That's actually really nice to hear! Where are you located? Have you tried the club finder by HEMA Alliance? Check it out: www.hemaalliance.com/club-finders
@bdavies24 They are the feder style blades, although the earlier version called the Stoccata blade, originally developed for Stephen Hand in Tasmania. AC have now got an improved version of that one called the Manitoba blade, which Jay Maas helped develop. The newer one has some added distal taper and should feel a bit nicer.
Nice! I hope one day I will get one these sweet baskethilted swords. Keep your inside, cause feint outside -> сut inside works too often. But I enjoy every your sparring videos, guys.
Thanks a lot! Yeah, that worked a few times here. Btw, if I remember correctly, you are from Russia? Kvetun make some really nice and pretty basket hilted broadswords.
@@historyandsabre yeah, you totally correct about my location, sir, and I even use their sabre (Easton model), but, I am afraid that they don't have serial broadsword yet, also, I really hope that they will. I've saw some attempts in their social medias.
@@zacman123333 Sure, I find the grip circumference too thick, which makes wielding it more taxing on my hand and also results in a less secure grip at the same time. I also find the blade wabbles/vibrates relatively strongly on impact. Otherwise, they are great and the construction is superb. Nothing too dramatic and I am still very impressed with Iain's work.
These days I use the Thokk WeaponMaster Gauntlets for sabre. They are not perfect but I like them. I can't use them inside a basket hilt, so here I was just wearing thin gloves, which leaves the wrist unprotected.
Whats crazy is in movies they make it seem like you gotta do these insane cuts to injure someone but in reality, the first hit would have cut through the shoulder and did some damage
I don’t know about through the shoulder, but definitely into it. Probably would have ended a duel with honor satisfied. Depending on what tendons it hit or if it reached the artery in the arm pit, might take a military opponent out of the fight, but you wouldn’t want to bet on it.
Hi, they're from Armour Class in Scotland. You can contact them and ask for an infantry "dragoon" basket sword with a Manitoba HEMA blade and you'll get the improved version of what we use.
Fencing with a targe is a slightly older style than what we're doing here. What you see here is a military style of universal swordsmanship on foot closer to 1800.