How many people in history have looked around for an improvised weapon and been disappointed to only find purpose built weapons?

@Neimonster

4 жыл бұрын

If I had a nickel...

"I'm looking around for something random to grab, and all I can see are weapons..." #Matt Easton problems :)

@xiezicong

7 жыл бұрын

#MattEastonProblems Let's make this a thing Twitter-folks!

@v13r3r

7 жыл бұрын

Brent O'Dell we now need a video on sword and stool

@BrentODell

7 жыл бұрын

I'd watch it!

@efg-smca

7 жыл бұрын

THE Brent O'Dell?

@littleratblue

7 жыл бұрын

Stools with legs. Not the other kind.

The best thing to duel wield with a sword is a fire spell, units on fire take more damage

@Nuka-_-

Жыл бұрын

I would hope most things on fire would take more damage 😂

"I'm looking around for something random to grab and all I can see is weapons" - Medieval warfare prepper's house.

"I was looking around for something random but all I could see were weapons"

@1letusplay

7 жыл бұрын

I wish I had that problem.

me: Has an Igcse exam tommorow me: "I wonder if i can duel wield a sword and an axe"

@cro_magnum

7 жыл бұрын

subhanhasan99 Cal2 test tomorrow. I feel you buddy. I just had to know.

@subhanhasan990tsikfm

7 жыл бұрын

^^Best of luck!!

@fintanmcguinness2422

7 жыл бұрын

subhanhasan990 good luck dude, no one understands the scoring anyway so just tell people whatever you get is the best possible:)

@subhanhasan990tsikfm

7 жыл бұрын

Fintan Mcguinness thanks man!

@VieneLea

7 жыл бұрын

So, how did it go?

Sword plus mug/tanker. It gives hand protection. You can sploosh your opponent in the eyes to distract them. Mid combat refreshment.

@Csarci

5 жыл бұрын

pocket booze!

So... if you bsaically turn the axehead into a pommel and then strike with it... does that mean you axe them rightly?

Also sword and scabbard, if it's rigid enough.

@scholagladiatoria

7 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

@breaden4381

7 жыл бұрын

Arioch IV I'd hate to ruin my scabbard from Tod's Stuff. Come to think of it, I don't want to damage my edge. I guess I'll just try to parry only with the flat of my sword.

@sushanalone

7 жыл бұрын

Sword and a machinegun is even better.

@ariochiv

7 жыл бұрын

I think you need two hands for the machinegun.

@Crovea

7 жыл бұрын

uzi?

"Looking around for something random to grab, and all I can see is weapons." Man, that is an awesome room.

I love how open to interpretations of things you are. For like the first half of this video, I was wondering, "is he gonna talk about if you flipped the axe around? that would be awesome!" and then there you were, saying how you want to personally try that exact thing. Good stuff, man.

There is a guy in my fencing group who uses sword and kukri combination a lot. When he fights people with shields he would strike with the blade, then hook the ax on the far side of their shield and pull on it so his opponent couldn't turn their body around to counter attack as he brought his blade around to knock them on the back of the leg.

Tomahawk and Knife. Common combo for many North American native nations. Rapier and Main-Gauche. Well known duelling combo. I believe there's a Thai two-sword fighting style and certainly a Phillipine two-weapon style with sticks or knives. Two weapon fighting has historical context, though not a larger axe + sword style to my knowledge.

'For making videos, your voice is super important.' Nonsense. We want to see a Matt Easton interpretive dance video about historical sword fighting!

Interesting commentary, Matt. As a Filipino Martial Arts practitioner, my thoughts on 'duel wielding' are a bit different. However, your thoughts on why an axe might not be the #1 choice are I believe spot on. I would say an axe & saex would perhaps be great for close-in work, or combat inside a building. Anyway, thanks for the commentary. Have a great summer. Cheers

Regarding examples of historical sword/axe combos: While it's not from the treaties or manuals, the Icelandic Sagas contain some evidence of Vikings being forced to (or indeed choosing) to fight sword/axe over sword/shield in certain very specific situations. As far as I can tell, it seems to be a way of saying "I'm so awesome I can fight you handicapped" - it was mostly used in duels (Holmganga) as far as I can tell.

It would be really nice (and appreciated) if you could analyze some of the sword fights from the classic 1973 The three musketeers.

@ryanaegis3544

5 жыл бұрын

My favorite version. While the Musketeers usually did not have that entertaining of duels, less choreographed to impress than many modern sword fights, this made them look more realistic. These were people just trying to feel out their opponents while not getting hit themselves. I love how Porthos, in the fight in the convent courtyard, thows his rapier into the air, and when his opponent looks up at it flying, gets smacked across the face by a rather large rock. It is funny, but it also shows a little more of brawling, and not fancy choreography. There were also many techniques shown throughout the Three and Four Musketeers, using various weapons besides a single rapier, including sticks, pistols, muskets, daggers, cloaks, hats, dual rapiers, and even acid filled glass bladed knives. Oh, and at one point an entire tree, haha. I love the movies, but the last fight, with Rochefort and D'Artagnan both using rapier and dagger is the only one that I can still watch and take very seriously.

Thanks so much for making this video. I've been searching on and off for MONTHS for content on precisely this topic.

I was practicing my thrusts with the spadroon but then i dropped it cause i saw you popped up in my notifications

I was, from about half way through, thinking of the reverse grip on the axe. Very glad to see you give it a shot

In a book that I am writing, there is a character whose shield takes severe damage in a battle, and continues the fight by having a sword in his off-hand and a spear in his main hand. Does this make sense? Is this a good combination?

@scholagladiatoria

7 жыл бұрын

Yes it makes sense. Anything can be used in the off-hand as a parrying device, but some things are better than others. A sword is fairly good.

@FactoryofRedstone

6 жыл бұрын

I think it makes also sense, when an opponent gets behind your spear head. with no shield you would normally have a problem, when that would happend. But when you have a sword in your off hand and that would happen, you can just stab him with your sword.

@sxintst7414

Жыл бұрын

This sounds awesome. What book is it?

@matthewmuir8884

Жыл бұрын

@@sxintst7414 I am still writing it. In fact, I had to put it aside to finish a different book.

I love that you actually showed the axe and sword side by side to show the range disparity. This was a really good video. You avoided going on on tangents and all of the info was relevant or at least interesting.

Glad you brought this up! Rapier and axe is actually a pairing I've been thinking about for a little while now, and I like how many bases it covers. Vs a single weapon and no armor, I'd disregard the axe for the most part, except as a parrying aid/counterweight you could move backwards to benefit a lunge/short weapon that might be useful in a bind. Against an opponent in armour, the rapier becomes useless offensively, but would excel in creating a bind, and producing an opening to nail them with the axe. Finally, if you're fighting someone with a shield, my impression is that you'd have a good chance to bury it near the rim, choke up to the head, and use the leverage to rotate the shield until they were forced to drop it. Might only work if you could sink the blade into the rim itself, or maybe a spike on the reverse of the head into the face itself, and obviously any shield with an Argive grip is out of the question, but I'd love to hear your thoughts on the system. Main drawback I'm seeing is that in any context where ranged weapons are in play, it suffers the same problem as any two weapon system, in that neither of them are a shield.

not the video I was expecting,THIS IS GOOD!

You could throw the axe. Matt your one of the world's greatest sword masters a plethora of knowledge always great to learn from you. Please give him thumbs up.

the more you talked about it the more I thought hold it upside down. Glad that occurred to you. Please post a video of trying that out

Regarding "Anything in the off-hand can be useful" - what about bows? There's been a bit of discussion on how viable bows are in melee, and I've done more than a few videos responding to suggestions and rebuttals, but a sticking point is whether retaining a bow in the off-hand is 1) of any practical use and 2) more harmful to the wielder, given that it's not just a long stick, but a stick with a string on it that makes it a really awkward shape. Thoughts?

@pendantblade6361

7 жыл бұрын

Skallagrim made a video about using bows in melee, if you haven't watch it. Btw, big fan of your vids!

@NUSensei

7 жыл бұрын

I've made several response videos to it, in fact.

I can't say much about SWORD and axe... but I do practice with tomahawk and knife as well as occasionally mixing it up with a spear or staff. If the tomahawk is the shorter weapon of the pair I've found it does make sense to hold it in the off-hand close to the head but with the handle sticking out beneath in an "icepick grip". While it's slightly less useful defensively it allows for easier and more powerful punching with the edge as well as allowing for quick transitions between "normal grip" for striking and "choked up" for defense and infighting.

@nirfz

7 жыл бұрын

during the video i was thinking if it would make sense gripping the axehead while the handle covers the underside of the forearm (like a baton), but considering your comment, the cover for the forearm would be the same with what you explain, but the offensive capabilities are bigger. (and with the right axeblade the there could be some hand protection as well)

@PufflesDaViking

7 жыл бұрын

We also know that axes with a beard were often used by extremely offensive fighters as a method of removing shields and indeed weapons from play by hooking and angle locking the edge of the shield or the body/blade of the opponent's weapon.

@ChrisGeisel5000

7 жыл бұрын

Last of the Mohicans has a great fight with tomahawk and dagger. it'd be a good candidate for one of Matt's fight reviews.

@neuralkernel

7 жыл бұрын

Gunstock Warclub FTW!!

Congrats for the channel, it's always a pleasure to watch your videos :D I know it's more related to dual wielding swords (Actually it is exactly that.. ehm) but i heard somewhere that Brian Boru's son, at the Clontarf battle, was famous for fighting with two swords (a certain Murchad mac Briain if i recall well). The second thing, i think more interesting honestly, popped in my mind when you talked briefly about fighting with a cloack as offhand... correct me if i mistake but it's something typical of latter XV century and on, especially in the XVII century (the classical technique of the swashbucklers, or for my school formation, the "Bravoes" from "the Betrothed") but few months ago, reading the Satyricon, i noticed a interesting part: the protagonist prepares for a fight, and he says something like "i was already wielding my gladius and wrapping my cloack around my left arm" ... i guess even in these things history tends to repeat itself xD (thinking about it, back then it could be a sort of imitation of sleeve armors like the manica used by the retiarii and ehm some other gladiators -i think at least another pair of the currently known ones-)

This sets the stage for Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow review.

Hello, Matt! I recently subscribed to your channel, and I thoroughly enjoy your informative, academic approach to historical weaponry. A touch of a martial arts enthusiast myself, I have found that the axe, particularly the shorter, bearded variety, lends itself well to use in the style of Praying Mantis kung fu as the hooking and chopping techniques of that art translate almost seamlessly with axe in hand. In short, I'm a big fan. My question, though, is in reference to your reversed grip theory. It makes sense, especially the pommel and stickfighting concepts, but it seems that in the midst of a block, the blade orientation of the axe might cause the blade to shift toward the opponent when the stick comes under heavy pressure, breaking the grip and weakening the block. Thoughts?

I can recall an example of holding the axe at the head: Vikings Season 1, the dual between Ragnar and the Earl. For a short sequence, the Earl held his axe at the head. I think it was used as the only weapon at that pint and I'm not sure if he really held it with the handle upwards, but that's as close as it's going to get, I believe. Aside from having to face the same issues with a sword in reverse grip, this might be an interesting point as well... Actually, I just found another scene where Bjorn grips an axe upside down in Vikings: Season 2, Episode "Answers in Blood". After he is pushed to the ground and disarmed, he grabs an axe lying around near the head, stick up. He parries the first attack at him like that, before he switches back to the normal grip - so it is already being done in TV shows.

Lefthander here, I had a collarbone injury and my offshoulder was droopy and weak/painful so I started using my offhand for formwork to help build it back up, then I started carrying my shortaxe in my left, mostly as a weight in my hand kind of feeling, my balance just felt better for some reason, hand slid right up the haft at the head itself, and over time I started using it. So now I'm a lefthander who uses a 30" shortsword, bit longer than a gladius but just as whippy, in the wrong hand and a vicious little finisher in my main hand, which of course can also be used at its full reach as desired. Only advice I'd give anyone looking to learn/use unusual techniques or pairings would be go for it, we only get good at that which we train.

Some very good information here cheers mate.

Remember: NEVER PENETRATE when you are super dry

@gaiusbrutus7174

7 жыл бұрын

this is what happens when you cant think of a good comment and havent even watched the video yet

@noLuckyStrike09

7 жыл бұрын

Unless you're a giant

@buffordevans6942

7 жыл бұрын

Captain Dickmann in your direction This fart procedes

@TrollDragomir

7 жыл бұрын

The butt especially.

An axe with a smaller head would be better suited for an off-hand weapon. Still deal good damage if it hits but is far easier to parry with.

When I was in reenactment (Glasgow Vikings) I commonly used sword & axe for a change of pace (but usually used either sword or axe with shield). While I agree with everything said, I found the axe quite good in defence if it had a weighty head as it would stop a sword blow dead with little effort or shock.

You have covered what I found while fighting Sword & Axe in SCA combat.

Let's not forget the popular offhand choice in media: the flaming torch or candle.

I've never heard of a madu before, that's pretty cool! Great video!

Glad you're feeling better.

It seems like an off-hand plate gauntlet worn in a way that would allow it to be put on quickly, perhaps at the hip with the opening facing upwards, would make an excellent off hand weapon for defense and offense (punching). It would be small and not hard to wear when out on the town (unlike a shield) and could provide even more defense than a dagger or wrapped cloak. I wonder if people ever used gauntlets in this way.

I would imagine the 17th-18th century in the Americas would be the most common context for seeing sword and axe in a pair. Combinations like hanger/tomahawk, sabre/hatchet, and cutlass/boarding axe are just a couple of combinations that come to mind.

I vaguely remember some artwork of a famous pirate using a boarding axe offhand.

Great vid Matt. I have been wondering how to balance this particular combination. I would think that it would be better to hold the axe with the head up but with the hand as near to the head as possible. You do have a punching capability both as a jab (which is more comfortable with the weight on top of the hand) but also doing the motion as if you were stabbing with a dagger (I am thinking more for punching in the temple area). In that grip you can have the stick resting on your arm, sort of like a reverse grip dagger (at angle maybe the risk of your fingers being hit is reduced). Finally in that grip you can continuously move your hand up and down the handle in case you want to use the head for hooking or delivering a strike or if you want to return your hand towards the head.

Question: was parrying with scabbard historically done?

@paweandonisgawralidisdobrz2522

7 жыл бұрын

You would have to take off belt

@Gew219

7 жыл бұрын

Gad Yariv Yes. Matt have already done a video about this topic.

@gadyariv2456

7 жыл бұрын

thanks, i will look for it.

@acaristic93

7 жыл бұрын

Off the top of my head Fiore does it at least,and I think some other treatises show it,check out wiktenauer and it's page on fiore+ask around in groups like HEMA International Discussion

@nagyzoli

7 жыл бұрын

When you are facing the choice of stopping the attack or die, I think any solid object that can be wielded by a human was at some point used to parry :D

I'm a Railway engineer and the 2 things i could use as a weapon when i'm outdoor is a hammer and a small axe, useful against stray dogs.

So something I've seen done mostly in SCA fighting that could be an option you didn't seem consider. Holding the ax like you said at the end with your hand by the ax head, but keeping the ax head at the top. So instead of flipping the ax upside down, you just change your hand placement. I see a few advantages of this, the biggest being the hand protection. Basically the ax head would guard your hand from many strikes that wouldn't be protected when you hold the ax upside down. Also allows you to keep the punching strikes with the ax head, some of the hooking., and it would be easier to switch your hand placement if you did want to go for a big strike with the ax or a hook with the ax head. Just something you didn't seem to consider that seems like it gives most of the benefits without many of the disadvantages.

@levib0057

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry about bringing up an old thread, but I had an idea to expand on this: what about having a ball or catch on the handle end of the axe as well? This would allow you to quickly and reliably let the axe slide up for a powerful strike without risking it flying out of your hand. And if the ball it weighted it would be more maneuverable, and attacks hitting the axe handle would be absorbed more due to the weight.

Back in my LARP years this was actually my go-to sparring combination. Hook+strike was an effective technique for me.

I love your videos! Keep up the great work! If you ever find time, would you mind. To do a video on which weapon is best stand alone, like sword, axe, spear, fail, etc.

@xiezicong

7 жыл бұрын

I can answer that. CONTEXT.

@ariochiv

7 жыл бұрын

He has several videos on the subject, and it's all about the particulars of the situation. If I can summarize his conclusions: in most battle situations, a spear or polearm is usually best as a primary weapon, and in a one-on-one situation in which you can only have one weapon and it must be a sword, a rapier is his choice.

"I'm looking around for something random to grab and all I can see is weapons." Alright matt no need to boast :D

In the movie 36th Chamber of Shaolin, the smith uses a hammer to fend off multiple opponents, after failure he is advised by the main character to use the hammer upside down so it becomes bottom/back heavy, with great success.

Great info, thanks

Hey Matt, just curious. Would you ever do a video on the practicality (or rather the impracticality) of many famous fantasy weapons? It might be a fun change from the norm. And forgive me if you have done one already, I haven't seen all your videos. I love the ones I have seen though, keep it up!

Definitely writing this combo into a story.

would also be cool if the axe head is attached onto two points with an area to hold onto in the middle thereby making a hand guard in that reverse position.

Matt Great video !!

That weapon combo is so aesthetic

I wonder how many videos have been put on hiatus when household items, cameras, and bodyparts have accidentaly gotten in the way of cutlery moving at speed.

Very interesting to hear your thoughts on buckler vs dagger.

I would assume a sword axe combo would be useful for dealing with an armored opponent

My new favorite ancient warfare expert! My question is, knowing axes and shorter one hand swords were both weapons used by Danes and Northmen in the late 8th and early 9th century battles against the Britons and Anglo-Saxons in England, if you were a Viking raider and lost both shield and spear, and having sword and axe available, which would you choose to wield in your dominant and non-dominant hands? The difference here being the sword is shorter than the one posited by you in your video, and closer in size to the top-heavy and more cumbersome axe.

Next time Matt will grab the sword blade near the crossguard & say it's funny to play

Great video as always Matt! With all this talk of dual(duel?) wielding with sword and something, what about spears? I mean obviously shields are one thing but what if shields weren't there as with the example in this video? Two handed spear wielding is always a thing but would any other combination be advantageous as well?

What about using the axe in the off hand rondel dagger style (ice pick grip and in the case of the axe by choking way up on the handle)? With the head siting right above the hand, this will actually offer better hand protection, allow the handle to be used as a hook, the axe blade can be used as a hook, punches with the axe blade, and the natural "u" shape created by the top of the axe can be used to catch a push away stabs to the upper body. If I were to use an axe in the off hand. It would be that way.

@Xandros999

7 жыл бұрын

I thought the same. Especially with a pointy axehead. I wonder if you you held and axe just under the head if you could slide your hand down the grip in a swing and make a "cast blow".

As an archer, I like axes, or alternatively hammers or small spades, as a defensive melee weapon. Useful and versatile tool likely to be present in camp, and then an intimidating thrown weapon.

That champion gladiator with the mask had an axe and gladius in the movie Gladiator. The one Maximus fights before the Emperor.

Hey Matt, great video as always. I have a question. Would a two handed sword swing faster than a arming sword (coupled with a shield, if that matters)?

Another examples of fighting with axe is seen in the movie Valhalla Rising.

Also, could you do a video on tomahawk and long knife and what you would recommend for learning or coming up with a system for use?

Yeah, that top-heavy nature of the axe makes me inclined to just choke up on the grip all the way and strictly use it defensively, keeping the shaft along my left forearm to block or deflect, and maybe butt with the bottom when possible. I do really like your upside down axe idea. Can whack with a stick, and axe punch. I think it gives less hand protection than choking up on it though.

Please do keep us posted about wielding axes upside down as a parrying weapon, that's quite interesting. Besides, if it works, you could write your own treatise about it and people might quote: "In the postmodern era, as Easton mentions, people even used axes as defensive devices..."

I know commenting this late I have little to no chance for some reply, but I'll do it anyway since I tried many so called 'dual wield' combinations sparing with my HEMA friends. I mostly agree with Matt here, shields and bucklers are most effective off hand weapons, I was particularly pleased with buckler and dagger off hand combo as it makes hooking or pushing stabs aside so much easier as buckler often struggles with those by itself, and there are evidence for that in period manuscripts and in India also and probably middle east as well. baselard type handle, especially narrow H shaped ones really go nicely in same hand as buckler for that purpose. On topic of sword and axe combo, yes it can be effective, personally I prefer two swords if shield is not available as they give much better bind and crossguad is so nice to have while axes, warhammers and maces, I tend to keep in dominant hand reserved for killing blow, but it is all up to the preference of the fighter in question. On account of axe used in defense, I found out that for blocking resolute blows from long bladed weapons (swords sabres etc.) trusting with axe head into the blow works really well, sort of like having crossgurd on top of your weapon and the axe being so top heavy and inert, catching blows like that will hardly move your weapon while stopping and often damaging incoming weapon, even with blunt sparing ones not to mention true sharp edge if blow is not pulled back, so that might be good experiment as well trying in your sparing practice (all who prefer axe as an off hand weapon in this context.). Cheers!

Last of Mohicans seem to show tomahawk and dagger use, which looked interesting. As an everyday carry in the wilds of North America, a civil war D guard bowie and tomahawk would be a good combo of Bush craft utility with scary fighting power.

matt. i noticed that when you hold the axe head down, the beard of the axe, sort of prerects the hand. what do you think? also would you consider doing a video about the dacian falx? i have had an interest in this weapon but cannot find much meterial about it.

As far as historical examples go, I do recall hearing some time ago that the boarding axe and saber/cutlass were used simultaneously, and people did train to use both at once, but that is a very uncommon example and I can't recall the source. Since boarding was actually quite rare in the grand scheme of things it likely only saw use a handful of times.

Cheers man! There is a system in silat where they use a little axe in a reverse grip. The handle of the axe also ends up in a very pointy wooden dagger. The name is Kapak Kasil. It looks very painful.

when you are holding the axe by the head it give you a slightly bit of hand protection

206 comments, but only 10 likes??? Like that video before your rant! He deserves it.

It's probably worth mentioning here, that one of the more famous Italian duels of the 1500's took place using sword and mace for both fighters. Which seems to me to fairly analogous to sword and hand axe. Why this was agreed to, I cannot say, other than perhaps one of the fighters actually wanted to negate the defensive potential of the off hand weapon, while the other refused to not have an off hand weapon at all, so the first guy said "fine, maces it is" :)

I would say that the disadvantages of top heavy weapons are countered by the axes' ability to hook.

I was about to write "I have this crazy idea", when i got to the point were you gripped the axe the other way around under the beard. But I would hold it head up - effectively using the "stick" in a underhand grip, covering your lower body. (I do a bit of Escrima and I find holding the offhand stick bottom down absolutely awesome.) The beard acts as a natural handguard, you can "box" with an axehead (I think the heavy part on the thumb is more instinctive for this) - and you can even change your grip at any time to give your opponent a nasty surprise ;)

I'm looking around for something random to grab and all i see is weapons. Only at Matt's house.

Awesome video

I'm curious if you where to hold the axe on the metal as is it where an old copper's truncheon. (holding the axe in a 'pistol grip' type deal) love your videos Matt!

I seem to remember in the late 90's BBC version of Ivanhoe, the last fight has Ivanhoe fighting Brian De Bois-Guilbert who is using a sword and Axe combo for part of the fight. I really liked the choreography in that fight but not seen it for a while.

The perfect axe for holding upside down in the off hand is that one on the wall with the giant blade.

Good video. btw, is that axe a customised Cold Steel viking head tomahawk?

KZread bitching about family friendly environment... And then I get an ad for lingerie

definitely has the "you know what, not this one" factor

An axe shaped pommel? That's just OP!

I think the best application of such a fighting style would be fighting against a sword and shield enemy. Suppose you manage to deflect the enemy's sword strike and you can move in to turn the blade down onto the enemy. Normally he'd raise his shield to stop it and maybe even punch your face, but you could also surge forth at the same time with the axe's head, hook the shield, pull it down and render the enemy's defense useless. Sounds cool and practical in my head at least.

its kind of funny, but the best pvp combo in dark souls isn't the crazy big weapons or magic its the sword and shield just like Matt shows at the beginning. I love these videos and learning about history.

I think the best argument for an ax as an off hand weapon is that an ax is supper useful outside of combat. If you need to travel you can do a lot with an ax, a shield only does a couple things.

have you tried using the axe upside down yet? I;m actually writing a Novel where a character uses an axe as their primary preference and so far your video's have been absolutely wonderful for mechanics and practicality of using these weapons

I love all your work Matt.. the whole concept of HEMA is a true concept of which happened at the time (and maybe still does).. however.. would it be possible for you to do a documentary on the good old fashioned Head Butt? I would love to see a tactical description of this.. Often combat arms are based around flailing limbs.. it would be nice to see tactical use of the head as a weapon :-) Am asking because it's a vital piece of weaponry.. and basically untouched (too my humble knowledge)

@discostu2246

7 жыл бұрын

I only ask because it's very relevant given the different styles of helmet.. I look forward to your response.. thank you for any response :-)

I feel you forgot the navy, We have to remember that the navy did develop axes and on a ship it is bound to happen that someone grabbed a hatchet, tomahawk, or any other version of an axe with a sword when they were being boarded or boarding. The axe was commonly seen on ships in the British navy along with cutlasses.

I read that Swedish knights used to go to war with a sword in one hand and a warhammer in the other.

@scholagladiatoria

7 жыл бұрын

I have never seen any evidence for that.

From what I understand several south african natives would do just that. They would grasp the Knobkierre by or near the head and use it for parrying.

It's interesting that at least in this instance they chose two different weapons. What's even weirder to me is when they feel obligated to choose two of exactly the same and use them symmetrically.