Re: [HOE] Two weapons fighting

[John Constable <jconstable@pobox.com>]

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Stephan Elsner wrote:

> It also depends on how the sword was made.
> It seems paradox, but to my knowledge a steel-sword that is hand-made with
> hammer and anvil is a lot stronger and can be made a lot sharper than any
> industrial made blade. So you can imagine that the medieval european swords

you know, I'm constantly surprised at the variety of knowledge on this and 
other lists I'm on.  How many other forums can you wander into and have a 
civilised and informed dicsussion on the merits of hand weapons?

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