Thanks!
I have suspected that, beyond very special techniques, using any other dao would be acceptable. The other part of the problem is to do with quality versus cost (isn't it always!
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The Hanwei Yang Sabre looks very nice, is priced around US$200 and has got some good reviews. I have yet to see a review of any other Yang Sabres (by different manufacturers) despite a fair bit of searching. The Yang Family website sells a couple of versions at around US$110-135 (but no reviews) and there are some available at places like Beijinig Imports (slightly lower prices) but once again no reviews. This is frustrating for me as, having a limited funding stream to play with, I simply cannot afford to experiment with purchasing and would prefer to get something decent first time of asking (if possible). At the moment the Hanwei version is looking good simply on the basis of review versus no review.
What do other people use?
Monsoon
Edit: what are the prices like at JKOO (sinosword) - as they don't put them online?
edited 1 time by Monsoon 20/9/12 14:08