OOH Goody!!

[j_cheney]

Just discovered that Amazon now has a vendor agreement with Physical Chess! I know what my next Amazon gift certificate is going for!!

Practice Saber!!

Comments

[jmeadows.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that's fancy.

(That is exactly what one of my protags swaggers around with, looking menacing and all, and everyone's like, no, a saber is cuuuurvy! and thicker! and I might just include this picture every time I send the story somewhere.)

That's...ten kinds of awesome.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

This is a practice sabre, for sport fencing. ;o)

Fighting sabres are generally thicker, but not always terribly curvy, but usually do have some curve. Generally, fencers bend these themselves to their personal tastes...and they get rebent through constant abuse.

The important thing is that a saber has only one blade, not two. (The point is relatively unimportant, as well. If a real saber loses its tip, that doesn't change its effectiveness all that much.)

Blades 101 ;o) (Sorry, I love to lecture)

[jmeadows.livejournal.com]

No, it's okay. I getcha. :) I attempted as much research as I could on the subject. I figured there were differences. But I was getting comments it should be like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre
when I was thinking this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre_%28fencing%29

:)

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

And, after all, it's your writing, so it can be any dang way you want it to be, so long as you're consistent. ;o)

(I took up sport fencing a few years ago...it's fun, but very sweaty!)

[stinabat.livejournal.com]

hehehehehe. go you.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

::happy dance::