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Kenneth Armstrong
Location: Alexandria, VA (for the moment) Joined: 24 Aug 2006
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Can anyone attest to the historical accuracy of this book?
http://www.revival.us/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=10
How much historical material is available to properly (as close as possible anyway) learn the techniques associated with the Scottish basket-hilts?
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Nathan Robinson
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Kenneth Armstrong
Location: Alexandria, VA (for the moment) Joined: 24 Aug 2006
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Sorry, didn't see those.
Thanks for the lnks!
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Henrik Bjoern Boegh
Location: Agder, Norway Joined: 03 Mar 2004
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Kenneth,
Have you heard about Thomas Page?
He wrote a manual on the use of the Scottish broadsword in 1746. Paul Wagner (who is one of the two authors/editors of both Scottish Swordsmanship and Highland Broadswird) has studied it and has worked with David A. Teague in Alaska figuring it out. David A Teague has written a "Page for Dummies" (a short version of Pages manual in modern language) which I can e-mail you if you PM me your e-mail.
Cheers,
Henrik
Constant and true.
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Martin Wilkinson
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It's definately historically accurate, it's just two period manuals, and an essay.
"A bullet you see may go anywhere, but steel's, almost bound to go somewhere."
Schola Gladiatoria
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Kenneth Armstrong
Location: Alexandria, VA (for the moment) Joined: 24 Aug 2006
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Thanks, that's a pretty good article Henrik.
Does anyone know if there are any broadsword wasters? I found this: http://www.woodenswords.com/WMA/index.htm (click on the single stick link), but that is not quite what I was looking for.
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This is a standard topic