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I work in a Target backroom and saw these over the holidays. Kind of cool if you just want to play around with younger siblings and the like, but no good in terms of training. To light, not balanced, kinda whippy, bend along the "edge" in a bind. Shaped foam over a flexible plastic core, s...

I was recently smacked across all four knuckles on one hand and the thumb of the other in one go, I didn't raise my hilt high enough. No real damage, but it did smart. So I started looking around and I am looking at some motorcycle gloves, good padding across the thumb and down the pinky and the top...

I figured there was no real difference, but there was no clear answer. Thanks for clearing that up for me. I like the sabre spelling better myself.

I have been wondering for a while now and only just now thought to ask! What is the difference between a saber and a sabre, if any aside from spelling? I was browsing around the web for an answer, some saying there is no difference, others saying a sabre is a curved backsword with knuckle guard, or ...

One quick thing to keep in mind, Michael, is that you should be prepared to draw even more attention than the rest of us. Full plate harness basically sounds like a truck full of coor's light cans smashing into a train filled with metal thumbtacks in a head on collision (or so I've been told), so b...

Yup, its Mr.Hunt with the super cool mask/helm.

Here is the link to it:
http://web.emerytelcom.net/users/blhunt/helm.htm

And this is a link to the rest of the neat stuff he makes, like plastic wasters, armour, and what.
http://web.emerytelcom.net/users/blhunt/sales.htm

I shall have to try watching it in mute. To be honest, after watching the ninja v. spartan episode, I decided not to watch another one. It just wasn't worth the headache I got from all the eye-rolling. Though I liked the metsubushi eggs. I went and blow out my eggs for breakfast the next morning, fi...

Mr. Hallmark, I just read your posts. Its really inspiring, I gotta say! I am a RMA newbie, but I am very fortunate that I live near an experianced individual with whom to train. That you lost 100 pounds is really amazing, and not just lost it, but became quite fit to! I have been trying to lose wei...

I also noticed the shopping channel did their own experiments related to this subject. Really interesting observations on the roll of manufacturing quality if you ask me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N4hprpRJhM&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=sword%20accident&um=1&am...

If I can get away with it-I'll get the long broom handle off the push broom and go outside where I have some swing area. I seriously wonder if everyone started off on the broom handle without realizing it. Let's see, for me it was the broom/umbrella/bent hanger/stick/dowel/other stick/yet another s...

As already mentioned, such a matchup would have no historical basis what-so-ever. But it would none the less be intresting to watch, but only in the same way it would be to watch a Longsword v. Sword + Buckler or Longsword v. Polearm. Diffrent weapons, diffrent styles, these factors alone make the e...

I was watching TV after my workout this evening, and immediatly went to my stand-by channels, Discovery and History. I switched to History, and started watching a show about medieval swords, thinking to myself "Here we go, lets see what they have to say about 'broadswords' in this one." As...

I don't know about your model, but I have a Hanwei blunt that I got (can't remember the model name) for around $200. It has held up well, but the only things I use it for are solo drill and pell work. The blade is sound, the hilt furnishings are secure, I have not felt a single shift or rattle. I ha...

It occured to me that if I post a response to this thread and bring it back from the dead, it would appear at the top of the list again, and perhaps garner attention from some of the current Virginia Beach Members! Please excuse the necromancy. :oops: Hello! I would be very intrested in joining th V...

I don't know much on dagger fighting, but the videos themselves were clear enough for me to get a grasp on the technique.
And whats the Adept Program? It sounds menacing.