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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Drifter Bob" data-source="post: 1758406" data-attributes="member: 17723">Oh my godYou mean the certainty of cutting yourself.Give me a break.  I can assure you, no, nothing like that existed.  This is an idiotic toy inspired by one of the most idiotic new weapons included in 3E D&D, now manufactured by unscrupulous companies (in china, probably) for idiots to play with and hopefully hurt themselves.This is exactly why I rail against the Disney-Dark ages / Hanna Barbarian strain in D&D.  And don't give me crap about red dragons either.  If it was some kind of free form free pure spirited fantasy game there wouldn't be all those detailed weapon rules to begin with.Anyone who thinks this is a good weapon or in any way real, I encourage to immediately buy it and begin intensive training, or better yet, sparring.  I love these claims to have done parries with this thing, that I would LOVE to see, it would be pretty dangerous to parry a nerf foam bat with this from the likelyhood of cutting yourself alone.  If you parried anything more substantial, like say, a broomstick, the cheap steel on most of these fake swords would undoubtedly snap.Again, I encourage you try some full speed trials, find a like minded friend and go at it.  Please video tape for the benefit of the rest of us and send to Darwin Awards.DB</blockquote>