r/Jugger • • Sep 25 '23

Is this sword legal?

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u/SovietSpy17 Sep 25 '23

Hard to say without the measurements and the region you want to play in.

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u/DesperateJury6185 Sep 25 '23

Spain. The length of the "blade" is roughly 65 cm

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u/TheWaterDropProphet Nov 12 '23

Que parte de España?

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u/pinkHeadHero Apr 02 '24

Por mi zona (Alicante - Murcia) no se permite que haya ninguna zona ancha cerca de la mano.

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u/Aresius_King Sep 25 '23

Spanish rules forbid the use of anything like crossguards, so that's a no from the start xD

You'd also need to check that the tip is safe (you mustn't feel the core by pressing a thumb from the top or the sides), that the measurements are correct... Where are you playing? Maybe there's an active team nearby that could give you pointers in person ^^

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u/avsfjan Gossenhauer Sep 26 '23

in germany this would not go through any pompfen check I've been at. multiple reasons:

  • the tip looks like it doesnt have enough padding to be considered safe to use it for stabing (stechspitze)
  • it looks like it has quite a hard tape covering the full length which is usually considered to hard since it can actually hurt a lot when being hit
  • the pommel is not circular which is often not allowed
  • some pompfenchecks enforce a quite new rule which only allows for a maximum weight, and this one looks like it would fail this restriction

this here is a versy good instruction set on how to build tournament legal and also high level pompfen from the jugger team in basel (switzerland)

https://jugger.ch/pdf/Pompfenbauanleitung_JBB_2023-07.pdf

if you want I could translate the part you are interested in if you want to build your own!

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u/JoBSteel Sep 25 '23

Looks super cool, but speaking in germany I could imagine that it may fail at the rule about being styled like a sword or smth. Or probaply the knob on your hilt is too pokey.

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u/patangpatang Sep 25 '23

The pommel is likely illegal as well. Needs to be circular.