Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons

2012-02-02 Thread Dakotah Rickard
I recall once that a smith made a twelve-foot ceremonial sword in Japan. It was, of course, fully capable of being used, but really. A twelve-foot sword? Imagine trying to block incoming blows with that, even if you could lift it and swing with any finesce at all. Signed: Dakotah Rickard On

Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons

2012-02-02 Thread Clement Chou
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 8:10 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons I recall once that a smith made a twelve-foot ceremonial sword in Japan. It was, of course, fully capable of being used, but really. A twelve-foot sword? Imagine trying to block incoming blows with that, even if you

Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons

2012-02-02 Thread Johnny Tai
Take into consideration too, that back then, Japanese people were extremely small- just look at the armor displays in museum, armor worn by famed Samurai- most of these look to fit people under five feet tall lol. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list,

Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons

2012-02-02 Thread Clement Chou
a nodachi that wsas five feet long doesn't seem too impossible to me. - Original Message - From: Johnny Tai johnnyti...@shaw.ca To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons Take into consideration too

Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons

2012-01-31 Thread Dakotah Rickard
interesting as well. - Original Message - From: Keith S hea...@mchsi.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 4:09 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons same here. Swords, knives, axes, Keith - Original Message - From: Clement

Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons

2012-01-31 Thread Clement Chou
swordsmanship style, the only sword I have any absolute knowledge on is the Katana. - Original Message - From: Dakotah Rickard dakotah.rick...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 9:24 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons

Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons

2012-01-31 Thread Johnny Tai
Agree with all you pointed out- match my own knowledge on the matter. Most big heavy swords we see in fantasy titles today were mostly just ceremonial when they were used at all- that Japanese nodachi for example- it's really too unwieldy to be of any real use. --- Gamers mailing list __

[Audyssey] medieval weapons

2012-01-29 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Milos, Yep, a 20 kg sword sounds like allot of weapon to be wielding in a prolonged battle. Especially since, like you said, it is usually wielded in one hand with a shield in the other hand. I do believe that a standard sledgehammer is 4 or 5 kg. BFN Jim I bought some fish oil,

Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons

2012-01-29 Thread Keith S
A typical knight's broad sword weighed about 3 pounds. So, I'm guessing with would be 1.4 kg? Keith - Original Message - From: Jim Kitchen j...@kitchensinc.net To: Milos Przic Gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 7:22 AM Subject: [Audyssey] medieval weapons Hi Milos

Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons

2012-01-29 Thread Clement Chou
...@mchsi.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 7:52 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons A typical knight's broad sword weighed about 3 pounds. So, I'm guessing with would be 1.4 kg? Keith - Original Message - From: Jim Kitchen j

Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons

2012-01-29 Thread Clement Chou
which is essentially a spiked mace is average about 30 pounds. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons Hi Jim, Yeah, no kidding

Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons

2012-01-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Yeah, something like that. I'm not an expert on ancient weaponry, but a lot of those weapons and armor, especially the iron weapons, were extremely heavy. Nights, for example, were really too heavy for combat on foot and that's why they rode horses because it was the only way to move a 200

Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons

2012-01-29 Thread Johnny Tai
And that's why it wasn't uncomon for them to fall off the horse and break something vital- ending up dead that way lol. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription

Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons

2012-01-29 Thread Keith S
same here. Swords, knives, axes, Keith - Original Message - From: Clement Chou chou.clem...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 10:47 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons That would be about right. And as to the 20 kg sword

Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons

2012-01-29 Thread Clement Chou
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 4:09 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] medieval weapons same here. Swords, knives, axes, Keith - Original Message - From: Clement Chou chou.clem...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday