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Post by elbrittania39 on Feb 6, 2019 6:53:57 GMT
So I've been thinking of getting a custom synthetic waster made that closely resembles the hilt design of my szabla, including the thumbring. However, I'm concerned that a thumbring would make the sword less safe to spar with. If the thing twists or gets beat too hard, I dont want it snapping my thumb. Apparently this happened with the real ones historically and I was wondering if I could do some redesigns to make it safer and more practical for modern sparring. Any ideas how I might accomplish this?
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Post by MOK on Feb 6, 2019 8:01:24 GMT
The risk is really kind of inherent to any functional thumbring; making the ring larger and more open decreases the danger, but also the benefit of having the ring in the first place.
That said, I think you could all but eliminate the risk in practice by leaving the ring open towards the blade, like on many complex hilted broadswords. Basically make it more of a hook than an actual ring, sort of.
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Post by LeMal on Feb 6, 2019 9:59:59 GMT
Construct and attach a thumbring of leather, similar to a martingdale, albeit wider and of thicker saddleweight material.
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Post by Jordan Williams on Feb 18, 2019 18:00:09 GMT
I saw some sabre wasters with thumbrings this past weekend actually. The thumbrings were huge, big enough that without gloves on they actually hindered handling. I would measure the thumb of your glove you're going to use with it, and then just have an agreement with your sparring partner to maybe not twist the sword violently. I haven't seen anyone get hurt so far from blade grabs in rapier, and it seems like there would be just as much potential for injury despite the different fingers used.
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