request: flexible weapons
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Destichado
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looks like just the Bastard Sword so far.
Balor
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*blink-blink*
I was thinking that someone was requesting flails and wanted to second that... but
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Well, flail will be very good indeed (they were very widespead as a horsemen weapon... Well, at least in Russia. Much better realism-wise that this insane polehammer. At least, I've never heard of anything like that.)... yet, I suspect, will be quite a challege to implement.
I was thinking that someone was requesting flails and wanted to second that... but
.Well, flail will be very good indeed (they were very widespead as a horsemen weapon... Well, at least in Russia. Much better realism-wise that this insane polehammer. At least, I've never heard of anything like that.)... yet, I suspect, will be quite a challege to implement.
namster
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when i saw flexible... i was thinking along the lines of those nifty flexible swords featured in Chinese martial arts flicks. Can't recall the name of these swords but because the sword could bend, a warrior was able to reach past shields.
i suppose flails on a chain work on the same principle...
i suppose flails on a chain work on the same principle...
Harr-the-Ruskie
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namster said:
Never heard of the 'sword' you describe. There's probably no such thing in the history of warfare, other than what was thought up in the fertile imaginations of Chinese martial flicks.
All medieval swords have a small amount of 'flex' to them. If they are too rigid, they will break easily. However, a 'sword' with so much 'flex' as to bend around to strike behind a shield will cease to be a sword. Also, it probably won't make much of an effective weapon because it's 'blade' (if you can even call it that) has to be overly thin and light to bend in such a manner. Even the elegant epees, and rapiers are never as flexible as what you described.
LetterAfterZ
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(edit : Double post! soz)
LetterAfterZ
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namster said:
It sounds like you are talking about Chinese taiji swords. Although Chinese historians believe that the use of these swords on the battlefield is highly unlikely. They wielder would be screwed against any more tangable weapons. They are a more modern invention, used as an art form more than a weapon.
There is an Indian martial art called Kalaripayattu (Way of the Battlefield) that uses a similar weapon, A kind of flexable sword rapped around the wrist called the Chuttuval.
Here's some info on it I found:
Chuttuval (flexible sword)
This is called as Urumi in the northern system. It is a flexible band of steel measuring in length from the fingertip of one hand to the finger tip of the other hand when the hands are held outstretched to the sides and1 to 2 inches wide. Here agility and mental sharpness counts more than strength or aggression. Twirling and controlling urumi is an art by itself possible only for those who spend long hours in the kalari. One false movement can slash the eyes, calves and many other parts of the practitioner. This one calls for utmost concentration even from the expert trainees. Some times two blades are attached to the handle so that the urumi can be made more lethal. If used in a crowded situation when attacked by multiple opponents, the urumi can save the dedicated kalari student by inflicting heavy injuries to the aggressors. Urumi has another advantage – this weapon can be worn like a waist belt and can be drawn when demanded.
