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Post by Tomt24 on Apr 29, 2020 20:17:37 GMT
I've banged my various Albion and A&A guards around over the years, and none of them have taken more damage than scuffs, scratches, and shallow dents. My money is on them bending over breaking. The DSA guard is probably stainless steel (if ferrous at all), and several stainless formulations are significantly more brittle than the mild steels you see in the nicer production swords.
Glad to hear that. And thanks for the info.
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Post by Matthew.Jensen on May 3, 2020 14:40:59 GMT
Added a link to the post review interview/chat
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Post by leviathansteak on May 3, 2020 15:29:30 GMT
Most production swords, both sharp and blunt, use cast hilt components in either mild or stainless steel. Stainless is somewhat less flexible, as a rule, but IME for the most part both have a tendency to bend rather than break when taking a beating. PS. This alone does not make make this sword unsuited for combat, though! If you're taking that kind of impacts directly on the cross you're already in big trouble completely regardless of how your sword holds up... Im going to have to disagree. While its true that i usually receive strikes on my blade and not directly on my guard, there are techniques in the various manuals that suggest that you intentionally catch a strike on the guard. I have to admit i am not a fan of doing so, but they're there
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Post by MOK on May 3, 2020 16:00:17 GMT
Most production swords, both sharp and blunt, use cast hilt components in either mild or stainless steel. Stainless is somewhat less flexible, as a rule, but IME for the most part both have a tendency to bend rather than break when taking a beating. PS. This alone does not make make this sword unsuited for combat, though! If you're taking that kind of impacts directly on the cross you're already in big trouble completely regardless of how your sword holds up... Im going to have to disagree. While its true that i usually receive strikes on my blade and not directly on my guard, there are techniques in the various manuals that suggest that you intentionally catch a strike on the guard. I have to admit i am not a fan of doing so, but they're there Right, absolutely, but this test was with the sword braced quite unnaturally against a solid unmoving object, not held in the hands. And it was preceded by a lot of other abuse, too. It's not good that the guard broke instead of bending, no, but it doesn't seem all that unreasonable that it failed at that point in the proceedings. It would be better for the guard not to be quite that hard, of course.
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