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Originally Posted by M21Sniper
And you are a vastly well trained master of the European arts yourself?
LOL.
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Hell no
But I do beleive that time spent in reconnisance is seldom wasted
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Originally Posted by M21Sniper
I was operating on assumptions that have apparently been shown to be quite flawed. It happens to everyone at times. I surely can't be expected to know everything, now can i?
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Of cource not, but you did show some elementry errors that basic google-fu would have cleared up, but then my own predjudices have tripped me on more than one instance.
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To me, i had always differentiated a bastard and a longsword as two separate weapons. It now appears that in fact they are often referred to as the same thing. You may note, i never said a negative word about the longsword in this thread, anywhere. I like longswords just fine.
What are the weights of Euro broad swords? I always have avoided the term WRT Euro weaponry so as not to confuse it with the Chinese Broad sword, which is a vastly different weapon.
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Lol..from what century? 10th to 15th centuries the average weight was apparently 1.3kg and dropping to .9kg in the 16th. These weapons were fast, well balanced, and completly leathal in the hands of a fit and skilled swordsman.
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And from your link:
"No major historical teachings detailing fencing with these specific weapons are known. "
So it seems to me that it's not possible for any of us to form any solid hypothesis wrt a winner, as none of us know precisely how a knight would've employed said weapon. Of course, i allow that a large amount of conjecture and opinion must be interjected into the debate.  |
That quote refers to fencing, as in duels and not to combat, but there is enough surviving evidence from manuals that indicate broad methods of a two handed weapons employment. But I would argue that such a weapon was more of an infantry weapon and used within a 15/16th century pike square rather than what would have been used by knightly combatants.