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There are no staffs in Belegarth. Because of how they are constructed, they are really Pugil Sticks.
Tiberius Claudius wrote:Even if this weren't a new person, why is this build being encouraged at all?
That core should be saved for min reds/max blues. We should be encouraging use of bandshoppe pole for 5+ foot weapons.
Brutus wrote:- 3/4" fiberglass with the sides shaved off is used by Edhellen to make 6' long two-handers.
- I have made a two-hander with unshaved 3/4", and it's pretty stiff.
Trodaire wrote:I am not completely new to crafting this type of weapons but I am new to this venue. I learned a lot from my parents about construction because they had their own company and said I should learn as much as I can on the job site back when I was 15. I made my own 9 foot wide kite when I was 16. My cousin asked if I would craft some weapons for a few people in the Boise area who started up their own armed combat club after we got done watching Role Models. He gave me some stuff he printed off on basic how to make a sword and the safety requirements, plus some materials lists people use in LARP.
I've made and sold about 9 single hander swords usually using doubled up 1/4" fiberglass rods epoxied then taped together at about 30" in total length with rubber epoxy dipped ends. I tried using polycarbonate once but it snapped when somebody tripped onto it apparently. I made the padding for them out of high density 1" polypropylene foam bricks bound together with construction grade rubber cement with a layer of 1/2" foam padding along the edges.
I just don't know much about making the two handed weapons as far as safety precautions so I thought I'd try and get some helpful feedback, and so far so good!
I've got both in my garage right now and just went to measure to make sure. Definitely not 3/8" - way too whippy and only suitable for jav cores for our new lightweight rules.Arrakis wrote:Uhhhhh.
1/2" solid fiber is definitely good, forever, out to about 44". Forever.
Maybe you're thinking of 3/8" and 1/2"?
Trodaire wrote:Stuff
There are no staffs in Belegarth. Because of how they are constructed, they are really Pugil Sticks.
Arrakis wrote:Trodaire wrote:Stuff
Who is your cousin and why do you think he's qualified to help you design this weapon? More especially, why do you think he's MORE qualified than the several responders in this thread?
Forkbeard wrote:You did the exactly right thing.
He is talking about coming to our event this weekend. The fried chicken is what we're eating at the feast, the violence is self explanitory.
Your ideas we're bad, you were on the right track. You were just misinformed. Going and meeting Thrax and his guys and seeing Belegarth first hand is the way to get into it.
Your nephew is in good hands.
FB
Tiberius Claudius wrote:
Bandshoppe is by far superior and should be encouraged simply because of that fact. It will never flex out or break as far as our purposes are concerned.
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