About the "feder"

[Roger Norling]

Figured this might interest some of you guys too.

Oh, and remember that everyone is invited to write, and share their thoughts, research and ideas through the HROARR online Historical Fencing magazine. Just register and I will give you posting rights.

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http://www.hroarr.com/the-feder-whatchamacallit

[Corey Roberts]

Cool, I'll have to give it a look, where on the Hroaar site does one go to register for posting rights?

Also, of minor note, I've noticed in several of your articles you have written "fechtbuchen" just a heads up the plural of Buch is Bücher. Thus the plural of Fechtbuch is Fechtbücher.

Thanks for the article I'll give it a read.

[Roger Norling]

Thanks!

And yeah, I know about Fechtbucher. It is a bad habit that sometimes still resurfaces. Some articles are "old" too, and were written when I didn't know how to handle the singular/plural in German. It is a bit weird, because I read Renaissance German much better than I read modern German, as I have never studied modern German. There are many similarities between Renaissance German and modern Swedish though, but the singular/plural and other aspects of grammar is handled a bit differently.

You simply register at www.hroarr.com/wp-register.php and then contact me so I know that you wish to have rights to post articles.

Look forward to seeing your writing!

[Corey Roberts]

Cool article. It's good to have a clearer picture of the origins of the term Federschwert and Fechtschwert. I may start calling them Fechtschwerter from now on as it looks like that is the more appropriate term. But I also like federschwert as well. Good to know both, and understand their origins.