You're gonna be at firedrums right? One of the folks I'm traveling with, Michael from Bend (he's in my friends list), is a metalworker and fire tools crafter. I may try and get him to make me a pair. Bliss will be out there with her own set, which I will beg to play with :). I don't imagine you'd want them made of wood for fire. Then again, it is possible that fire will ruin the illusion that the curved staffs create.

The first time I saw them in use was a couple of years ago. A vid from Michael Moschen (the guy who did the contact juggling in Labrynth) from way back in 1991 (so far as I can tell). Here's the link:
www.michaelmoschen.com/movies...es.html

Peace,
- Sui

I saw some kids and Symbiosis with them with paint that lit up in the black lights, they had several sets with handles in the middle.

As an idea: they covering them with metal tape and stapling wick strips onto it, then wrapping it in wick and using layer or wire between the two layers of wick to hold it down. Kinda vague I know, but a friend gave me a wood staff with the wicks made this way and they really rock and are really light too. Fire might not work well on these things ( the flame might reach up and try to burn your hands since these things pass really close and stay close to your hnads) but its worth a try.

Geez those are sweet. I'm about to work with a metal worker to make me a pair.

Aaron,

I'm projecting pretty far out here, but we will have them at best pre-BM, at worst pre Wildfire. If you have some specific ideas for your self, we are offering custom-made ones at the moment.

Matthew
Flamma Aeterna