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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 12:45 PM Original message |
Ask me anything about historical arms and armor. |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Whats the difference between a glaive and a bardiche? |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. While both are relatively simple polearms... |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. Just how much quietus can a bare bodkin make? m/t |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Depends where you place the shot. N/T |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. Which historical conflict would you like to fight in? |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Hmm... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Either |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. All right... |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. If you pee in your armor, how fast does it rust? |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. Have you been to the Higgins Armory Museum? |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I'd like to, but not yet. N/T |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 08:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
34. I've been there a lot, but not lately. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. Which would be your weapon of choice - samurai sword or war hammer? |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Depends on the styles of both and who I'd be fighting. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Katana and Knight's |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Then I'd go with a knight's warhammer. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 08:02 AM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Hell no, you cheater! |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. What was the first RMA? |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. What's an RMA? |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Revolution in Military Affairs. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. Why do they call it a codpiece? |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. No, one of the medieval/Renaissance words for 'crotch' was 'cod.' |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Actually that was a serious question |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. Why is it called a "bastard sword"? |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Bastard: Half way between One handed sword, and two handed sword. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Also known as a hand and a half sword... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
25. So the people of central Asia prior to the Mongol invasion: |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Lemme do some research on that one. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Suweet! |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 08:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. and in the meantime ... |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
26. Name this weapon |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Aztec (or generally, Meso-American) macaqhuitl/war club. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Very good! |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
27. Were there ever all-organic (wood, bone, etc.) pugio hilts? |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
31. How many combatants would depend on each blacksmith, or |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 08:25 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. As a rough guess, I'd say ten men. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
36. Did Spartans really fight in leather Speedos like in 300... |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I think I can field this one |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. it would certainly make for some, ahem, interesting modern-day re-enactments |
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