Ensis Sub Caelo

Historical martial arts and weapon physics

Menu

Skip to content
  • Home
  • Documenting the dynamics of swords
  • Posts
    • Source analysis
      • Tales of the French duels
    • Physics and biomechanics
    • Modern training
    • Reviews
    • Weapon design
    • En français
  • Links
  • About

Tag Archives: pendulum

Sword Measurement Protocol

In this post I share a detailed measurement protocol for swords and a measuring sheet that are intended to facilitate the collection of new data.

2019/11/11 in Physics and biomechanics.

Measuring swords as pendulums

This article describes a pendulum setup that can be used to measure swords’ moments of inertia with more accuracy and precision than with the waggle test. The device used is designed to be portable and easy to build for anyone.

2017/05/03 in Physics and biomechanics.

Recent Comments

  1. Anonymous on Rapier hilts archetypes
  2. Vincent on Rapier hilts archetypes
  3. Anonymous on Rapier hilts archetypes
  4. Pablo on Gripping the rapier
  5. Vincent on Tales of the French duels: Duel des Mignons

Subscriptions

  • RSS for Entries
  • RSS for Comments
  • Facebook page

Tags

blunt bolognese canne Capoferro convention cutting dagger distance duel dynamics Fabris foil form french ghisliero grip hema hilt inertia italian lovino lovino-project marozzo mechanics mignons motion pendulum physics priority rapier Sainct-Didier sharp sidesword Silver solo speed sword Thibault time true times vibration nodes viggiani waggle test weighing wiktenauer

© 2013-2026 Vincent Le Chevalier, All Rights Reserved | Theme based on Expound by Konstantin Kovshenin