she's got a name

[anotheranon]

I call it "Vera" ;)

After a loan of almost (over?) a year, one of my historic fencing coaches offered to sell me the rapier I've been using at a hideously good discount. It a Paul Chen practical rapier - not as posh as a Darkwood Armory but still pretty damn sexy! And after all this time with it, I know what it feels like and how I can handle it.

Total armory = 1 practice foil, 1 electric foil, 1 dueling saber, and now 1 rapier. Let's hunt some orc!

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[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

There is a lot to be said for the practice of making sure the blade is proportional to your height - I think the rules of thumb I've heard at my club is that the blade should be no higher than your waist, or, alternately, no longer than your shoulder to the end of one arm.

By that scale, yes - at ~43" (I should probably actually measure it), it's a bit long for me, but for the period of rapier we practice (1600-10) it's fairly standard. 52" sounds insane for ANYONE though - our tallest fencer is about 6'4" and his blade is still only ~48"!

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

no longer than your shoulder to the end of one arm.

Er, make that the width of your shoulders PLUS the length of one arm. See how excited I get, it makes me type too fast!!