I've replaced various parts at various times. I really really like the BG brushed aluminum bell guard with the rolled edge (not sure if Absolute/SG also has it; this was before BG budded off the others). Durable and light. For the grip I like the soft rubber ones - Uhlmann's are good, but I recently got a "Z" brand one that works just as well. | |
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11-01-2005, 06:29 PM
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#4 | | Have Blazer, Will Travel
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 10,037
| I will agree and say I use StM blades and that works just fine. | |
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11-01-2005, 08:03 PM
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#5 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Somewhere in your nightmares!
Posts: 23,164
| Another nod of the head. More expensive does not equal better in the world of sabre blades. S+Ms are pretty nice, and plenty serviceable.
All of my sabres are assembled from random parts and over 10 years old...some even older. Allstar, BG, Santelli, Absolute. Except for the blades, that is. They're about all that ever breaks...
I do have one Allstar guard that broke off at the pommel. I just drilled a new tang hole above the break, filed the broken end round, and remounted it. Still using the thing. | |
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11-17-2005, 12:52 AM
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#6 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: I have no home
Posts: 1,886
| Agreed...no clue why'd you pay that much for a saber blade, although the Podz is head and shoulders above the rest, balance and feel wise etc...it's still like 4 to 5 times as expensive as a blade that's probably about as good, so I guess the question is what is the utility of the expensive blade to you vs. the utility of your money ?
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