Isn't Ray Brunk's group within reasonable driving distance of Syracuse? Not that I know the layout of upstate New York that well... Jake Yea, they're not too far off I beleive. I haven't heard from Ray in a while. I know he had some surgery a while back so I hope that hasn't put his training on hol...
Hi Bill, You mention a longsword fighter should be armored up to be accurate but I must argue that many swordsmen went into battle wearing little or no armor. So in reality you could place these two combatants in an unarmored situation while retaining historical accuracy. Something to think about
Well, here's the thing. As John said, years ago they were great. Unfortunately, the last few bulk orders I'd seen produced warped or poorly glued pommels and guards right out of the box. One guy ordered a custom sword with a purlpeheart pommel which fell off during his first few drills. Another had ...
I think we had one crack at the guard once. Funny thing is, I still have my first purpleheart waster and it's going strong. I've had to do some extensive sanding but it's in fine working order.
The Rose analogy also makes me think of this image. Picture the bud as a starting point and all possible techniques or attacks blossom from it. This is of course more generic but since we have so many possabilities it could fit.
William, you may be thinking of hollow grinding as apposed to a flattened diamond cross section. Examples of hollow grinding are shown with the Museum Line Svante and the Next Gen Regent. Both cross sections are seen frequently in historical examples.
I change my wallpaper about twice a week and it's almost always historical images of some sort. The Schola Gladiatoria website has some really nice images.
