[Ansteorra-rapier] Pros and Cons of change
Chris Zakes
dontivar at gmail.com
Mon Oct 15 08:51:58 PDT 2012
At 08:19 AM 10/15/2012, you wrote:
>I agree that the data in the survey is anecdotal, but so is your
>response to it. How often a "serious injury" is reported is a straw
>man argument switch for the frequency of breakage.
But your original point was a claim that an alleged higher breakage
rate meant these blades were not safe. The recorded injury rate says
that's an erroneous conclusion.
In my experience, back in the days when foils and epees were the
standard weapons in Ansteorra, you might see one blade break in a
tournament every few months. If it happened, the break usually made
enough noise that it was obvious, everybody would call hold, the
fighter would replace the blade and the bout would continue.
>Tivar, would it be more accurate to say that light blades have a
>shorter life expectancy?
>
>Ciao,
>Pug
That depends on what you're comparing them to. My foil blades usually
lasted several years, but I've heard of people needing to replace
epees ecvery six months (not necessarily due to breakage, it could be
that they'd developed a soft spot where they were more likely to
break if you kept using them.) Arguably, if we're going to be
paranoid about broken blades, the ones we should worry about these
days are Hanweis, not foils or epees. Those have been known to
shatter and throw multiple pieces about the field.
-Tivar Moondragon
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