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Grant Hall

In the ARMA Article "The Weighty Issue of Two-handed Greatswords" the following quote is found. In contrast to longswords, technically, true two-handed swords (epee's a deux main) or "two-handers" were actually Renaissance, not Medieval weapons. They are really those specialized ...

Grant Hall

Thanks guys, my internet time is unfortunately severely restricted these days... I appreciate the help. Those Arms & Armour links, and info on the 30 years war is really helpful.

Grant Hall

Hey guys, I'm trying to research 17th century weapons, and combat, both civilian, but more importantly, battlefield. Most swords I've looked into seem to go out of use by the late 16th century or earlier. It seems pretty clear that civilians made use of Rapiers, but what was the soldier's sword? Fin...

Grant Hall

That's pretty cool, perhaps it some sort of grapple designed to lodge in armor?

I hope someone can translate.

Cheers.

Grant Hall

Actually something I think would be interesting is making a list of Western Weapons, and their Eastern Counterparts, and vice versa. An example would be the Western Sickle and the Eastern Kama. Both have staffs, and spears. Does the West have anything resembling Sais or kusari gama? Cheers.

Grant Hall

Hey guys thanks for the posts, some really interesting things there. Who ever knew that there were ninja in Germany!

Keep em coming.. I'm off to look into these Wurfkreuz's and the weapon catching/breaking daggers

Cheers!

Grant Hall

Eastern Martial Arts are full of weird weapons many derived from farm tools and other more exotic places. How effective any of these are I'm not sure. I am however interested in any weird and unusal weapons from the West. I seem to recall some lethal looking Dueling Shields with massive blades on th...

Grant Hall

Adam Bodorics wrote:Grant, that bidenhander is greatly screwed, so I think you were joking... right?

I don't get what you mean, please elaborate.

Cheers!

Grant Hall

Jonathan_Kaplan wrote:I was always under the impression that the Katana would not do well on more heavily steel-based armor. This article mentions that there are versions of the katana that are made for overcoming armor. How were those made differently?

Grant Hall

I was always under the impression that the Katana would not do well on more heavily steel-based armor. This article mentions that there are versions of the katana that are made for overcoming armor. How were those made differently? Why would you think a Katana would do well against "heavily st...

Grant Hall

Man, that guy is wearing a breastplate and carrying a freaking bidenhander! Why couldn't I have been a Young, Single, Catholic Man from Switzerland?!

If anyone finds any more info on these guys (as in, do they actually train to use these weapons) then please let the rest of us know.

Cheers!

Grant Hall

Jacques de Lalaing, anyone? http://www.thearma.org/essays/Lalaing.htm and there's also William Marshall, who's a bit earlier than your intended timeframe since his glorydays were in the 12th century, but he may be worth checking since his memoirs have been translated into modern English and publish...

Grant Hall

Hey, thanks, I didn't feel like going thru all the manuals to find out which one it was. My research into Johannes Liechtenauer as expected hit dead ends fast, I do have one more avenue to try but it will probably turn up little if anything. Perhaps I'll delve into Fiore's history a little bit more....

Grant Hall

Hey Tony, thanks for the reply, it would have been great if he had trained in knife fighting and the use of swords, still, there is hope that others did train. I've been doing a lot of research into the survival of the longsword, and although it clear that there is no surviving Master to Student lin...

Grant Hall

Thanks for that Stacy, I should have thought to begin my search there, too many projects too little time, tis all getting confusing.

Cheers!

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