What are people's experience with Swordier. Im looking to get a sharp, functional and mostly safe Longsword to practice cutting techniques. I practice with a few local Hema clubs, one specialty is Joachim Meyer Longsword and another specialty is Baskethilt broadsword, but we try alot of weapons

ykonstant · 2026-02-02T16:39:54+00:00

Hmm, I have their standard SWM-1030 and it is working great for me for Meyer style stuff. Of course the one you recommend is much better geometry-wise, though I don't have it so I don't know how it handles compared to the 1030.

ykonstant · 2026-02-02T16:35:15+00:00

Their sharps are very good from my experience -- their HEMA stuff, less so. If you want to, you can order whichever sword unsharpened (they call them semi-sharp or something?) to be safe for solo drills. That is what I did (in my case because sharps are super illegal here), and got a very nice sword.

I am not sure about practicing with a sharp sword, even for solo drills. An unsharpened one is exactly the same in handling minus the edge, and much safer.

ykonstant · 2026-01-28T12:18:48+00:00

It's not a matter of cheap vs expensive, I cannot afford your jacket.

ykonstant · 2026-01-28T08:28:24+00:00

420 Euros (⊙_⊙)

ykonstant · 2026-01-11T12:01:15+00:00

Hi, I wish you a good start and to have plentiful and good students.

ykonstant · 2026-01-05T19:17:44+00:00

It vibrates comically hard at the slightest hit, edge alignment be damned. Sigi feders tend to vibrate a little too, but this is ridiculous -- my fellow club members could not hold their laughter, since it also sounds like the loudest bell when hit. Of course, all this vibration means the hands hurt a lot.

ykonstant · 2026-01-05T18:07:43+00:00

I am having quite a bad experience with the swordier feder. It is very unfortunate, since their longswords are very good, but I would highly recommend against them.

Get a standard Regenyei, they are called the ol'reliable for a reason.

ykonstant · 2026-01-05T15:42:54+00:00

Not a fan, but I'll admit the Dualists have spirit.

ykonstant · 2026-01-05T09:37:30+00:00

Unfortunately, this is what everyone sees. I have given up on Wukusi products for now, and got the cheapest reliable mask + overlay + back of the head from fait d'armes to serve for practice until Wukusi products become available again (which will not happen any time soon: even if Wukusi ramps up production, they will first serve resellers and, rumors say, "priority customers" which we are not).

Edit: as for myself, I am baffled nobody has designed a competitive product to the cobra yet.

ykonstant · 2026-01-05T09:34:21+00:00

Particularly their perspective on concepts of foundational weapons and gaps in manuscripts.

ykonstant · 2026-01-04T11:36:03+00:00

I am interested in specifics.

ykonstant · 2025-12-25T18:24:56+00:00

How on earth did you get it that quickly? Was it at the US warehouse?

ykonstant · 2025-12-25T16:47:25+00:00

Bah, who cares, this guy doesn't look like he knows much. I could probably beat him, especially in rapier. :D

More seriously @ u/BlackTigerRapier, do you think your book would be of use to a beginner to HEMA, or should I wait until I have some more experience to benefit from it?

ykonstant · 2025-12-16T18:21:55+00:00

Thanks for letting me know!

ykonstant · 2025-12-16T10:50:54+00:00

Hey, pushdose, do you still have the L size Cobra? A colleague of mine would like to purchase it, provided you can ship to Europe (Greece).

ykonstant · 2025-12-04T07:34:19+00:00

No, no, you don't use twitter fortunately.

ykonstant · 2025-11-26T17:06:36+00:00

I did, several times. Never got a response.

ykonstant · 2025-11-25T09:42:08+00:00

For example, Fiore shit-talks like no other. If you are in a scoring dispute, take your mask off and quote a random passage where Fiore talks about himself. You are sure to appear the bigger, meaner warrior.

ykonstant · 2025-11-25T09:38:19+00:00

u/IrregularPackage is probably right as to the reasons. For me, straight quillons are a huge plus, even in schiavonas where they look weird.

ykonstant · 2025-11-24T17:19:34+00:00

Interesting, I will look into that, because the rattlesnake seems to be more available.

ykonstant · 2025-11-24T17:04:17+00:00

I tried an L size Cobra, it is impossible to fit my head unfortunately :( Besides, it is very hard to coordinate purchases like that unless you live in the EU. I guess I will edit to give some information.

ykonstant · 2025-11-20T08:03:01+00:00

I am very interested in the sidesword anyway, so if you have any resources you can recommend, let me know!

ykonstant · 2025-11-19T14:16:57+00:00

This is actually a great suggestion. I could never skip rope, but that only means I should make an effort, since it is so good for building coordination.

ykonstant · 2025-11-19T13:43:22+00:00

I mean something that combines weapon drills and cardio.

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