Blade Length

**Hasid Lafre** · 01-29-2008, 03:33 AM

Withmy old hilt at about 13" and a small change a 35.5" thinwalled blade was pritty well ballanced. with roughtly the same hilt my thickwalled blade had to be 33" tip to tip. And that annoyed me so Iam gonna stick to thinwalled blades.

If there was a blade thickness that was inbetween thick and thin walled blades I would use them. But avas I cant find any blade thats like this.

**B5813** · 01-30-2008, 02:07 PM

It has to be more about personal choice than balance unless you're so extremely limp wristed that you can't actually use your hands to both position/move the hilt and blade where you need it to go.

**sar-oi** · 01-30-2008, 02:31 PM

I'd go for balance and durability over aesthetic and getting all three would be a big bonus. My MRs are having to have different lengths according to how I'd like to use them, close quarter, reach etc. The Maul for example has had to have the blades shortened so I don't have to keep compensating speed/reaction to avoid hitting the ground. If I was to use the hilts as a single I know I could just use a longer blade but then what's the point to the saber and that's money I could use on some other part?
Yeah, its not the size that counts. It's what you do with it!

**Drichar Deis** · 01-31-2008, 03:50 AM

The inuendo in that one Sar-oi

**DarthFender** · 01-31-2008, 11:52 AM

I used to think that, too. But really, it's not the length of your saber blade that makes you a deadly swordsman.... It's the OD. HA HA HA

**sar-oi** · 02-01-2008, 03:13 PM

Er... Yeah... Right.

**Barmic Rin** · 02-04-2008, 02:36 PM

Well for me, anywhere between 32-36" is good.
Still working out the lenth i'll need for my dual. gonna be around 22-24" I reckon.

**SpectreT65** · 04-02-2008, 08:54 AM

I'm a big guy with fencing (saber-class, not epee or foil - different style), stage fighting, and a very little bit of longsword training. I've also got strong, thick wrists and forearms, so weight isn't as much of a consideration, except for the bruises I could leave on my sparring partners if I goof. I avoid "gorilla grandstanding", mainly out of respect for my surroundings.

That said, my own preferences are as follows for fighting-blades, depending on style:

Two of my cubits blade length (About 40") with balance inside one-half span of the crosspiece (My span is 10", so less than 5") is a regular hand and a half sword (Lightsaber seems to fit this category) for me. So I'm already running a couple inches short with a full-length battle blade. This is for switching up between one and two handed use, though I can fence with it - weakly and slowly.

Fencing saber, Just leave your hand at your side and measure from the tip of your middle finger to your earlobe.

Dual-wielding, I stick to daggers. Blade length one cubit each, so 20". Emphasis there is on being everywhere at once and deflecting everything your opponent throws at you. It's nice being a deceptively fast fat man.

As to blade strength and illumination evenness, Eandori has the right of it