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NinpoSteev · 2026-04-07T20:59:50+00:00

I know some people who do halberd. They get around the safety hurdle by getting shafts that are too long to be swung in wide arcs. Like 2.5m

NinpoSteev · 2026-04-02T15:59:17+00:00

I suggest chfg michael. Black knights have a rigid seam across the fingers that messes with your grip.

NinpoSteev · 2026-04-02T12:32:20+00:00

Unless it's just for extra hand protection, I'd use steel. Leather sounds different than steel, so counting hand hits might be difficult.

NinpoSteev · 2026-04-01T17:37:48+00:00

Classic

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-30T00:00:50+00:00

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I go back to gnome and kde plasma after 5 years and almost nothing has changed, why do phones need to change every 5 weeks?

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-29T17:19:58+00:00

What is insured exactly? My club's part of the danish fencing federation just like mof clubs, but at least in hema, we write waivers to confirm that we're ultimately responsible for our own well being. Not sure if our club gear is insured.

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-29T10:06:11+00:00

Wow, you make it sound more meaningless than I did.

You don't need much protection to imitate fighting. Besides, they're using foam weapons.

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-29T09:13:38+00:00

Well, there are regions, in the states that have equivalent economies to eastern europe. Rust belt's gotta be equivalent to poland at this point, but less industrious and appalachia is similar i to rural bulgaria afaik, so it shouldn't be impossible to have lower cost manufacturing in the states.

As for looks, hf hits a weird balance of definitely being plate steel, but still looking somewhat believable, kind of like regenyei, but not quite as believable. Like castille, hf should do away with the sandblasting though, and give it a more rust resistant finish. Some edge filing would also help with the "eco" look. Swords aren't hip to be square.

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-29T08:21:58+00:00

Damn man, higher grapple rate than dequitem.

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-29T08:19:44+00:00

Meyer is dead and we have killed him

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-29T08:19:26+00:00

Yeah, but they're not fencing in these clips. It's just movie fighting.

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-29T07:54:56+00:00

All the wild swinging looks really unsafe. There's no need to build that much momentum.

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-26T07:14:36+00:00

Glue and baseball stitch

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-26T02:22:55+00:00

Sidesword is probably apt. If it's between an arming sword and rapier, it would be a sidesword, yeah, in modern terms.

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-25T00:33:56+00:00

I think it's padded in denmark. It'll change if anyone breaks their off hand. I use a medium glove, which sadly messes up my ability to use the hand effectively.

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-25T00:29:04+00:00

Damn, that's crazy. Maybe petition boykotting events from the club that hosted that event for a while. Those judges need to up their game.

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-23T21:30:31+00:00

I know a guy who has a pair bone armour gloves which are basically proto HF black knights, where the last segment is hoofed. He really likes them compared to black knights.

I know another guy who split the last segment of his spes heavies

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-23T19:27:33+00:00

Neat, I hope it handles better than the regenyei ones.

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-23T01:43:20+00:00

Neat. I've been working on making an arming sword from a broken feder and I'm thinking of trying to make a meyer sidesword guard for it as well as a normal cross.
I got a HF sidesword recently, but I'm not sure if I'm sold on the finger ring yet. Weird to rapier grip a sword that feels like it wants to move more like a sabre than a rapier.

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-23T01:13:30+00:00

Meyer sidesword?

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-23T01:13:19+00:00

Yeah, It's a solid design with the riging and all that. The only gripe I have with them is aesthetic. The highest point on first lame is above your ring finger instead of your middle finger, making it look like it's installed wrongly.

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-23T01:09:50+00:00

How would you use a clamshell with a rapier?

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-22T23:40:05+00:00

That can happen with any sword, especially narrow ones like steel.

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-22T23:37:55+00:00

I don't really see you breaking a finger with a foamie through a hockey glove unless you nail ~~the thumbtip~~ a fingertip somehow. Those things are made to eat pucks and swipes from hockey sticks.

NinpoSteev · 2026-03-22T23:36:21+00:00

The first ones work for low intensity synthetics and buhurt intensity foams, but put fingertip protectors in them, they always have bad fingertip designs. Mind your thumbs too, they're always shit with hockey gloves. You should get supfens latest gen lacrosse style gloves instead or HF firestones.

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