Jake_Norwood wrote:Sam Nankivell wrote:I think it was on another forum where someone suggested using these wasters as a core in a new design for contact weaponry. Perhaps if the blade was thinned out and high impact foam was added to the edges, it would be possible.
Has anyone in ARMA considered this?
I'd be interested in seeing one, but I'm skeptical. If you watch the videos of people sparring with them, you'll see they have a little whip to them as is. Add some weight to that structure, and I think they'll be quite whippy.
Jake
Well, I've had my plastic waster from With Intent for a few weeks now, and I can speak to this a little bit. What I've encountered isn't so much whip as flex, and only in the correct plane. HOWEVER, the one I have is quite thick, and probably couldn't be padded sufficiently to make it safe and still a reasonably proportional weapon. Thinner and narrower might work, but the flex might then graduate into whip.
As is, though, it's great waster, just to be clear. I don't normally buy equipment (I make my own stuff, including the waster I'm now giving to my brother) but this is better. Way better. My group organizer has already made a couple of discoveries about realistic sliding actions and so forth using the plastic, or using his wooden one against it. I'm actually going to standardize on plastic equipment now--though I'm a little concerned about UV sensitivity. It's probably a good idea to keep them under a cloth out of doors when not in use.
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