The Divine Thread.

[ParryRiposte]

Aha! You have failed to notice the false wall in the padded room that leads to the secret underground lair of the epeeists. It is here that we lay in wait for the day that we overtake the inferior weapons!

Hehehe!

There's Bond, with all his secret entrances in the amazing mansions, and then there's Holmes and Anne Frank with the false bookshelf, but *laughs* the epeeists have a false wall in a padded room!

That is incredibly awesome!

But why the padded room?

[the maple epee]

Who will suspect it to be there?

Plus, it's comfy!

[Rabid Monk]

"Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it."
Samuel Butler

Sorry, couldn't resist that one.

I like this :

Nice. I like it.

...but epee is said to be the modern derivative of the original duelling sword, the rapier - yet you are not allowed to use 'cutting' attacks. It is best, if one wishes to emulate classic swordmanship, to be able to use both blade and tip, so one could actually see the value of learning techniques with all three types of weapon.

So a rapier can cut, can it?
(Scroll down to Antique 17th century rapier
slices on raw meat and Draw cuts, slices, and edge blows
with antique rapier)
Some can, some can't. Principally they are thrusting weapons, for reasons of practicality in their use.


And on to your sig, wihch is great.
Here's a quote I read: "We who are about to die. . . . Give you the finger."

[ParryRiposte]

Who will suspect it to be there?

Plus, it's comfy!

But really, it doesn't have that "ultra-deadly cool" feel to it.

I have a secret to tell you, you'd better feel really goddamned special... I used to be one of you... it was horrible... they took me down into their lair and tortured me... humiliated me... and I didn't know it was wrong. I was blind... until the greatest fencing lemur saved me and was all heroic!

Confession time over.

[Phaeton]

Sabre.

Sabre?

Sabre!

[the maple epee]

But really, it doesn't have that "ultra-deadly cool" feel to it.

I have a secret to tell you, you'd better feel really goddamned special... I used to be one of you... it was horrible... they took me down into their lair and tortured me... humiliated me... and I didn't know it was wrong. I was blind... until the greatest fencing lemur saved me and was all heroic!

Confession time over.

That's why we don't torture people anymore - it turns them to sabre.




I am now feeling pretty goddamned special. Thank you.

[ParryRiposte]

That's why we don't torture people anymore - it turns them to sabre.


I am now feeling pretty goddamned special. Thank you.

So then what do you do to them down there?

See? Now you know what it feels like talking to a sabrist. I suggest you go and call the closest sabrist.

[Zilverzmurfen]

The Divine thread..?

[the maple epee]

I'm not quite sure why they call it divinr. It's like a pig sty in here!

[UnorthodoxEpeeist]

I'm certain you've all read this before:

Épée is the most popular weapon in fencing throughout the world, though it is common for fencing masters to require students to learn foil first.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89p%C3%A9e_%28Fencing%29

[the maple epee]

Fancy that, the most popular weapon. I see that they don't even mention sabre!

[ParryRiposte]

Yes. Sabre is an elite weapon. Do you reckon they have more officers or grunts in the world?

[the maple epee]

With all the trust issues involved with sabre, I'm surprised that there aren't as many accusations of epeeism or foilism flying around this thread



It's a conspiracy.

[Rabid Monk]

# Foulests are short and mean and are secretly laughed at by other fencers.
# Episcopalians are tall and sadistic and consider themselves the elite.
# Saboteurs are muscular and angry and have badly spelt tattoos.

Sabreurs are trogloditic brutes and Epeeists consider themselves elite.

Everyone laughs at foilists because they are jealous of our superiority.

[ParryRiposte]

They may consider themselevs elite, but we know we are... see, our friend maple down there says epeeists are better because it is most popular. This isn't true at all... *bares badly spelt tatoo and looks mean*

[the maple epee]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr...
I have the incredible urge to kick a foilist.

[ParryRiposte]

That would be nice. They are so cute, I want to drop kick one into next millenium.

[the maple epee]

Lets go rent a plane and drop one from 30,000 feet!

[ParryRiposte]

No, a hang glider. Dying while hang gliding is way more humiliating.

[the maple epee]

Foilist + trampoline + ceiling fan