by Sir Anastasia » Tue Nov 27, 2012 3:04 pm
Best thing you can do as a new player is to find an existing group that practices and ask them questions. There are also a lot of resources on geddon.org (for weapon's construction).
Weapons that are going to pass at events can also be found by some vendors:
http://www.edhellen.com/mm5/merchant.mv ... ullcontactHere is a link to some full-contact weapons. I know it can be tempting to use cheaper or prettier weapons, but remember that for over 30 years, we have refined our building techniques to make tried and true equipment that is safe and effective for our sport. I'd also point out that you can buy kits to make the weapons yourself, this link also sells some of those and geddon.org probably has a shopping list of supplies you can get if you want to do it from scratch.
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