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Posted: 11th Jan 2008
i'de say make your own, i was thinking of getting something like this and converting it, or perhaps just getting a stick/staff/broom handle thing and making one out of that.

plus i was thinking that if you could get some hollow kevlar rope thick enough you could just put that on but i'm not sure that it would hold much fuel.

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Posted: 11th Jan 2008
No no no Fake Teeth... You don't want to use a wood base for a fire sword, it chars the wood ever time you burn. If you are going to make Fire swords you need to use a Metal base and one of the best that I have found so far is jugeling swords or belly dancing swords with a wicked back side.

As far as a fiberglase cored fire sword... not shure how that is going to work out, Brenn , Great site, personally if you want to test the fibergalse set then I would sugest , if you can afford it , is to buy a set of both and test them against each other...

Posted: 11th Jan 2008
even if i rap the wood in tin foil tape and cut up old cans and the like and nail them on? would that not work to stop it burning?...i suppose the heat would still get in though, oh well back to the drawing board, thanks

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Posted: 12th Jan 2008

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even if i rap the wood in tin foil tape and cut up old cans and the like and nail them on? would that not work to stop it burning?...i suppose the heat would still get in though, oh well back to the drawing board, thanks

If you are going to use a bokken as a base, I have seen some sites such as Firetricks do the same thing, except they use aluminium flashing to cover the bokken or shinai. That is meant to absorb most of the heat but will shatter over time, especially if used in stage fighting.

However, getting a pair of fibreglass core swords for about $130 Australian as opposed to one aluminum flashing-covered bokken for about $90 is what has drawn me to them, but at the same time guarded about using fibreglass as a core for a firetoy. The dillema!

Thanks for your input Flint i'm considering getting a pair of the fibreglass swords to try out. should they prove to be pants I can always use them for practice

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