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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Galethorn" data-source="post: 1683094" data-attributes="member: 7888">I sometimes wish I was there...but no, I'm in the US...Vashon Island, Washington, to be exact; right near seattle. It's a 20 minute ferry ride each way, not to mention the wait in line, and the traffic. Even so, I've looked into the various groups on the mainland. The only one that does WMA in seattle is focused mainly on mid-renaissance rapier, which I'm not interested in. What I'm interested in is early longsword, and the nearest group I can find is a branch of ARMA in spokane, which is about at the upper limit of how far from here I could go in a day...which would mean going to practice one afternoon would be a three day trip.So, even without any groups near enough for me, I practice a more...practical form of swordsmanship; trash and foliage destruction. On the bright side, I'll be done with my highschool/community college education two years from now, so I may end up getting to go to 'real' scool in a town with a better WMA prescence.Anyway, back to the topic.Carbon steel rusts at contact to finger-grime, and even stainless steel with corrode (as opposed to oxydize) from the acid in finger prints.Wait, no, we were talking about...uhh....something or other...Stay in milk! Don't do school! Drink lots of drugs!</blockquote>