King of swords for all your LARP kit

We are looking at bringing in Eagle Flex Foam Weapons

Made of moulded Polyethylene foam with a covering of Latex.
The cores of the weapons are made of fibre-glass, the tips of which are covered with Kevlar tape
To view product please go to the link below

esford.com/armourylarp.htm

Regards
Hannay

To be perfectly honest, they look crap against what we already have on offer through Paddywhack.

Oh come on, don’t be mean!

I think they would bring good variety to our weapons, rather than everyone having the same sword which is really lame. I think the blade execution is very good and it all actually have character to them.

Ok maybe but since this a forum my opinion is not to like them.
Maybe they’d be ok if they are priced right some others may be interested.
But they’d have to be priced below whats already on offer.
I’m not trying to be mean.

I agree with Jared. There wasn’t a single weapon at that site that I thought “Ooh, I want that!”

I kinda like the look of their axes and the mace, but I’m not sure about the rest.

Has anyone used a weapon made with polyethylene foam ? How does it compare to closed-cell foam (or are they the same thing?)

From my research O have found that Polyethylene is produced through the polymerization of ethylene. it is a buoyant plastic polymer that comes in various densities. so it might well be the same as closed cell foam, if the density is similar. I feel we need to know more about the weapons before any one goes and buys one.

R

I just had a look at their listing, and at the risk of being told off for being mean, I have to say the weapons have a decidedly inflatable look about them, they are very puffy looking, and almost cartoonishly rounded. but this is just my opinion, and I don’t care if you think I am mean.

R

I’m with Anna on the axes and maces, I also rather like the look of the claymores and a couple of the shields.

The problem here is that these weapons are only a small step up from our homemade and SKIRMISH weaponry but still cost the same as a Paddywhack weapon, so there isn’t much incentive to drop that much money on them. The standard dagger and “ninja sword” (argh) look decidedly awful for the amount of money they are asking.

What I AM liking is the selection of quivers and holsters in the side menu, a few nice leather armour pieces as well but the point stands, the prices would need to be significantly lowered for there to be much incentive to shop for these. If they were on the cheap side I’d suggest we buy a pile of them to add some variety to our SKIRMISH/spare weapon stockpile and it’d be a good place to point new players for gear whenever that new amazing fantasy game rolls about.

Once you take the NZLARPS discount into consideration, Paddywack appears to be better quality and look for the same $.

However, the items not done by Paddywack (shields, quivers, etc) are of interest.

Maybe they will drop prices to beat the competition…

On their front page, they mention ‘register your group to receive discounts’. Possibly we could get some sort of affilliation agreement for NZLARPS, depending on the discounts on offer. After all, while I prefer Ryan’s gear, we dont have an exclusive arrangement and its in the interests of larpers to give them more options.

Just remember these items are looking at being brought in by king of swords, who also trades on trademe using the same name.
So don’t forget we wouldn’t be dealing with the esford people, so the whole register for discount thing is a bit moot.
Still theres nothing to stop NZLARPS people directly contacting Esford but I suspect thats not exactly what king of swords was looking for :smiling_imp:

You Guys are talking about a lot of photos
We will be introducing these at The Great Lake Festival
taupojoust.com/
If you are keen to put on a display your selfs you could contact Nic Harrison
Harrison.nic@gmail.com

We are proud sponsors of this event …( the web page is to be updated stating this …in till then you will have to take my word on this )

And yes I do trade me under the name of State

my own web page is www.kingofswords.co.nz

We noticed that in recent weeks there have been some posts on Diatribe concerning a range for which we are Distributors within Australia and New Zealand.

In New Zealand our goods are being marketed through King of Swords who are based in Napier. kingofswords.co.nz They do not have any stock of the Eagle Flex range at present but we are hoping that there will be sufficient interest in the range shortly to enable them to have goods shipped directly to them.

Esford offer substantial discounts to members of re-enactment and LARP groups and forsee that a similar deal may be available through King of Swords in the future…

I will be attending the Great Lake Tournament, in Taupo, in January, at which King of Swords will have a stall. I will also have a sample range of the Eagle Flex gear with me for display.

The Eagle Flex range is made from moulded Polyethylene foam with a covering of Latex. esford.com/armourylarp.htm The cores of the weapons are made of fibre-glass, the tips of which are covered with Kevlar tape. The current range has been developed by Deepeeka and will be expanded in the near future. We are also currently designing some weapons that we will have produced in the New Year.

In addition to this range we also offer a range of leather helmets, vembraces, greaves, quivers and armour that are suitable for LARP.

We have been carrying the Deepeeka Eagle Flex range for about 18 months now and it is starting to take off really well here. We used this gear when we sponsored the Tournament of Youth at The Abbey Medieval Tournament livinghistory.com.au
Terry Fitzsimmons (Living History Aust) also runs Knight School during the long holidays and this year all of his sessions were booked out a month before they started. He has purchased sufficieint gear from us to equip 50+ participants at one time and has said that the product is holding up well and that the interest is really keen.

I had a look and the eagle flex weapons at the Great Lakes Tournament. They are pretty cool. I liked the spartan sword in particular. The latexing seemed good and appeared to have a coating similar to the new Paddywhack range, which is good this will prevent the latex peeling off and becoming un-pretty.

Of the eagle flex range the barbarian weapons have caught my eye I particularly like the sword and the axe.

Seen better, seen worse

Youse pays your money and youse makes your choice

P.s. there used to be a polyeurathane LRP Fish. If you see one let me know.

I really dislike them. I had one look and thought… they could have been made a lot cheaper by using less foam and could also look a lot more realistic.

If you want a claymore look at forgotten Dreams

I have just sourced a really cool sword just need the money to buy it. Cheaper than paddywhack and also a lot nicer too.

I will post some images when I can get it imported to New Zealand. Need to Test the weapon quality, but for all intents and purposes should make a grand weapon at St Wolfgangs

I do change my mind a lot through so I may end up being a scullery maid with a latex fish by then though… lol

I can and shall arrange such a prop for the game, just in case. I have been meaning to create a boffer fish for a while now, mainly because of a joke a late loved one told about a warrior with an improvised case of fish. but its really a need to have been there kind of joke.

Oh, what size dress will you require?

R

Size 14 i guess but with my broad shoulders and manlike chest i could probably fit into a 16

I’m sure we can find a way of making all that manliness disappear.