Lawrence Brewers Guild

I can't seem to figure out how to embed the video here, so follow the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMSWdKzzv6A


After you watch the above, make sure to watch my good friend Eric illustrate why you should leave this feat to the skilled pirates like meself! Yarr!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnJc9Cz5UqM

Hahaha..
John, your pretty darn good. But i want to know how many times you cut yourself before you mastered that technique!

Blktre wrote:Hahaha..
John, your pretty darn good. But i want to know how many times you cut yourself before you mastered that technique!

Surprisingly, I have been fortunate enough to avoid the inevitable thus far. I am confident my day will come though. After all, every good pirate must loose an eye at some point.

Does the fun ever stop at Casa de Monaghan?

The answer is clearly, NO. :)

Matt

quite the hobby you picked up there John. I'm sure the Mrs loves it. I think Monette would rather me own a Harley that dispenses home brew then to start doing that.

so, I guess Eric now carries a change of clothes with him when he hangs w/ the Monaghan's?

Okay, sorry, I'm done. But that's one crazy way to open a bottle my man.

The French guy used the back of his sabre not the cutting edge. Did you put a big nick in the blade? Look and see how many copy cats there are in the similar videos.

It is traditional to use the back of the blade, but holding a basket hilt cutlass backwards and maintaining any level of coordination with it would be quite a challenge. My sword is unsharpened, so it may as well be the back of a blade. I don't think a quality sharpened blade would chip though if used properly. Sabrage takes very little force when done correctly.