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14th January 2005, 01:47 PM
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| Need help Identifying a weapon I am an avid fan of the history channel here in the states. Awhile back i caught a show that originally aired on the BBC called "The weapons that made britain" in an episode about sheilds I found out about very large dueling sheilds that were used in the manner of todays pugel(sp?) sticks but alot more lethal (the edges were razor sharp and the top and bootom had spear points) for the life of me I cannot find any refrence to it on the history channel website or any other websites and I have forgotten the name of the sheild if one of you could please direct to some info please help me out\ Thank you |
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15th January 2005, 10:44 AM
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| Re: Need help Identifying a weapon I love the history channel too.. great channel Never heard of that shield.. not ring any bells at all... Kelpie's link is good.. clearly shows it in action.. but looks much more like an eastern european sort of thing to me as suggested in that page.. Guthrie knows something about this sort of thng.. he may well pitch in here and helps out hopefully |
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17th January 2005, 04:04 AM
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| traveller space dreamer  Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada
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| Re: Need help Identifying a weapon I think I have your link, cymric ! http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/W/weapons http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/W/weapons/shield.html The first one is the home page of Channel 4. Enjoy !  |
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30th January 2005, 03:08 PM
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| ...has left the building Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: United Kingdom
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| Re: Need help Identifying a weapon I saw that series, I think you must mean the German duelling sheild. They made people in legal disputes fight to the death (still preferable to hiring a lawyer I guess). I got the feeling most of them had no training with the weapon which the onlookers found higly amusing. |
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20th February 2005, 12:05 AM
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| Waiting at the Crossroads  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Mongolia
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| Re: Need help Identifying a weapon Yes, nothing more amusing to the medieval mind than someone hurting himself badly whilst trying maim or kill another human being. Still...definately better than hiring a lawyer  |
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20th February 2005, 10:17 AM
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| Waiting at the Crossroads Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Mongolia
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15th March 2006, 07:34 AM
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| Senior Member  | Re: Need help Identifying a weapon I suggest the original poster gets a copy of Hans Talhoffer's "Medieval Combat" This is a fifteenth Century Illustrated Manual of swordfighting and close quarter combat. The recent translation by Mark Rector ISBN 1-85367-418-4 The book shows the use of a "dueling shield" with both mace and sword |
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