Quote Originally Posted by daveimi View Post
It may be worth mentioning that there is a huge difference between throwing something together for “half combat” events, and seriously building something capable of surviving “full combat” events.
Very true. For live events, even the shattery-type chopping boards (there is a soft kind which should be fine, in fact potentially quite good) will last some time. It's only in high velocity impacts that they act like glass.

edit: oh, and, chopping boards are a complete horror to work with. They will melt and re-seal behind any powertool cutter. There is actually a bit of scrollsaw blade permanently stuck in one of Tormenta 1's bulkheads to this day, heh. HDPE is much nicer to work with, and though I haven't used it, I imagine nylon is too.