In my reenactment group we do historical techniques within stage combat, to make it more appealing to an audience :cool:
What caught my eye with the Tinker longswords was that it was light, simple looking and that it could be disassembled if i ever needed to replace the blade, crossguard or pommel. The only thing that I have disliked about paul chen swords was that they didn't have that "ting!" noise when you meet them with another blade (spring steel.)
Were as the Epée de Guerre are made of high carbon steel, peened through the pommel and have that "ting!" sound when you meet with another blade.
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![epee-1.jpg](files/epee-1_116.jpg)
or this one
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![2008CASbsGlam1.jpg](files/2008casbsglam1_155.jpg)
this one