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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2009 2:51:11 GMT
To my fellow knights, I invite your suggestions and photos of blunts to use for initial western training by myself. I have trained in Kendo and have both shinken and iaito for Japanese techniques, but the moves are very different with western swords and I would like to practice with blunts before doing more than bottle and pool noodle cutting with my Tinker/Hanwei bastard sword. All types of swords will be considered - single hand to 2 hand.
Before I move on to collecting more western sharps, I want to have the confidence and ability to truly evaluate the handling of each type before taking the chance of cutting something off that I or my wife might want to use again some day.
Strider
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Post by ShooterMike on Jul 9, 2009 3:21:09 GMT
It's pretty hard to beat a Valiant Armoury I-Beam Blunt model, in either the longsword or the arming sword versions, for dry handling and forms, and especially for pell work against a tire pell. I love using mine for all kinds of practice. I especially use them for learning any new moves, before trying it out with sharps. I've also become a fan of the wooden wasters from New Sterling Arms. They have a wide selection and their prices are reasonable for the quality of trainer you get. I have one of their longswords. I liked it so well, I have another longsword and two single-handers on order.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2009 4:55:41 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2009 7:16:10 GMT
I did something similar, getting blunt swords first to get the feel of them before getting anything sharp, and I have to say that I'm very fond of the Windlass swords I have, the type XIV arming sword and the "War Sword" but both of those have been discontinued. Some people dislike Windlass for having some blades that are a bit too flexible, but they're pretty good, and generally very affordable, which might help since it sounds like you're planning on getting a good variety of them.
Also nice is that they aren't so much "blunt" as just "unsharpened." They're blunt enough that you never have to worry about cutting yourself, but they have a thin enough edge that once you get the feel for them you can get them sharpened if you want.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2009 9:50:38 GMT
here's a listing of comes to my feeble mind:
Hanwei Practical Series:
single hand, hand & a half and viking ( i have a h&h very cost effective and mine has been very durable)
Federschwert - this would be more for sparring IMO
Hanwei / Tinker line:
bastard sword, longsword, early medieval and viking
Valiant Armory:
Atrim I-Beam trainer (just got one and did a review for it /index.cgi?board=swordreviews&action=display&thread=11118
Atrim blunted longsword and arming sword
any of the Del-Tins but would consider them as un-sharpened as opposed to blunt, then you also say that about Windlass.
Albion Maestro series:
Liechtenauer and Meyer
Arms & Armour:
Spado de Zagho
Fechtbuch sword
Fechterspiel sword
Armour Class of Scotland offers a wide range of blunt swords
Gen 2 makes a blunt trainer similar to a federschwert.
sure I probably missed some.
cheers,
Bill
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2009 12:10:57 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2009 22:52:01 GMT
Thanks fellow knights! You have given me a long nights task- looking up all of your recommendations and picking a couple of blunts for proper practice.
My thanks for your much needed advice!
Strider
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