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An interesting story quick, (which is related) I was giving a demo at Lanzefest in New Glarus WI, when two women who happened to be Amish, (The Amish are a religious sect, that believe in nothing modern) approached me and talked for awhile about swords etc...but when the two asked to hold on to my ...

Why do they all have such uniformly large chest sizes? For a lot of us skinny guys a 52 inch chest would drape off of us like a tent, even with extra garments underneath. I'd like to get a mail hauberk myself someday, but I don't think I've seen any of these sites that list a size that would fit me...

Thanks for the reading advice Mr. Norwood. After I made my post I wandered over to the videos section and pretty much found the answer to my question, but more information is always good. Mr. Planas, I came to the same conclusion about the videos. As far as experience goes, I took a MMA (Aikido/Judo...

Where should I start if I'm trying to understand how late medieval (15th century?) German combat worked? I'm designing a computer game in a setting very similar to late medieval Germany, and I want the combat to obey the spirit of ARMA law, if not the letter. I don't want to simulate realism or the ...