[Peter Bosman]

In the A&A loophilt smallsword review I read the blade was made for triplette Competition Arm. If I understand it correctly Zen Warrior is the historic department.
The search engine does not give any usefull results however. Does anyone has experience with the 'historical' blades or their service?

Thank you,

Peter

[Bill Grandy]

They use a double wide epee blade, and it is very sturdy. The drawback is that it is also very stiff. Some people prefer this, some don't.

Triplette/Zen Warrior Armoury have their ups and downs. The customer service has always seemed good to me, and their blades seem sturdy enough. I'm not a fan of their rapier blades, as those are also very stiff, just like the double wide epee blade, but that's more of a personal preference. I personally really dislike almost every hilt that they offer out of their "historical" line up, as they are generally too bulky, disproportionate, and quite frankly pretty ugly in most cases.

[Eric Bergeron]

I have to agree with Bill, I have at one point owned a couple of their hilts, the cuphilt and one of their swept hilts, like Bill pointed out they are very large hilts, if I recall they are made with stainless steel and are very crude. I think they would be a good starting hilt to get into for SCA use, but I would tend to steer people a little higher up on dollar value and point em to Scott at darkwood not only are his hilts & blades some of the best in the price range but they are serviceable.

[Peter Bosman]

Thank you for the information.
We are looking for basic but useable rugged and the historical angle needs be only superficial. Their EW-epee blade would suit us very well probably.
I have sent them an email about shipping.

Peter