Forums > Beginner Staff Moves > Design tips needed.........

Posted: 30th Sep 2003
Ummmmmmmmmmmm, why the hell would you want to do that???????

You could buy a double bladed naginta for about £50 off the internet, and its a proper weapon

Anyways seriously are you using metal tube for the staff, cos you could slot the blades in and glue or weld them (2 part epoxy anyone)

Still don't understand why tho?!?!?!?!?!

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Posted: 30th Sep 2003
Wait here, you want to add sharp fixed blades to a twirling staff?
One tip, measure lenghts verry verry carefull.
Because I don't want you to chop your arm off when you gie it a spinn.

Thenagain, you propably allready thought of that

Posted: 30th Sep 2003
The idea is to make a staff that'll look good on a bright sunny day. Therefore, I want quite a large blade on either end. Juggling knives (not sharp) tend to have a good surface area, and so should look good. A naginata's blade doesn't tend to have the width I was looking for.

Although a naginata would be fun, of course

Posted: 30th Sep 2003
Cool idea, i've got some shiny sticks that look funky and flashy in the sunlight, but your idea sounds like it'd look wicked. The knives would spin during certain moves, which'd look funky.

But i can't think of a way of attaching them so they wouldn't break off when slammed into the ground.

And sharp or not, they'd still hurt like hell when you hit yourself.

Not that that's ever stopped anyone...

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Posted: 10th Oct 2003
Well, it's made!!

I ended up socketing the ends of the staff section and inserting the ends of the knife hilts. Added some dowling rod for a bit of extra strength, used wood glue as the main adhesive, and then a couple of short screws on either end for a bit of added security. I'm gonna add some duct tape around the joins as well in order just to add a little bit more safety. but it does look really quite mean . I'll post a pic of it as soon as I've got one.

Posted: 10th Oct 2003
Does anyone remember those little light up swords they would seel at fireworks and stuff? I def. Wanna get a pair of those and slap 'em on the ends of a staff. hehe I've been putting together a bunch of glow stuff so that I can sling/spin indoors with the cooler weather comin down on me Brrrr But yeah, I hope to have it made by HoP Day

Nate

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