Thank you, Mr. Johnsson, for the good news! And I apologize for my impatience. :) "Good things come to those who wait."

Hey Peter,
You mentioned in the messer thread that you were redesigning the Meister to have a slightly longer "hand and a half" grip... any chance you're doing the same thing for the Marxbruder?

Hey Peter,

Sorry if this has been addressed before, but out of curiosity, how long is the blade projected to be on the I.33? Thanks!

Geoff

Hmmmm.... it's been a while, since I last heard about the maestro line.
And since my Czech sparring blunt feels like stone club when sparring ( and since my car needs some repairs and most certainly won't be able to afford my Christmas Talhoffer :( ) I wonder: Will the Lichtenauer be available around Christmas?

Hi Micha,

I am writing this from Albion, sitting in Mike's room.
The long swords of the Maestro line is one of the things we are working on during my stay (apart from single edged models, coming surprises and follow up on previous designs).
The longswords are coming along nicely, but I am not sure they are going to make it for Christmas. Possibly, but it is hard to tell.

There is a big intertest in the sparring line, so we are doing our very best to have them ready for market as soon as ever possible. I will not want to see the quality, design or construction being compromized by going too fast however.

As the blades follow a completlely different philisophy than the sharp blades, it takes a very different apporach in developing these. The tests we've done this far is very promising.

I hope you will think the swords are worth the wait.

All best
Peter

Micha Hofmann wrote:

Hmmmm.... it's been a while, since I last heard about the maestro line. And since my Czech sparring blunt feels like stone club when sparring ( and since my car needs some repairs and most certainly won't be able to afford my Christmas Talhoffer :( ) I wonder: Will the Lichtenauer be available around Christmas?

Thanks a lot for the quick reply, Peter.

I'm really looking forward to feeling a Liechtenauer in my hands.

After seeing the pictures of the Maestro line prototype blade in the "3m"-thread, I'd like to know one thing:

How stiff ist his prototype blade?
I know it's difficult to describe., but let me give you an example:
The nicest sparring longswords I've seen so far were stiff enough they didn't "wobble" unrealisticly when fighting with them, but after a certain pressure had been applied ( this pressure being for example: somebody thrusting with his body weight behind the sword against a lighly protected chest or the face grid of a fencing mask ) they bent really easy.
This, combined with rubber caps on the tip and some protection gear made it possible to safely "free-fight" with them, without pulling your punches too much and without avoiding too many techniques. . Would be cool, if the maestro line turned out that way... :)

Kind regards,

Micha

Well, I can't speak for the Maestro line swords since they aren't out yet, I will say that it is quite possible to have a decently flexible blade that is still quite stiff enough for winden and other techniques at the bind. From the sounds of it, it looks like Peter has had this in mind all along, so I'm excited to see how these turn out!