[Ansteorra-rapier] Proposed revision to rapier rules

[Cody Hoffman]

I'm taking a shot in the dark here but is the problem the required/expected politeness in the rapier community? If someone came up in a tournament and brought two epees the other person would feel obligated to fight not only with a weapon they don't fight with but also with a rig that's not theirs.
Ramirez 

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On Oct 11, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Chris Zakes <dontivar at gmail.com> wrote:

> At 10:05 AM 10/11/2012, you wrote:
> 
>> Long thread and possibly I missed the discussion about the relation between our armor requirements and epees. I hold no malice towards epees although mine has become a pell in the last few years. I do hold malice towards the puncture resistant amor we wear.
>> 
>> Would restricting our weapons to heavy rapier move us closer to dispensing with puncture resistant armor?
>> 
>> HE Orlando
> 
> It would be a singularly bad idea. There's a fair bit of evidence that an untipped heavy blade has penetration characteristics similar to a flat-broken foil or epee. Our current armor standard can pretty well be relied on to stop either blade type, but once you start removing layers, the chance of a dangerous penetration injury increases significantly.
> 
> http://web.archive.org/web/19990302032547/www.iceweasel.org/ek_schlager_test.html
> http://moondragon.info/wiki/Schlager_Penetration_Tests
> http://moondragon.info/wiki/Testing_lighter_armor
> 
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