| How much knowledge do you have about sword and buckler combat? |
| I'm very knowledgeable and I practice it as a martial art |
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8% |
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| I'm knowledgeable, but am only a novice practitioner |
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20% |
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| I'm familiar with it, but I don't practice it |
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35% |
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| I'm not familiar with it now, but I'm interested |
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28% |
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| I don't have a lot of interest in the subject |
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7% |
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Michal Plezia
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Nice update 
I like the style of Bill's reviews.
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I was very happy to see this new content, especially the buckler reviews. I've always been turned off by the funky shape of the AA English buckler, but reading Bill's review gave me a new perspective. Thanks so much for taking the time to write these!
By the way, if you ever have a chance to add a piece on sword and buckler to the "Call to Arms" section, that'd be great too. It's hard to remember now, but the article on German longsword in the "Call to Arms" section is the way I learned that the informed study of HEMA was possible. I'd done a google search for something or other that led me to myArmoury, and then I saw that article. Ever since (even though I've got a HEMA library now) I've wished for one in the same style (with all the cool pictures and stuff) about a single-handed sword and a shield (which from a HEMA perspective we know is sword and buckler).
This community does great work!
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Sam Blanchard
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I thought Bill's review was quite interesting as well, but I have to wonder if he meant to say "concave" instead of "convex." I've been awake for far too many hours, but looking at those pictures, it sure looks concave to me.
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Jared Smith
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The updated format is very nice.
I especially appreciate access to reviews by forum members who are already fairly knowledgeable about the subject of arms and warfare, and know how these books compare to many others. Many other popular on-line bookstore reviews and comments tend to critique these types of books from a perspective of; "Is it a good purchase for someone new to the subject?"
Absence of evidence is not necessarily evidence of absence!
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Bill Grandy
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| Sam Blanchard wrote: | | I thought Bill's review was quite interesting as well, but I have to wonder if he meant to say "concave" instead of "convex." I've been awake for far too many hours, but looking at those pictures, it sure looks concave to me. |
Hmmm... I guess it depends on which angle you're looking at it. From one side its concave and the other its convex. I guess its kind of like saying "the upper half of the sword", where some people view that as being towards the grip (as if the sword were sheathed), and some people mean it to be the half towards the point (as if the sword were ready to cut downward).
You know, those pictures were from a long time ago, well before this article was published. My buckler certainly does not look so shiny anymore!
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Sam Blanchard
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| Bill Grandy wrote: | | Sam Blanchard wrote: | | I thought Bill's review was quite interesting as well, but I have to wonder if he meant to say "concave" instead of "convex." I've been awake for far too many hours, but looking at those pictures, it sure looks concave to me. |
Hmmm... I guess it depends on which angle you're looking at it. From one side its concave and the other its convex. I guess its kind of like saying "the upper half of the sword", where some people view that as being towards the grip (as if the sword were sheathed), and some people mean it to be the half towards the point (as if the sword were ready to cut downward).
You know, those pictures were from a long time ago, well before this article was published. My buckler certainly does not look so shiny anymore! |
Gotcha. I was looking at the opponent's side of the shield (almost said "outside", but even that could be open to interpretations).
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Christian Henry Tobler
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This is a standard topic
