Thin Striking Surface?

[Blitz.]

We failed a weapon at our last practice recently due to thin striking surface on a single edged weapon. It was about as think as the core, the sideing's on the front and back were a little bulkier.



This is the best picture i can find on the weapon. Its the 2nd Smaller one. I personally dont find a problem with the thiner striking surface.

It didnt fail for any other reason. Pommel was fine, couldnt fell core through the Cap. Sidings were fine also. The blade was had 3 layers, 4 in some places to give it the curved look. The reason it failed was for thin striking.

Also this is an older picture of the weapons. Changes have been made to them, but this is the best picture i can find without them covered.


EDIT: It wasnt put to the hit test due to being failed for the thin striking. We dont bother testing them if we notice one thing to fail them.

EDIT: At Bo. It wasnt checked by the template because the Thin Striking Surface was so thin. Im guessing its about an Inch or so.

[Kyrian]

We failed a weapon at our last practice recently due to thin striking surface on a single edged weapon. It was about as think as the core, the sideing's on the front and back were a little bulkier.



This is the best picture i can find on the weapon. Its the 2nd Smaller one. I personally dont find a problem with the thiner striking surface.

It didnt fail for any other reason. Pommel was fine, couldnt fell core through the Cap. Sidings were fine also. The blade was had 3 layers, 4 in some places to give it the curved look. The reason it failed was for thin striking.

Also this is an older picture of the weapons. Changes have been made to them, but this is the best picture i can find without them covered.

There is no rule on how wide the striking surface has to be as long as the weapon doesn't go through the 2.5" template:

Two and one-half inch rule—No surface on a striking edge (sword tip, arrow head, spear head, javelin head, etc.) whether designed for stabbing or not, may readily pass more than 0.5 inch through a 2.5 inch hole; swords with a semicircular tip, with a minimum 1.5 inch radius are exempt from this rule.

Did the weapon fail the hit test? If you tested the weapon at light, medium, and hard strikes and there is excessive pain, typically defined as residual pain lasting past a few seconds, or foam that doesn't compress readily, then, by all means, fail it. But having a very thin edge profile does not necessarily render a weapon illegal.

[bo1]

thin how? like only 1" wide or did the tip fail template?

thin like 1" wide, not a rule in our game.
template, easy to test again.