Is there ant swordsmanship of estoc?

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Griffion Lau
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Is there ant swordsmanship of estoc?

Postby Griffion Lau » Sat Sep 24, 2011 7:00 am

I want to know the swordsmanship about the estoc sword which designed for thrusting the enemy with plate armour.
Thanks a lot. :lol:

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Sal Bertucci
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Postby Sal Bertucci » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:38 pm

Not specifically for that, but if you look at the "anti-armor" techniques those will all be the same.

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Postby s_taillebois » Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:42 pm

"Not specifically for that, but if you look at the "anti-armor" techniques those will all be the same."

That's it, the estoc is essentially the end development of the increasingly tapered swords of the era. Type 15's and the like could be easily half warded the estoc was simply the greater specialization of that trend.

More than enough in Liechtenauer et al to get a good idea of how an estoc may have been used.

The problem will be finding one as fairly few companies seem to make them.
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