(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.)
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.)
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
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(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.
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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)
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when I was thinking this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre_%28fencing%29
:)
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(I took up sport fencing a few years ago...it's fun, but very sweaty!)
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