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Post by StevenJ on Nov 1, 2013 0:58:23 GMT
So I ended up buying three sabers this month. Two Cold Steel and one Darkwood trainer. The two cold steel ones are their 1904 Austrian pattern and their 1852 Prussian pattern. The Darkwood is the Hutton saber trainer. A good weapon. I wanted to thank Dave Kelly, Vincent, and Chris H for their suggestions and help. I have been happy with my purchases. I will post pictures but I have been busy as of late so I have not had time.
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Post by William Swiger on Nov 1, 2013 4:59:47 GMT
Congrats!
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Post by Dave Kelly on Nov 1, 2013 13:34:29 GMT
Always relieved to hear that my opinions do no harm.
Look forward to your observations. Cheers
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Post by StevenJ on Nov 2, 2013 2:52:44 GMT
I have a few, let me post the pictures I took first. I also included my two Darkwood Rapiers as they fit somewhat into the Late Renaissance/ Early Modern sword mold. I've had a chance to use most of these weapons rather extensively. The Darkwood Saber has not seen a fight yet but will soon. It is a lighter narrow blade that is rather flexible, but not overly whippy. The two Darkwood Rapiers are their DA2B bated rapier blades and they are heavy, balanced, and stiff yet flex safely enough at the foible for fencing. The Saber also seems tempered a bit soft, nothing too bad. I tested it against my rapier, just knocking it at the forte, and some chips were created, minor, but I did have one shard of metal end up in my hand. I extracted it, it was exceptionally small but still concerning but I will see what happens under actual fencing scenarios. So far it returns to true after thrusting at a static target. I plan on doing full reviews of both Cold Steel Sabers. They are durable, I have used both, but the 1904 in-particularly, for cutting down over growth in my back yard. In other words, they were relegated to machete work! The 1904 especially as it has a wider blade that is easier to sharpen and keep sharp. The 1904 did come loose, I had to take off the pommel nut and take off the nut holding down the grip onto the tang and completely rescrew it on. It seems okay now. There was a slight left to right movement after heavy use but seems to be gone now. The 1852 pattern handles well but is a pain to get it rather sharp as the blade is rather narrow.
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