Notes - Melee Weapons Standards

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Footnote re towball covers can be removed but this exemption is now no longer relevant due to the existence of low-profile thrusting tips.
Quarterstaffs are no longer mentioned in Society rules at all, so are not expressly prohibited, though two handed weapons can't have cutting/smashing surfaces at both ends.
"Restraints are not required on great weapons or spears used single-handed, or on single-handed back-up weapons less than 45 centimetres in length." Society rules don't include a max length for back-up single-handed weapons not requiring lanyards. Is this a specifically Lochac thing?
Check if we need to update section on siloflex to match specs in Society rule VII B 2 "Rattan-cored Siloflex or Siloflex equivalent weapons shall be constructed using tubular materials meeting ASTM standard D-2239 or the international equivalent, with a pressure rating of 160 PSI or greater, having at least a 1.25 inch (31.8 mm) diameter on the outside and at least .125 (that is, 1/8) inch (3.2 mm) walls, and having an inner core of rattan that fills the interior of the tubular material entirely."
Add natural polypropylene round rod (maximum diameter: 1.25 inches (31.8mm) to the available materials for single-handed weapons
Society rules VII B 7 say that the maximum total mass for a single-handed weapon is 5lb (2.27kg)

Angele (talk) 16:25, 17 June 2018 (NZST)

Duke Eringlin, Society Marshal gave Lochac a dispensation to use 46mm towball caps, June 2001.

Angele (talk) 16:09, 17 June 2018 (NZST)