Sidesword sparring

[@chanalan7670]

Were the black fencer doing Meyer rappier? Noticed him didn't put the finger in the ring lol

[@messeringaround1426]

I'm the fencer in the blue jacket, but I know a bit about my sparring partner's choice to not use the finger ring. While the finger ring is there to protect the index finger the protection is far from 100%. If you've put your index finger over the quillon and the finger gets hit, the quillon acts like an anvil. It's happened to me a couple of times and it's really quite painful. This is why my sparring partner sometimes chooses not to put the index finger through the finger ring.

[@chanalan7670]

@@messeringaround1426 That sounds nasty, personally I've yet to receive any hit on the index finger that was pain enough for me to refuse from using the quillon with my Gabriel 2.0 and Red Dragoon, but that is subject to change anytime!

[@messeringaround1426]

Most of the time I still use the finger ring. I have only stopped doing that when fencing left-handed with this sword (the asymmetry of the guard matters, when it comes to the protection of the index finger).