I agree. They also make fencing firs round as well.
Original Lightsaber found at LFL with ROUND blade
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I agree. They also make fencing firs round as well.
I mean, it goes without saying, there's already been extensive research into these things and the consensus has been towards hard, metal, tubing, some tapered. Until we see on-set or archival evidence of something else. Can you guys use some photographs of where you see fencing foils used for stunt use in the OT? Lets do this constructively.
But that's talking almost 30 years after the original movies. We're talking strictly production used stunt blades in the original three movies in this thread.
Your right. It is only a hunch but saw some behind the scenes movies with fencing with rusted looking tapered swords . I do know that aluminum bends and is so soft enough that we would see some bending in the original trilogy fights unless they really weren't hitting as hard as it looked. I have been in the welding industry on and off and I have seen one real thin, almost sheet thin steel tubes that were hardened and it's extremely difficult to get any bend out of these but they do have some flex but not enough to notice really. I'm guessing they most likely used some type of thin lightweight steel. Just spitballing here
I can ask an instructor. I'm sure he'd know. Fencing is a little obscure. From what I've seen you can get them in triangle square and round shapes. Length is supposed to depend on your height as well as proficiency. The longer blades have disadvantages as well. Even though they have more reach the simple mechanics of a shorter blade allows for quicker inner work. Which is why the Japanese samurai carried two lengths of sword. I digress. I'll see if I can find an example that fits our needs.
I found some old ski poles that look just like that metal blade we see . I snagged em up and did some tests. They are made of a hardened aluminum alloy and are not as soft as standards aluminum tubing. When doing slow and fake "heavy" hits like in the OT the don't bend at all just get dents. If you really wack them against something really hard they will start to bend but they really handle up to that old style of fight. Maybe these or something similar were used it looks to be the exact shape and diameter and the ones I have are 30 years old. I'll post a few pics later
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Here are the photos. These seem to be perfect match for size they are lightweight and won't bend if your doing normal hits only if your really trying to.http://s1074.photobucket.com/user/OWK1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20151105_084728_zpsw5votz4q.jpg.html]
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I also recently was shown this pic of someone holding Steve Sansweets alleged screen used tank antenna lightsaber here's the photo
Assuming this is real it seems to have this weird cap at the tip of the blade. The vintage ski pole I bought seems to have this as well.
Assuming this is real it seems to have this weird cap at the tip of the blade. The vintage ski pole I bought seems to have this as well.
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Was just trying to find something as close as I can to them in terms of size. Ski poles and fishing rods seem to be the closest thing I can locate that is readily available to obtain. Are those antennas WW2 era? What are they composed of steel?, fiberglass? Cannot seem to find any available online
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