[Hellsgate] Fighter Loaner gear

[Sean Hertzberg]

Actually, don't get the Zen Warrior ones.  Talk to Don Pieter down in
Bjornsborg.  He can get the Hanwei 37 in for about $100.

Avery

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 7:45 PM, John Atkinson <johnmatkinson at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Ken Riley <grimthebald at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > We have one mask, one hood and 4 jackets (3 are on the small side).  I'm
> looking
> > at getting a rapier gorget, rapier gloves, and a rapier with an epee
> blade.  The
> > total will be about $235 plus shipping.  Anything else that we may need
> will be
> > made by members of the group.  The goal is to have one set of rapier gear
> for
> > now.
>
> We need to get a proper heavy rapier.  Epees aren't used in Ansteorra
> except in Youth Fighting, and cannot be used in practice against heavy
> rapiers.  They are too lightweight and will bend in half if used to
> parry.  The cheapest ones are the Zen Warrior ones, or I would
> cheerfully look for one at War, just give me a price limit.  Zen
> Warrior rapiers with a 37" blade can be had for $120 plus shipping, to
> give you an idea of what I'm talking about.
>
> Also, to save money on gloves, go to a surplus store and buy those
> basic training black leather ones.  They work just fine.
>
> Ioannes
> --
> "Thousands of Sarmatians, Thousands of Franks, we've slain them again
> and again.  We're looking for thousands of Persians."
> --Vita Aureliani
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