HI Spearhead?

That bushman idea is actually a pretty good one! I'd go so far as to buy the stupid thing just to send it in and have it looked at. Oh, how I would love that.

And when I say spear, yeah, I don't mean as a throwing device, I meant more polearm-ish. But whatever, it all works.

Glad to hear so much input on this topic, I was really interested in the idea, and by the looks, a few others find it intriguing as well!
 
Spear is the ultimate manual close-range weapon. An average spearman beats a good swordsman 7 days a week.

Straight spear (yari) is a lot easier to learn to use than glaive (naginata).

John
 
DannyinJapan said:
I'd like a glaive with a blade about 3 feet long.
Such as this specimen, which is far too expensive for a poor knight such as myself.
http://www.lancasters-armourie.eu/arms/image_pages/glaive.htm
But you can see how useful it is...
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Indeed, a glaive (or partizan) is a fantastic combination of cutting and thrusting ability. That being said, the weapon depicted in the Maciejowski Bible picture above is not a glaive, but rather a rather interesting chopping weapon the likes of which have not been discovered yet by archeologists.

The Maciejowski Bible depicts a wide array of varying and fascinating choppers, and a few custom smiths have produced reproductions of them before. And truly they art bad***. :D :D :D
 
A bit like a nagamaki. I remember reading a (fictional) story many years ago of a Western duel fought using similar weapons.

Thanks, Jake. :)
 
Carolina River Rat said:
So has anyone sent the kamis a Bushman yet?
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Not that I am aware of. I'll start an official thread in the main board. We can get a few ideas rockin' over there. Sound good?:D

Actually, lemme shoot Yangdu an email first. I think it would be best to check with her first before this progresses too far. I'll write her right now:)
 
Steely_Gunz said:
Not that I am aware of. I'll start an official thread in the main board. We can get a few ideas rockin' over there. Sound good?:D

Actually, lemme shoot Yangdu an email first. I think it would be best to check with her first before this progresses too far. I'll write her right now:)
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Cool. Thanks, Steely.
 
That weapon at the top has been dubbed the "Grosse Messer" by historians, and not only are reproductions of it becoming fairly common, but there seems to be plenty of pictorial and written evidence for its use, including some instructionals.
 
I considered it might be a GM, but wondered if the lack of a guard meant it wasn't...
 
No, its not a messer. It is a glaive with a broken shaft being used as a sword. Messers, both long and short, are almost always curved and had some kind of guard. Look at the part near his hands - it tapers dramatically. No messer has been found like that, but glaives all look that way. It is the socket. Besides the fact that these are French knights, not Germans..
 
Piso Mojado said:
Glad you like it but don't name it after me, "Piso Mojado Special" is not a good idea. I can see it on the Tonight Show: "Here's a knife maker with a PMS model" and it'll all be over. Look what happened to poor Miriam Santos.
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You could design a variation on the chitlangi and it could be called the "Piso Chit". :D
 
I have sent the HI Spearhead link to shop the manager Rajesh, thank you for the great design
 
C.S. Graves said:
You could design a variation on the chitlangi and it could be called the "Piso Chit". :D
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It's funny how an innocent name can sound like something completely different. One of my friends in high school was hired as a summer lifeguard by the Chicago Park District, and they sent him to work at North Avenue beach, a favorite beach back then for Chicago's Puerto Rican community. On his first day he saw a 12-year old boy flirting with death in the water. Turning to the youth's companions sitting in front of his tower, he said "Hey, your friend is swimming out too far. What's his name?" One of them looked up and answered "Oh, him? His name is maricón."

Knowing not one word of Spanish and mistaking "maricón" (vulgar name for a gay man) for "Marty Cohen," he stood up bullhorn in hand and began shouting "Marty Cohen! Marty Cohen! I'm talking to you, Marty Cohen! You're swimming out too far! Come out of the water right now, Marty Cohen!

I think they had to call the park rangers to get him out of his tower.
 
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