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The advantage of belonging to a Club is what we call, in the medical professions, "Peer Review".

So Rob are you in effect stating that being involved in a group implies that you are a more safe com ...

Heya Steve, this is the only practical piece of info I have ever come across regarding tanged spearhead construction. It might be some small help to you. Nothing historical afaik.

http://www.anvilf ...

Awesome stuff. need more ppl like yourself puting up progress pics of their various projects. Keep up the good work. reminds me of the old armour archive site.

pathfinder should be banned in all countries

Armoured Pole-ax at full power and full speed

Hey Phil did you get any vid footage of this? if you did chuck it up on youtube or something

Can we see some close up photos of how people have made their helms suitable for use in combat archery.

The revision is around javelin use.

Nigel, very cool javelin diagram - will definately be making some and good to see that they have to still be hand launched.

Are javelins to be used as per 'he ...

i would never take it on a public event but between us at a private one would this be allowed as i relly want to shoot at people but cant afford a new one in time

Rather than leather you could b ...

We are becoming more organised and structured to do some regular combat archery training so if there are any Auckland re-enactors, groups or independents, interested in participating either as an arch ...

About 3 years ago I brought a bascinet off Derek and made a hounskull visor for it based off the same early great bascinet as the helm Callum posted (image attached). The occular were grilled so I cou ...

http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/holmgang.shtml

Here is a writeup on the Hólmgang and Einvigi. It might have something useful in there if you havent already seen it.

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The difference between raising a spear and that of a longsword mainly in the lenghs. It takes more time to move a spear tip than a swords (even if only a fraction of a second) and this delay could be ...

...taking the spear and raising it past and above the opponent's head

IMO moving a spear tip past the level of your opponent's face to make a crown strike for head blow combat is no more dangerous ...

There was an archaeological dig in Denmark which found a cat fur farm. The assumption it was a fur farm was based on the age and condition of the cat skeletons found in great numbers on the site.

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