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George Hill
Location: Atlanta Ga Joined: 16 May 2005
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 Posted: Fri 17 Nov, 2006 1:29 pm Post subject: Cutlass manuals? |
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I'm looking for something in the way of a good cutlass manual. Alas, the search function gave me no joy, and google keeps giving me information on sword cerimony in modern navies. 
Can anyone give me a good cutlass manual from 1600-1820?
To abandon your shield is the basest of crimes. - --Tacitus on Germania
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Scott Hanson
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Allen W
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You want the Dussack section of Meyer.
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Martin Wilkinson
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I'm pretty sure there are some naval cutlass manuals form inside you're time frame, admittedly getting towards the later end.
"A bullet you see may go anywhere, but steel's, almost bound to go somewhere."
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Bill Grandy
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Allen's suggestion of Meyer's dussack is good, though slightly early for what you're looking for. For later stuff look into Hutton's Cold Steel (which I think is online somewhere), or any of the broadsword training manuals, such as Henry Angelo's Hungarian Broadsword manual.
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Robert Zamoida
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Go here: Historical Maritime Combat
Rob Zamoida
"When your life is on the line, you want to make use of all your tools. No warrior should be willing to die with his swords at his sides, without having made use of his tools."
-Miyamoto Mushashi, Gorin no Sho
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