Postby John_Clements » Wed Jan 14, 2004 7:58 am
Hi Lance,
Are these covered in plastic or vinyl or some other coating material? I can't tell from the photos. Also, how do they handle blade against blade, are they slick or slippery or sticky?
One piece of advice though, the "bastard sword" you list there is actually not a bastard sword by any definition of the term, neither by length nor blade shape nor handle configuration. Rather, what you have there it's just a warsword or longsword.
Cold weather also had nothing to do with it's style as it was commonly used in Southern Europe and carried into the mIddle east. Additionally, one of its great virtues is that it was used to strike with either edge.
Hope to play with two of those sometime. <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />
JC
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