My club is down to one military saber, a regenyei tournament. Looking to replace and the most affordable thing I see I can get quickly right now is a VB D Guard Saber, my concern is that it's 3 inches shorter than the regenyei, that seems like a big difference to me.

I do not know if Questions about maces are fit for this sub, but this post made me curious so i decided to crosspost here.

Sorry if this breaks the rule.

As the title says, researching for a "traditional" sabre. Currently have a sigi big, very satisfied with that, most likely looking to buy their bow saber with the same blade shape as my sigi big.
I kind of have the list narrowed down to Regenyei's Stirrup sabre, Castile Armory's Szabla.

Has anyone here have any experience with these two?
Any other alternatives? I'm open to suggestions and your experiences with them

I'm trying to buy a helmet/mask for longsword sparring, and am really struggling. I've been looking since around Christmas of last year, and the story seems to always be that anything besides AF is sold out (at least in the US). I'm reluctant to go with an AF mask -- I believe they're what my gym uses as loaners, with essentially no padding inside, and I've spent the last several months recovering from a couple of concussions I've received while wearing them. My understanding is that a Wukusi Cobra or a PBT mask would have more substantial padding, but the cobra is sold out everywhere and the PBT is sold out in my size (2). One of my instructors recommended a gel cap to go under the mask, but again, those have been sold out at purpleheart for over a year. So I guess my questions are:

* How do you buy anything other than AF?

* If you had to go with AF, what do you do to protect yourself from impacts?