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Hayden Lapiska
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Postby Hayden Lapiska » Fri May 28, 2010 8:06 am

Ok, so I have lately become interested in late renascence german weapons. I was wondering why I have never heard or encountered any fectbuchs or texts regarding the use of the Dopplehander or Katzblager. However paintings and woodcuts depicting the Landsknechte and their weapons abound. The obvious answer would be one uses the Dopplehander like a big longsword and the Katzblager like a regular single sword. But I'm not exactly satisfied. If something was this celebrated in Germany and Switzerland, there must be some specialized system.

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Postby Steven Reich » Fri May 28, 2010 8:19 am

Well, it depends on how narrow the scope of your search. There are texts that detail how to use the "Dopplehander", there just aren't any (known) German texts. Marozzo's section on Spada da due mani and Di Grassi's section on Spadone deal with this weapon. Altoni gives a little information about it, as does Lovino. Additionally, there are surviving Iberian texts, one of which has been translated by Steve Hick and Eric Myers and is available online as a free PDF from the Oakeshott institute here.

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Postby Hayden Lapiska » Fri May 28, 2010 8:33 am

wow, I've seen Marozzo's before, but not the others. thanks for the enlightenment.
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