The chain is heavy. About 4 pounds

Hey crono those pics are sweet! I have a question for you. You mentioned on the belt you have some kind of "mag lite flashlight holders for blades". What do you mean by that? I've been talking with my wife about what to do with the blades themselves when going to conventions etc. I want them with me for the random walk-by dueling opportunity...yet mostly the hilts would look best hanging from my belt with blade plugs.

If you have some holder you use to hold the blades themselves please let me know more specifically what you're using. Maybe show a picture? This could be the answer i'm looking for!

Thanks!

jbeem wrote:
Agreed, some ideas for that would be great. I was thinking about just making an over the shoulder "sheath" out of the same material as my robe to carry the blade in.

Hey thats a good one borom! I had an idea to install "loops" into the inside of my robe with a little "pocket" at the bottom..just a few inches deep to hold the blade tip. But i'm not very crafty and I'm getting a really nice 100% wool black robe from those twin roses designs people so i'm afraid to mess with something of that high of quality.

Borom, for your sheath, did you mean to have the blades slung behind your back? Or in front of your chest? I only ask because the obvious "back" option would seem a bit awkward while wearing the robe. Thanks

jbeem wrote:
If I go that route, I'll endeavor to make it work over the back, but if that doesn't turn out, I'll try to create something that goes inside the robes.

I'll get pics when I'm home. I can fit three blades in my back underneath the cape and nobody can see it since the cape is low

Okay, some updates.

Here is me donning my full gear - excuse the fat, I splurged quite a bit over the holiday break.



And to answer your questions, I am actually wearing a blade in my back. You can't even see it because it's completely behind me. Here is a closeup view:



The blades are being held by Maglite holders. This is right behind the dump pouch you see on the left of the previous picture (my left side).


With the cape, nobody ever knows I'm carrying blades until I want to show off my sabers. I can carry my hilts around with blade plugs until necessary.





Leg guards came in today:






All that remains is the mask. I thought about doing belt and gauntlet addons, but the thing is already incredibly cumbersome. I'm sweating my balls off and it's freezing. I live in Arizona, so Phx CC will be incredibly painful.


Here's what it looks like thus far:

Nice! You make cosplays look easy, sir!

Forgot to showcase the cloak in back position, exposing the pauldrons:

Gotta say this is pretty incredible. Love the multiple options with cloak over the shoulders or just behind. Spectacular in every sense of the word.