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I'm going to experiment with it until its not flinging fire everywhere... I think it'll be pretty easy to keep the fire on the blade.

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Come play with us Johno... come to the dark side...

Johno wrote:Well at least there is a place for you guys to go and have the kind of fun you want.

Enjoy

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So, for those that haven't been following a couple of the other threads, a few of us (mostly just me) have been talking about fighting with rattan that has been soaked in some sort of liquid excellerant and setting them on fire just before fighting... I've been reading through the SCA weapon standar...

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I've got at least two 100% guys, and one dude who is onboard depending on school, and myself, ready to dive into this flaming sword arena...

We're currently conducting tests for the best combustible fluid to soak the rattan in...

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Cisco... I rolly-eye everything you said.

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That leather strap covers the side points of your knee.

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Taking these words, and interpretting them to mean, that you can shove a bolt up the ass end of a stick of rattan, but not a bit of wood glue to the tip, is what is silly. VII. WEAPONS STANDARDS A. General 1. NO METAL OR UNAPPROVED RIGID PLASTIC MAY BE USED IN THE STRIKING SURFACE OR SURFACES OF ANY...

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Thats not what makes it silly. See... its silly shit like this that is rediculous. This is of course, just what I've been told. It was told to me as an excuse as to why I could not impregnate the tip of my sword in wood glue. Blade tip you can't handle tip you can. In one of the best of the hammer t...

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Yes, we'll do that Flittie, thank you for the input.

Flittie wrote:Hmm... how about making your fight even cooler by doing it on a plank over a moat filled with hungry alligators?

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See... its silly shit like this that is rediculous. This is of course, just what I've been told. It was told to me as an excuse as to why I could not impregnate the tip of my sword in wood glue. Blade tip you can't handle tip you can. In one of the best of the hammer there is an article in putting a...

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The first rule about Alejandro licking your face, is that you don't talk about Alejandro licking your face...

The second rule...

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This is of course, just what I've been told.

It was told to me as an excuse as to why I could not impregnate the tip of my sword in wood glue.

I used to do that so that the tip did not broom out so fast.

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So... oftentimes I'm overwhelmed with just how cool my barony is... I posted this to the local e-list trying to get some folk to come over and fight with flaming rattan... and this is the first responce I get back... from my Baroness... Ok, Dante, if you feel the need, let me impart some experience....

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We'll make sure its wet or something. See... this is the phase where folks start overthinking shit, and start watering down a really cool idea! There will be hoses handy! Come on! So, I suppose it really could shoot flaming oil into your face. Probably a bad idea. Might save Agnarr time with the who...

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My only real concern with face thrusts is if we soak these sticks in lamp oil, then potentially, the whole length of the sword is filled with oil, that is on fire, that could be shot out when thrusted at something. So, I suppose it really could shoot flaming oil into your face. Probably a bad idea.

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I've been stabbed on quite a few occasions with swords with no thrusting tips... for various reasons. I suppose its one of those things that can affect you in different ways for different reasons... But... I don't think a bit of padding is doing anything to make a painfull thrust anything other than...

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The flexibility of the blade is inherant on the fibres being able to slide past one another. You bind that up with glue anywhere on the blade, for any reason, and you inhibit that sliding.

Period.

I think the entire concept is silly, but thats how it is.

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Just make sure that a shot to the face doesn't throw flaming stuff into someones eyes.....Mutch. I'm thinking that most hits to the head will be flat snaps or off sides, or scorpions... so, no real flame to the face... But, if we go ahead and allow thrusting (would be just a bare rattan tip), then ...

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Thats a great idea. I've got access to a bunch of bamboo... I'll do test runs on skinned bamboo for sure. Step 1. What about the gel in a sterno heater? Im gonna go test it. Edit: Burns really really blue, goes out kinda easy, but makes a really cool popping sound as it burns. I tested it on a small...

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I don't think gasoline will work.

I gotta buddy that juggles fire, I'm gonna talk to him about what will last a long time, and burn real good while its being whipped around in the air.

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Audax is just pissed she didn't come up with the whole flaming sword thing first.

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How is using any epoxy, at all, anywhere on the rattan legal in our current ruleset?

Vitus von Atzinger wrote:System Three epoxy.

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Sweet.

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The calling things gay commentary? Or was it something else?

audax wrote:Goddamn but there is some stupid and disrespectful shit being spewed in this thread.

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Grammatically, it is full of holes. Thats all I was talking about...

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Well, I called the flaming lance gay.... I meant it sounded gay. Like, something that is associated with a homosexual.

Thats why I said it sounded gay.

Isabella E wrote:derail Calling things gay is just stupid. What exactly do people mean by it? /derail

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The only thing I can think of not wanting to do in a vat of homebrew beer, is drown in it. Would you, could you lance in a vat of homebrew beer? I would not, could not lance in a vat of homebrew beer! Edit: and Aaron... "while lancing with each other" ??? While lancing with each other? Its...

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Would you, could you lance in a vat of homebrew beer?

I would not, could not lance in a vat of homebrew beer!

Edit: and Aaron... "while lancing with each other" ???

While lancing with each other? Its called jousting...

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A flaming lance sounds gay.

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Ken, you should fire whoever wrote this paragraph on the website: Contained within this handy volume are concrete examples of a new questioning of received wisdom and a turn toward empirical proofs, hallmarks of the Enlightenment. The treatise also presents evidence for a redefinition of elite mascu...

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There is no kernal of truth in what Violen is talking about at all. I'm not the slightest bit bored with rattan fighting. I loves it to pieces. I'd have to be an idiot to think I've got nothing left to learn. All I have to do is watch my knight fight to realize I've got miles and miles to go before ...

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So fuck you then. You do not get to play with my flaming rattan swords.

Violen wrote: I get embarrased by even the thought of being arround people who would be like "OH MY GOD LETS DO THIS TORCHLIGHT FLAMING SWORD THING WE WILL BE SO BADASS".

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Yeah... thats what I was talking about. Edit: and it was about how some of the sca rules were silly. Edit: and other stuff Edit: and then Baron Alejandro got me thinking about flaming rattan swords soaked in lamp oil, and my one track mind has been on that all morning and has forgotten about everyth...

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Coming from the perspective of somebody who has gotten hopped up on shrooms, and has fought,(at differing times) I think combining the two would be like chocolate and peanut butter. But, that is asside from the point I think, cause I just stated it as an example of something extreme that I could thi...

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The potential glory inherant in that situation would be awesome.

Angusm0628 wrote:Think on this... Do you really want to see a small army of red armoured guys named "Nissan Maxima" comin at ya across a bridge??

Flaming swords? (SCA)