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Kristjan Runarsson
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Hadrian Coffin
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Location: Oxford, England Joined: 03 Apr 2008
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I personally like, and have used, the Albion for I.33.
www.arms-n-armor.com also make a model which has the screw on pommel as you requested, and are quite flexible.
I would steer clear of the Hanwei models, the edges are thin, and one snapped rather brutally at WMAW a couple years ago.
If you are based in EU still, I'm guessing?, I've had very good experience with Pavel Moc for a I.33 sword, though the model I borrowed was a touch heavy for my taste.
Best,
Hadrian
Historia magistra vitae est
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Kristjan Runarsson
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| Hadrian Coffin wrote: | I personally like, and have used, the Albion for I.33.
www.arms-n-armor.com also make a model which has the screw on pommel as you requested, and are quite flexible.
I would steer clear of the Hanwei models, the edges are thin, and one snapped rather brutally at WMAW a couple years ago.
If you are based in EU still, I'm guessing?, I've had very good experience with Pavel Moc for a I.33 sword, though the model I borrowed was a touch heavy for my taste.
Best,
Hadrian |
I am in Europe. What I'm mostly wondering is how hard you can thrust in HEMA I.33 fights? ... and therefore how flexible a feder should be? I'm leaning towards those Szymon Chlebowski one hand feder swords with medium flex linked to above (I fixed the broken links). Chlebowski's longswords seem to get good reviews and do not suffer from rattly hilt syndrome.
I took a look at the Hanwei tinker, it looked good until I found out that the edges are too thin, then I came across this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6OMveV0iaw
Imagine that happening with a sharp Tinker blade... That being said I rather like the basic idea of the Tinker. It's a pity Hanwei messed it up. They created a sharpie, made a blunt version that is basically the sharpie with the edges ground flat but not flat enough that it would be useful for re-enactment. If they had just bothered to create a dedicated sharpie, re-enactment blade and a proper feder and heat-treated the blades properly this would have been an interesting product.
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Mark Tan
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I have a one handed meyer style rappier from regenyei that's pretty similar to the one handed trainer. I have also tried the actual one handed trainer belonging to a club mate.
I like them but the grip may be a bit long for i.33
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Johannes Zenker
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For "full contact" tournament style HEMA "I:33" I would recommend Albion's offering, it is, to my knowledge, widely accepted.
If you really want the rolled tip and more flex, Regenyei and Chlebowski are both cheaper and have that. Won't last you quite as long though.
If you want something more interesting, though, I would recommed looking at Viktor Berbekucz' newer Type XIVs with triple fullers:
http://www.blackarmoury.com/en/i33-arming-swo...iv-n2.html
Had the chance to fondle one at an event a few weeks ago. Really good for I:33, though not as good as the above for tournament/full contact style fighting. Slightly heavier, and the greater authority it has in a bind situation doesn't really come into play.
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Roger Hooper
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I agree that the Albion I:33 is a fine practice/sparring sword.
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Steven Lussenburg
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Albion is a bit tricky if you're EU based since you're liable for VAT tax adding another nice 20+% to the price. My rapier is from Arma Bohemia and is perfectly safe for sparring in a tshirt (ofc. with a mask & light gloves).
Danelli armouries is probably the best EU (for now  ) based maker for HEMA swords, but he has a long waiting line (I'd to wait almost a year for my longsword feder). If you have money to spent, he can make something very nice for you.
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Robert Morgan
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I would steer clear of the Hanwei models, the edges are thin, and one snapped rather brutally at WMAW a couple years ago. |
Concur. If memory serves, Hanwei feders were not allowed at Socal Swordfight a couple of months ago.
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