Foam vs Steel SWORDS

I need more qualifications. I'm Shad and before we start I want to tell you about two amazing events coming up. One of them is the World Jousting Championships which will be held at LOD in a park in Mobile Victoria, Australia on June 1-2. now i'm going to attend to make some videos and stuff, it's not an official meet up, you might see me but you might not, if you really want to meet me, interact and have a lot of fun then I would like to go to the medieval abbey festival which is July 13 and 14, but the meet and greet is on the 14th and it's in Kabul Queensland and this is all 2019 in case you're not watching this video later. so if you are near Melbourne or Victoria the jousting championship will be amazing.

I will definitely go see it and if you want to see a full-blown medieval festival and interact with me and have a lot of fun, that's the abbey. medieval festival and that's in Queensland, so as you probably haven't noticed from the description of this video, I'm going to talk about

foam

swords

, the pros and cons and where they fit into the historical

swords

on the ship and the fact that like him, I like it a lot and one of the reasons that gave me the impetus to talk about this is that I am actually going to give away some of the best quality throwing swords for the prizes at the Chateau university meeting.

And I salute you, you come to Kovalchuk Queensland, because they are a lot of fun and have some value with historical swordsmanship and I'm going to explain why compare them to some of the other options you have when you know how to have fun with swords. Now this one and all the ones you see in the background here I buy with my own money, but because I know these are great products and they are really great, I contacted one of the best Calamus SIL manufacturers. who made this and many of those you see there to see if they will be willing to donate some.

They say yes, they have donated some amazing ones. What a plot twist. Did this just become an unboxing episode? I'm very brief, okay, but I want to show you some of these things and yes, I will be able to use similar ones that were sent to me for this demo wrapping wrapping unpacking this is some intense stuff you recognize that's what it's in here, the release lap sword

foam

from Kingdom Come really cool sword and there are three, so these are the first place prizes for the competitions at the Chateau varsity meet and greet, but not only was I going to throw it in the trash, but they are so good that the I will keep the packaging, so I'll return it.

I'm also thinking we're going to have some gas prizes just for the most entertaining, things like that and because these are, you know, not the first place surprise and all that. As a result, I needed some kind of gas surprise, so the best thing you can have as a prize at a medieval festival is a telephone katana. Give me the prizes with a joke and I'll let you see what it is. This one here again I bought one. of my own money because it's cool and that's Uli's price, like a valid return of two dollars each, by the way, but we'll keep them there rapping, sorry, they're in Christine's condition for the award and now we have one really special. diver I think I'm going to make two new competitions for these because they are the newly released ones, which are replicas of the Kalamazoo lap forum.

They are incredible. Now they sent me three, but I'm only going to have a competition for two of them. because I'm going to stick with one because it's too awesome, oh, the details on this, oh, this is very, very cool and I'm going to use this to test some examples of the value that something like this has with historical sores and chips, I'm sorry and I honestly think this is one of the best they've ever done in a color. Foam swords have gotten better and better over the years and are becoming more viable for practice and stuff, and now just for casual combat if I think you're holding on to a casual aspiration when you read up on foam swords. foam.

Well-respected members of the historical source and boating community have mentioned that there is value in practicing with foam swords because they provide something that even

steel

replicas don't. and there are advantages too, seriously, just listen to what Mike Edelson says about the parenting thing because sliding around each other, right, doesn't go well, you know, it's called a bond, it's not called sliding and sliding, Right, that's something else, it's called fun. stick, well, let's take a lot, like it's not difficult to move it, but you feel that that stick doesn't do that well, so the pants are because of its rough texture, just to clarify here.

Mike isn't saying you should only train with padded brothers. He also encourages people to train with sharp swords and practice cutting, so try to get a good idea of ​​what it's like to use a real sword just from training, when you're not using a real sword in combat you should train with a lot of different ones. types of training analogues now, a foreign buffer is basically a pool noodle used as a sword, so you don't have to wear huge protective gear and it's just casual light sparring practicing certain techniques and stuff, and if A foam cushion is a good enough analogue, something that just looks beautiful and impressive and has adequate protective value.

Secondly, it really is a step up from a great pool noodle. These are great training substitutes. I'll keep the rest of the prize, but I'll just let you know. Now look which one. right here add another one these are the real special proficiency awards I'm going to add and then we have the three main proficiencies already mentioned and in case you don't know what the proficiencies are the best meticulous battle cry is the best flourish you know , the Irish don't need you here and who can draw and sheathe a sword from my own personal bag sheath, so I'm going to propose another competition or two for The Witcher because it's awesome. but that's not all, the people at make your own medieval have also donated some additional prizes which I will include as part of Cana in the prize package with the calamus, all the swords, drinking horns, it's like our brass fittings in the extreme, my real.

You know the Viking style during the horns, so one of the barriers that I found that people encounter when trying to get into historical scholarship is the cost of entry. It's okay, you will train with standard equipment and generally if you want to do it. the real cheap version of getting into this I would buy some kind of nylon practice sword, these are much more affordable than a real sword, like the women's ones, made of

steel

, when I say real, they are still dull the training ones, but They are real in the sense that there is steel and whoever made it to the right quality is much more expensive, but something like this costs a hundred and fifty dollars and that means you are good to go, not really this is the problem with sneakers nylon like this one.

They can do these things. I saw you, you told me that Wacom is dead with the for everything before I'm not going to do with this, there is a chance that you could break someone's skull, even with these nylon slippers, they are much safer than a one of steel, but they don't cost a hundred cents a four, in fact, I found that you need almost as much padding and protective gear to train with a nylon trainer, you know, and I want to stop a plastic training sword as you do with a steel one and so I have all the fencing mask protector.

I mean, I'm my big gambeson and stuff just to train with this, so it still means the cost of entry is really really high. The other way to try to do it is to use phones. The advantage of foam swords, of course, is that you don't need excessive padding or excessive equipment, or even hand protection like that. Now it is possible to hurt yourself, I even dare to say that in Drive I have heard of cases of injuries even with foam. swords when someone lost control and made a big hit on a vulnerable area like the side of someone's jaw, but those are the rare cases in most cases, these are incredibly safe and you don't need a lot of protective gear now either These swords have become better and better in design and durability, so in the past, if you have been using older versions, you might be thinking that they are too fragile and don't really work.

I have a few examples because I loved them because one of the other reasons I love them, I also love playing with my kids with these, they're so much fun because they're safe for kids, okay, and I'm sorry, I bought some, you know , many years ago, I forgot how long and I still have them. them and they've been a little bit worse and you can see the damage here, you can see the damage here, one tip was shattered and everything else stayed pretty much the same, but again we see significant damage, they didn't. It doesn't help that they hold together very well, but everything else is pretty good even with the older versions, and by the way, this isn't a Kalamazoo sword.

I actually don't know what brand makes this one. You can see I have two and then other companies came into the market and we were really serious about making these things as durable as possible and we saw one of the next best versions I've come across is this one, it's like the BL tor baltha from your I. I forgot to link the name in the description and they are so well padded and durable that I bought four of them and have taken them to youth group activities, family gatherings where the kids have gone crazy alone and also I have used them in aggressive combats.

They hold up perfectly well, but one of the things you'll notice specifically about this one is that it's not a perfectly historically accurate design, it's a little bulbous, if that makes sense, it's not very sophisticated and it handles very simply, and the reason why which This one is so simple because it's more affordable because it's still a really good thing, but if you're looking at something that looks perfect, really historically accurate with the sophistication that existed in the real fancy saw design, this design. it doesn't have it, the cross guard is pretty thick like a real sword with a cross guard as thick as this, no it would add a lot of unnecessary weight to the sword and the punch is on the larger end but it's not outside of realism but Then Calamus still made one of his best designs yet and it was actually a replica of the Kingdom Come Delivery video game and it was simply based on Kingdom Come because Kingdom Come, the computer game, sorry, is historically accurate, this design is simply beautiful and has all the Great features you would want with the best quality foam swords you can buy with durability and security and by the way what people who activate without getting hit in the head with one of these locks can reach your eyes.

I can understand it, but these things are sodium safe, leave it alone, so what are some of the weaknesses or problems with using a foam sword as a training implement for historical sources? The first is of course the weight, these are much lighter, this one weighs half a kilo, that's fine, but Having said that the balance point is much higher than what a normal floor is, so you feel more resistance when you're testing the path. Now it's funny when I say more resistance, more resistance for its weight, it still has less. than a normal sword, but because a normal sword has a low balance point and I'm talking generally because of course there are swords with a higher balance point, but others with a low balance point, you actually know that They feel quite light and dexterous. and agile in his hand as a result and, as a result, even though I train swords, both nylon, I will see that nylon is still significantly lie when I say significant, my longsword error is 1.2 kilos, this trainer of nylon here weighs point eight kilos and this one is around point five point six kilos, so there is not much difference between nylon and forum, but with both their balance point is higher than what you would normally find with swords of this kind of shapes and dimensions, and so they actually feel a little bit heavier than they would otherwise, which is good because you want them to feel heavier than they actually are, so at least they come close to what you want with a realistic analog, the other big weakness and this is One of my pet peeves is the use of foam, you know, swords like sneakers, ah, the weakness in the crossover cars, the big blow goes straight through and there is no resistance, but there is a simple way to fix it, it's actually just using rubber bands.

I cut two small strips. of wood now lengths here this is the piece of wood I use it with so I just size the length of the cross card and then I just use rubber bands or even a rope tied to the cross guard and that keeps the cross guard from They bend out of the way when hit with an opponent's weapon and become much more realistic as a result, making it a quick and simple fix that solves one of the biggest problems with foam swords and then the weight, which is something that is obviously there for safety.

Personally, I would preferthat they were a more realistic weight, but that would make them less safe than they are, although I have some ideas I could pursue in the future to solve that problem, but in the meantime, they're actually really good, especially this simple. The solution I mentioned for practicing technique and training safely now I want to pick up on what Mike Adelson mentions in the clip we showed is that these foam swords actually provide a kind of realistic element that dull steel swords don't. t and is the fact that the swords when they collide can catch on the joined steel swords will slide and slide quite easily.

Their steel is smooth and blunt on steel, but the firm ones, as you'll see, can bite into each other and grab a bit, which is actually a realistic element, especially with more realistic designs like the Kingdom Come Releaseance Kalamazoo. or The Witcher 1 because they actually have finer edges than what we see on their previous models and so look at what they do when they press, see how much they go a little bit deeper? So can we see this? Because of this, they grip similarly to how real swords with real edges would, which can make counterattacks more realistic when you're sparring with someone and you find yourself in a tight spot and want to spin and try to push, cut, or punch. anything. number of maneuvers and, for these reasons, I really feel very well done.

Foam swords are great for training in historical swordsmanship and they lower the entry bar for people who want to get in because I mean, for a good quality one, yeah, it'll be maybe $200, there are cheaper alternatives, but this is what you need, you don't need a lot of padding, you don't need a protective helmet or gloves and you can use them directly and another thing about the weight of these swords, you can obviously attack much faster. with them because they're like now sparring getting someone who's a lot faster because they're essentially using, you know, a lighter, analog, lighter training sword, it's necessarily going to make you try to react faster, okay, and if you are able to defend yourself. properly and someone who is actually much faster than he would be when using a steel sword, so when you jump to a steel sword and this fighting style is actually a little bit slower because the steel ones are heavier, your reaction times would be trained to be able to handle that even easier than them because you're used to reacting to something that's much faster with a lighter foam.

Now you would also be a little slower if you use a steel, but it's about training your reaction. time and like I said, if you're competent and you can defend yourself against someone using a foam, you know that they're just there, they hit here like a door, something very fast and you're used to it, that's another advantage. training foams oh and by the way links in the description below for abbé medieval festival justing world championship caliber so for some of the best foam swords you can buy on the market and make your own medieval sword for a horde of amazing medieval things, including drink. horns, please go check out those things if you're interested in them.

Highly recommended, so these are my opinions on foreign weapons. I don't think they are useful only for laughing, but also for training and having a lot of fun if you have yours. sword, you have it, you have his sword, he is classifying you