Both are great books. Personally I'd recommend Toblers second book, "Fighting with the German Longsword" it is most definately geared toward the beginner. After you tackle that try Lindholm's book to see some fo the stuff Tobler only touched on.
May I suggest you take a look into the community's effort in recreating the early medieval large shield forms of combat. The last issue of Spada had a great article by Stephen Hand and Paul Wagner on just this subject. It's not by any means definitive, but I think they did a great job using iconogra...
You guys have way better stuff! I didn't think you'd be interested <img src="/forum/images/icons/wink.gif" alt="" /> I'm biding my time for a nice Albion blunt, at which point you can HAVE my Paul Chen <img src="/forum/images/icons/grin.gif" alt="" />
Hey Andrew, Taking a look at the Badger Blades website (and assuming I got the right website), their longswords seem on the heavy side (5 to 6 pounds) and not very pretty, though functionality is more important for someone learning I would think. Unfortunately the website makes no mention of profile...
A related question for you guys: Where would the William Wallace sword fit in? News Link The fittings are not original, but the blade supposedly dates to the 13th century, however, it IS HUGE, 5 feet and six pounds according to the article. This ranks up closer to the a dopplehander, no? I wasn't aw...
I liked the speech and enjoyed the mood of that particular scene a lot, but the charge itself...ARGH! Where were the formations? They were just a mob of horses surging forward without discipline and in complete disarray, they should have been cut to pieces.
I actually just got my practical hand-and-a-half a couple of days ago and have been doing solo drills with it. Feels pretty good, but then most of my experience has been with wooden/aluminum wasters so far. I'm saving up now and looking forward to Gary's Albion Round Table. I'll definately be lookin...
Never judge a book by it's cover, or so it goes <img src="/forum/images/icons/wink.gif" alt="" /> John J. Robinson is a member of the Medieval Academy of America and the Royal Overseas League of London. He's also published several other book on medieval history including Born in ...
I found John J. Robinson's "Dungeon, Fire and Sword" extremely interesting. It is specifically about the Knights Templar in the crusades, but seeing as how their entire existance is so intricately tied to that area of the middle east, and every crusade since the first, it's also a great re...
Stacy, a bit of a hijack here <img src="/forum/images/icons/wink.gif" alt="" /> I've seen people use the phrase "Cobb's Traverse" before but I still don't know, what does it mean (I'm guessing, running away) and what is the original referece from?
