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Soo Ma Tai wrote: A weapon's blade must be attached to the core, if it isn't I would fail them too.
Varadin wrote: give them the notice of "hey its breaking down watch that if it gets worse pull it from the field"
Azgarehta wrote:I worked Rag weapons check most of the days (Mon-Wed, Fri) and we failed for twisting on the core if it was bad enough. Consistency, Consistency, Consistency! If you don't agree with another weapon checker, (because there's always differences of opinions due to region, units) bring it up with the head weapons checker. If the head weapons checker passes it, there's really nothing you can do.
Thrush Svartehjertet wrote:""In the hands of a tappy fighter, it may not be an issue""
But all weapons checks are supposed to be to the same standards so that the biggest and smallest of players are using the same gear.
Varadin wrote:a weapon that twists at the tip is safe in a hard hitting fighters hands though. If it returns and the foam is not broken down its fine. Its about that return though when doesnt thats when problems happen. The other problem is douches who see a slight twist on the tip of a sword and rip the whole GD blade off. There is a HUGE **** difference between a safe weapon that is breaking down and a safe weapon that was just torn apart at check.
Nish wrote:Anyway, he re-attached the blade, and it is now solidly secured to the core. His hits still hurt like a mother, but the bruises aren't nearly as bad, and there are no core marks any more.
Nish wrote:... the blade will twist significantly on impact, causing the sword to effectively flat its target. The core will stretch the tacky glue and tape holding the flats together (if it's an edhellen sword..a box-and-blue will have a whole single layer of foam covering the cofe...) and the strike will be completely unpadded by any foam on impact. As the strike ends the blade will snap back into place and the weapon will look completely fine again.
Sare wrote:Acorn is the very template of awesome.
Acorn wrote:^^ the results of which look like this:
i am 100% for more thorough and consistent weapons checking.
Sare wrote:Acorn is the very template of awesome.
Arrakis wrote:I can't tell if a shot is going to leave a bruise for real or if it's just a really hard shot, sometimes. I may not know until a day or two later when a deep-tissue bruise comes out!
Forkbeard wrote:Lilly white girl flesh(yum) bruises pretty easy. You chicks need to block and move your **** feet. Stop letting those * hit you over and over in the same place.
Sare wrote:Acorn is the very template of awesome.
Outhro Youkker wrote:Foot work is one thing, but you cant dodge forever. When you do get hit, if you feel the core, then the weapon is to be pulled off the field and checked to make sure you are not a sissy. It broke in use or it was not checked properly for it to be in play the first place.
Forkbeard wrote:those dudes you know are girls, too. Tell 'em I said so.
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Forkbeard wrote:I've only ever been bruised like that one time. It was from an SCA weapon weilded by a VERY good fighter who hit me VERY hard in exac tly the same place as you, arrakis.
Forkbeard wrote:Acorn, those dudes you know are girls, too. Tell 'em I said so.
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Sare wrote:Acorn is the very template of awesome.
Thrush Svartehjertet wrote:Yeah, I can strip off a shot blade in about 2 minutes, get my next blade out of my gear in like 30 seconds, apply DAP to the core and the blade blank in about 4 minutes, let it dry for about 20 minutes, attach it in about 2 minutes (if I'm being super careful) and put my cover back on in like... 30 seconds. Having a failed blade keep you out of combat is for children who hit like pussies. If you hit hard you will go through blades like it's stupid, foam of all natures, does not hold up along the core tip to repeated hard hitting.
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Elebrim wrote:...I question why lately it seems like we must do everything that Amtgard does or else we are no longer the best fighters. I don't think it's right or necessary.
Noik wrote:Pretty sure he was just referring to how long it takes to fix a blown out sword, not that he does that and takes it back to check.
Arrakis wrote:A little bit of tip wiggle is fine. If it's rotating up to 45* for like the last 2" of core (~4" of blade), no worries. If it's rotating like 90* for the last 10" of blade (~8" of core), problem.
One of my swords recently started wiggling a bit in a "coming partially dettached from the core" sort of way in the middle of the blade! Like, the tip is fine for the first 10" of the blade, then 10" of twistable blade, then another 6" of totally stable blade above the handle.
How do people feel about that?
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