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Fencing pikes- project update

Posted by: Alysten on: May 13, 2009

The proposal is in the final draft stage.  When this has been approved by everyone, it will go to Don Collin Monro, the supervising marshal so that he can submit it to the East Kingdom Marshal and the Deputy Experimental Weapons Marshal.  From there… its a waiting game.  This has been a huge learning experience [...]

Fencing pikes- initial proposal

Posted by: Alysten on: May 8, 2009

The documentation process has begun for translating the fencing half-pike into an experimental weapons form. It is in its infancy and will undergo several revisions as this month goes on. Impact on the rapier community: As the Rapier community branches out into areas of sword play beyond the application of the “duel”, fencers should have [...]



  • opusanglicanum: there is a c15th version, and the latest example (the one I used) was from richard dolby cook's dictionary of 1832, quoted in elizabeht ayrtons englis
  • Alysten: I've done several galentines that require that level of boning. But I haven't done one of those types of subtleties yet. I am hoping to attempt one w
  • opusanglicanum: havae you tried the seventeenth century thing where you bone out a whole chicken (that bits tricky as you have to bone it complete from the inside, in

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