Swords?

[Jazz6589]

I have a larger sword, a double eged broad sword about 4 1/2 feet long.
And I was wondering if anyone knew a book
web page or Canadian club where I could learn to use it properly.

[Christopher J Umbs]

Absolutely.

For Canada, check out http://www.aemma.org/index2.htm

Hit the links from there as well.

Chris

[SteveMcDonough]

That's a good point, actually.

I've been considering buying a nice two hander, but apart from display use, I'd love to learn to actually fight with it.

Didn't know if that's fencing or a totally different sport?

Still want a nice display weapon, (Pref like the one posted in 'Equipment abuse' with an ornate blade. Very me.



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Lunge... Get back up... Lunge... Turn round and face opponent... Need practise!

[neevel]

Steve--

As far as swords go, take a look at Albion Armorers ( http://www.albionarmorers.com ) and in particular take a look at the Angus Trim swords-- as far as production swords go, Gus' swords pretty much lead the field in terms of accurately reproducing the weight, balance, and harmonics of historic swords. I recently purchased an Atrim Oakeshott type XII from them-- very nice handling sword (haven't had a chance to do much test cutting with it), and the folks at Albion are about as friendly and helpful as can be. Albion also carries Del Tin swords (the picture I posted was of a DT 2162 from Albion's site)-- DT's tend to be somewhat (but not grossly) overweight in comparison with historical pieces, but are still widely considered to be the baseline standard of quailty for reproduction swords. Finally, go to Swordforum.com and read everything on the site (and don't stay up too late doing so ).

Chris is far better positioned than I am to guide you r.e. historical fencing, but yes, it's a different beast from FIE fencing. Thinking of the difference between chess and serious wargaming strikes me as a starting point for an analogy-- the former being a high-level abstraction of warfighting while the latter (ideally) seeks to be as realistic as constraints allow.

-Dave Neevel

[tsalyards]

*chanting* geeks geeks geeks geeks geeks

just kidding folks,

-Tad

[neevel]

Hell, Tad, if you really want fencing geekiness go check out the thread on r.s.f. about mechanical metallurgy of blades .

-Dave

[Emfuser]

I did feel a strange but distinct feeling as I read that thread on RSF and perfectly understood everything that was being explained. I guess I get some sort of weird nerd reaction to such material.

I wonder if there's a shot for that? LOL

Mike

[fred]

That r.s.f. thread should have been cross-posted to sci.metallurgy. It was a masterpiece. I kept thinking that I should put out a CFV for "sci.metallurgy.fencing" or "rec.sport.heat-treating" or something

[damianip]

Hey, I was part of that thread.

I'm a geek (actually I may be a geek among geeks) and proud of it...

Paolo