Talk:Buckler
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| + | I wish we could steal pics and upload them to the wiki (I'd really like a gorg shoulder buckler pic for this article). [[User:Rasheab|Rasheab]] ([[User talk:Rasheab|talk]]) 22:49, 20 March 2022 (CDT) | ||
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I'd like to clarify that bucklers were never strapped to the arm. Whether the thing had a bar grip or leather straps, it was held in the hand, like what this site calls a "Punch shield". -Butcheeks | I'd like to clarify that bucklers were never strapped to the arm. Whether the thing had a bar grip or leather straps, it was held in the hand, like what this site calls a "Punch shield". -Butcheeks | ||
It's a game term, not a particularly historically accurate term. "Glaives" are most swung polearms, "spears" are polearms that only stab. "Florentine" is not a term for fighting with any two weapons. Not disputing your statement (since it's true), but in turn pointing out the way terms are used in our sport. | It's a game term, not a particularly historically accurate term. "Glaives" are most swung polearms, "spears" are polearms that only stab. "Florentine" is not a term for fighting with any two weapons. Not disputing your statement (since it's true), but in turn pointing out the way terms are used in our sport. | ||
Latest revision as of 03:49, 21 March 2022
I wish we could steal pics and upload them to the wiki (I'd really like a gorg shoulder buckler pic for this article). Rasheab (talk) 22:49, 20 March 2022 (CDT)
I'd like to clarify that bucklers were never strapped to the arm. Whether the thing had a bar grip or leather straps, it was held in the hand, like what this site calls a "Punch shield". -Butcheeks
It's a game term, not a particularly historically accurate term. "Glaives" are most swung polearms, "spears" are polearms that only stab. "Florentine" is not a term for fighting with any two weapons. Not disputing your statement (since it's true), but in turn pointing out the way terms are used in our sport.
