Why no GFS for Rapier?

[Archy de Berker]

I also was wondering about the wisdom of crafting a wooden practise rapier, and any advice on crossection, length, wood or anything would be much appreciated.
Thanks, Archy

[Archy de Berker]

Umm also this link interested me as some of the infromation in it was directly contradictory to J.C's Q&A session on the subject.......
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[Jeffrey Hull]

That SFI article is quite full of errors. Besides, what a nonsequiter to mention such as a reply to the subject of "GFS for Rapier". Ho-hum. JH

[Archy de Berker]

Beg your pardon

[JeffGentry]

Hey Archy

I am working on the assumption your young and in experienced, and there are those in the world of "historical martial art's" who realy haven't had alot of experience with handling actual historic weapon's me being one of them, in JC's article if you notice the photo's they are actual piece i trust JC's opinion more than most because he has handled so many actual historic piece's not replica's and he is a professional spathologist and researcher for him this is not a hobby or something he just enjoy's doing it is his job.

There are many sport fencer's out there who do write artical's on rapier's and such and say they are historic fencer's they usualy do not go back further than the 1700-1800 about the time fencing changed and firearm's were becoming the norm and say that they have handled historic piece's when they were handling "Victorian" era replica's or show piece's.

In short what i am saying is i would tend to believe JC's article more than other's when i see contradiction.


I tend to take everything with a grain of salt, this is MHO.


Jeff

[Archy de Berker]

Yup, the judgement that I am young and inexperienced would be a reasonable one to labour under.
I am totally with you on the superior quality and authority of JC's article, i was never really in doubt of that, i was interested in how much unrest i could stir up in the sword wielding community (well not really but clashes of opinion are always twice as interesting when everyone is wielding meters worth of steel!)
Also, am i correct in saying that the sword forum which hosted that article is on the links (research+reading) page of the arma webbie?
Aaaaaaaah the nonsequiting ( is that the correct use of the word/does it exist?) goes on...

archy

[JeffGentry]

Hey Archy

No, Sword forum international is a totaly diffrent group, no that is not the right use of the word either,lol, look it up in the dictionary lol, you may as well start some research.

By the way it doesn't take a whole lot to stir up controversy in the sword world, alot out there don't like the ARMA way of doing thing's.

Jeff

[Archy de Berker]

Should i post a formal apology or take that as a joke, reprimand, friendly piece of advice? ehhee
I have looked it up in Chambers 20th century Dic. and have unearthed that in fact it is spelt non-secquitur... at least in the queens english. Does that mean that non-sequituring does not exist?
Oh well, if that is the case, life goes on.

archy
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