English longsword fighting on "Warriors"

**DdlR** · Posted On: 4/09/2009 9:07pm

... and here's some footage of people sparring with various nylon wasters:

YouTube - Free-play with nylon wasters 2
YouTube - Free-play with spadone longswords.
YouTube - GHFS Robert&Scott Longsword Nylon wasters
YouTube - Like Steel Wasters Demonstration II

Again, many more clips on YouTube.

**8bit** · Posted On: 4/09/2009 9:33pm

Originally Posted by DdlR

Cold Steel is due to release some Euro-style plastic longsword trainers soon: http://www.coldsteel.com/bokkens.html

I had one of their polymer escrima sticks, but it didn't hold up for too long, so it is doubtful that a longer weapon will hold up any better.

**Permalost** · Posted On: 4/11/2009 12:16am

Originally Posted by 8bit

I had one of their polymer escrima sticks, but it didn't hold up for too long, so it is doubtful that a longer weapon will hold up any better.

How did they fall apart? Cold Steel makes baseball bats out of that stuff and they claim its unbreakable. Surely Cold Steel would never say their products are better than they actually are!

**8bit** · Posted On: 4/11/2009 1:36am

Haha, right. Surely not them. It snapped clean in half. Had a large air bubble in it and plenty of small ones on the cross section.

**Permalost** · Posted On: 4/11/2009 11:57am

I've been thinking about buying one of their war clubs made out of that stuff so I'd have a new toy to swing around. Your story will definitely affect my decision.