a friend from one of the fencing schools I go to came back from a trip to Japan last year and he told me the clubs there were not allowed to train with steel feders.
one of the Japanese HEMA club members told him that technically there is a way to import a metal sword, whether real sharp or blunted feder, but you have to write a letter explaining the justification for owning one in Japan. if they deny your application letter, they break your imported steel blade in half and return it to you in two broken pieces.
it is a shame that the HEMA clubs in Japan are forced to practice with synthetic blades. you really cannot simulate the bind with anything other than metal
I would love to have a medieval style wedding. Maybe a full plate harness going down the aisle for the ceremony but I would probably just be in chain mail for the reception.
the mateba 6 unica or the 2006m are my dream grail guns… I have the successor to it, the chiappa rhino. I conceal carry it in a shoulder holster whenever it gets cold outside since I can layer clothes over it but its just too big for me to wear it in an IWB otherwise.
Saint Vitalis of GazaPatron of Prostitutes :red_umbrella:For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.But in the end she will be as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.Proverbs 5:1-23* * * * * * * * * * * * *HEMA practitioner, pipe smoker and lover of whores