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From my experience with all the types of blades I like to stick to a general ruleof dueling against the same type of blade.component blade vs component blade or film vs film.Each type of tubing has it's own characteristics and rebound flex so I'd rate themand pair them as follows...Level (1-4) Light to Spirited SwordplayLevel (5-7) Spirited Swordpaly to Moderate DuelingLevel (8-10) Moderate Dueling to Heavy Full speed/DuelingI'd rate the Current Types of Saber Blades as follows considering their relative componentperformance.Master Replicas: LED strip type component blade with plastic and foam diffusion.Polycarbonate Dual Tube (inner 7/8in and outer 1in )Yoda: thinwalled 3/4inch blade Level 2Darth Maul: thickwalled 1inch blade Level 53 Cell Models: thinwalled 1inch blade Level 46 Cell Models: Thinwalled 1 inch blade Level 3Hyperdyne: LED 3 piece strip type component blade with plastic and foam diffusion.Nylon Dual Tube (inner 3/4in and outer 1in ) Level 6.5Luxeon Polycarbonate Blades: Film filtered diffusion hollow blade.Thinwalled 3/4 inch Level 4Thinwalled 1 inch Level 6Thickwalled 1 inch Level 8Ultra (fiber reinforced) Polycarbonate Blades: Film filtered diffusion hollow blade.Thinwalled 1 inch Level 7Thickwalled 1 inch Level 9Typical Lightweight Boken: Level 7.5 ( untill it starts to crack :D )Solid Hard Oak Boken (samurai preferably ;)): Level 10Similar to the way you'd rate Metal blades in practice since you wouldn't use an Aluminum stage blade against a stainless steel blade and like wise a stainless against a harder steel etc...Aluminum blades are what is most widely used in movies etc.. because the make better much better sound than steel ;) I may post this Level system in a more general area as long as everyone concursthat the strength levels are similar to your own experiences.MTFBWYalwaysYODA