Ensifer’s Kron 2020 is a beautifully balanced and robust Federschwert designed to be a premium training sword with which to learn and hone your practice and understanding of Historical European Martial Arts. Its blade is both light and tough with a hollow ground groove which reduces weight, but keeps the edges wide, rebated, blunt and durable. Further weight reduction comes from the part of grooves in the schilt. Ensifer’s goal was to create a wide edged Feder that was still as lightweight, responsive and quick so as to best approximate the handling properties of a finely balanced historical longsword in its handling properties. The tip is flared and widened for safety.
The blade is crafted from well tempered spring steel with a tempered hardness of 50 HRc and the blade is a fine balance between the flex and rigidity for its intended purpose. The crossguard of steel has a hardness of 45 HRc and it is slotted and peened directly to the blade tang for a strong bond that minimizes any chance of the guard shifting or loosening in hard or repetitive use. The tang is also anchored into the peened pommel for an altogether durable and lasting construction. The grip is tightly wrapped in textured black cord which feels secure in the hand whilst giving the sword a fine finishing appearance.
Ensifer swords come with a 1-year limited warranty for blade breakage. Here are some of the details of this warranty and use of the sword direct from Ensifer:
Blade Integrity and Warranty
Every blade we produce is thoroughly checked multiple times during production to ensure quality and avoid mistakes. We provide a 1-year warranty for breakage, but not for every bend. We can replace a sword that bends during its first use or sparring session without any issues. However, after a few months of use and sparring, minor bends are normal when subjected to significant forces. While we can straighten the blade in our workshop, we do not cover the shipping costs. Straightening a blade is a quick process and can often be done with a simple technique at home, such as applying pressure with your foot.
Blade Flexibility (FLEX)
We measure blade stiffness using a regular buckling test by applying pressure on the pommel on a scale, based on the FEDER Polish HEMA Federation Ruleset.
“GOOD FENCING” TIPS:
- Learn to properly thrust with a feder and utilize its blade flexibility – keep your hands up when thrusting.
- Cut with proper edge alignment and avoid full-force cuts to rigid targets, such as the strong part of your partner’s blade or crossguard. If your opponent parries with the strong part of their blade, applying force to it with your weak part will not be effective and will only damage your blade.
- Avoid charging at each other during sparring – this can generate huge forces that may bend the blade.
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