Balance Point

[KAISA]

Read this entire article. It's what you're looking for. Pick up a stick and play with it, and smack stuff while you're reading.

https://www.thearma.org/spotlight/GTA/motions_and_impacts.htm#:~:text=If you compare the post,is unaffected by the impact.

Thank you - I will love to read it!

 

[BitingSarcasm]

Hello Blade community

Hope this found the right place

I am interested in learning how to balance a blade , (sword, epee, long knife) about the weight of the pommel , guard , and grip - compared to the weight of the blade, the distal taper - and figuring things out. What to look for in the blade itself (weight distribution) and if anybody has a tipp - I started playing around a bit with different weights and materials and am curious about your inputs.

I did search a bit now - and literature seems rather scarce - so any tipp (book, link, scientific publication, link) I will be grateful for

If I remember things right, Bill Bagwell stated at one point in his book, u should practice with a cut off Foil.

Thank you in advance
KAiSa

This website has a dozens of historical blade reproductions with pictures and full stats listed, from length and width to center of balance and center of percussion. http://myarmoury.com/reviews.html

 

[KAISA]

Thank you all

Interesting, the french grip, put the balance point about 2-4 fingers in front of the guard, while with most pistol grips I tried at the clubs, the balance point is sometimes almost a third up the blade, I like the french much better as it feels much more natural… adding weight puts it more back into your palm making the tip easier to control…

 

[Box_Opener]

Thank you all

Interesting, the french grip, put the balance point about 2-4 fingers in front of the guard, while with most pistol grips I tried at the clubs, the balance point is sometimes almost a third up the blade, I like the french much better as it feels much more natural… adding weight puts it more back into your palm making the tip easier to control…

The balance point on pistol grips is useful for beat preparations into flick-type attacks. When your fingers get stronger it will be easier to control the weight. It also allows for beat preparations at a greater extension, allowing you increased control at distance.

 

[KAISA]

The balance point on pistol grips is useful for beat preparations into flick-type attacks. When your fingers get stronger it will be easier to control the weight. It also allows for beat preparations at a greater extension, allowing you increased control at distance.

Thats an interesting thought, always thought the tip control is better with the french handle and you also need more force - because the Orthopaedic handle would recruit more muscles

 

[Lovebell Forrest]

Our master made us put suba on our boken, he said the balance was not right without it.
The pictures above are correct.