At past Gatherings, I brought two aluminum blades: one for myself, one for my opponent. The primary reason was that i didn't want to be stuck or cut with one of those diamond-shaped kung Fu blades with the nastiest burrs, even on the tip. The secondary reason is that I didn't want my opponent to use a plastic blade. Since this event is largely propagated with pictures (video clips are great, but they seem to have inadequate circulation until very recently), I don't think it's a good idea to showcase the world's premiere weapons fighting event with plastic implements of destruction.
Quite a treatise, Mongolian Dog.
[I think the idea of an extra-blunt modfiied tip might make sense even despite the aesthetic problem, if it makes it significantly harder to puncture someone. Do you have any good pictures of those?
Mongolian Dog, I gathered up the blades but I haven't found the unmodified Edges2 short blade. I hope to post pix during the long weekend. Since I've seen a number of burred blades at Gatherings and martial arts training seminars, I wouldn't be surprised if your gash was from a blade with a burr on the tip.
Mongolian Dog
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