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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Jul 8, 2017 22:11:47 GMT
I visited the "Germanisches Nationalmuseum" in Nürnberg this week and the arms and armor section there of course. My nose was only 4" away from two Ulfberht swords (behind glas). Those and most of the other real swords there until 14th. cent. had really thin blades (but very big pommels).
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Ifrit
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Post by Ifrit on Jul 8, 2017 22:47:55 GMT
I visited the "Germanisches Nationalmuseum" in Nürnberg this week and the arms and armor section there of course. My nose was only 4" away from two Ulfberht swords (behind glas). Those and most of the other real swords there until 14th. cent. had really thin blades (but very big pommels). You know that's kinda what ms flexie reminds me of. A viking sword
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Jul 8, 2017 23:11:48 GMT
I think this can be realistic. Imagine you try to hit a warrior with a big round shield and a similar sword or axe in his hand. You wouldn't smash it into his shield but you'd try to slice a limb. There are no HEMA manuscripts for such a kind of fighting. The Ulfberht tv-docu shows a few moments of two modern guys training to fight this way. Besides this you only see two handed crowbars in tv.
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