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Jon Wolfe
Location: Orlando, FL Joined: 01 Aug 2007
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 Posted: Tue 19 May, 2009 9:48 pm Post subject: Schilts on Sharpened Swords |
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I was wondering, since I've seen schilts on training swords in period artwork and manuals from the High to Late Medieval eras, do they exist on swords that were meant for earnest combat as well? I looked all over myArmoury.com's articles, and looked for it using the search function in the forum, but couldn't find an answer to my question. Thanks.
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Arne Focke
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My English doesn't cover that one. What's a Shilt?
So schön und inhaltsreich der Beruf eines Archäologen ist, so hart ist auch seine Arbeit, die keinen Achtstundentag kennt! (Wolfgang Kimmig in: Die Heuneburg an der oberen Donau, Stuttgart 1983)
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Vincent Le Chevalier
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Chad Arnow
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This is a standard topic
It's the wide, flared portion at the base of the blade that can be seen on German training blades. As seen on these modern repros: