05-29-2021, 01:51 PM
I'm guessing that was the same event because of Adrian. I don't remember Chet & LCF doing the bat'leth set but that may well have happened. I do remember meeting Adrian with Chet, so I'm sure he was there. And in my mind, it was definitely a Highlander con.
As for the faulty WLE weapon, that story seems suspect. Sifu epoxied his weapons together. It's a knife making thing, not a sword making thing. He never really learned sword making. He learned knife making from books, and it's not the same. That's one of the reasons that Sifu's swords don't ring. The epoxy stifles any resonance so they just make flat clacking sounds. That being said, few antique Chinese swords ring - that's more of a Euro sword thing (every sword we made at The Armoury had to pass a ring test - it's all about proper fitting). Nevertheless, Chinese swords are traditionally peened, not epoxied. I had many discussions with him about that. That being said, I can't imagine one of Sifu's swords ever coming apart. He epoxied the crap out of them. It's a short cut - epoxy fills the gaps of a sloppy fit - and it makes it nearly impossible to disassemble, which is a fundamental necessity with real swords because stuff breaks in combat.
As for the faulty WLE weapon, that story seems suspect. Sifu epoxied his weapons together. It's a knife making thing, not a sword making thing. He never really learned sword making. He learned knife making from books, and it's not the same. That's one of the reasons that Sifu's swords don't ring. The epoxy stifles any resonance so they just make flat clacking sounds. That being said, few antique Chinese swords ring - that's more of a Euro sword thing (every sword we made at The Armoury had to pass a ring test - it's all about proper fitting). Nevertheless, Chinese swords are traditionally peened, not epoxied. I had many discussions with him about that. That being said, I can't imagine one of Sifu's swords ever coming apart. He epoxied the crap out of them. It's a short cut - epoxy fills the gaps of a sloppy fit - and it makes it nearly impossible to disassemble, which is a fundamental necessity with real swords because stuff breaks in combat.
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