ā So, hereās a hottie historical reenactor. If you first looked at him youād think he was playing fast and loose with the concept of recreation. Ā The reality is, he is showing us something that was entirely realistic during the 1400s and early 1500s for menfolk who went to war, either as mercenaries or conscripted soldiers. Ā Ā Ā Ā
Repairing the clothing one had in battle often could not be fully achieved. Sometimes it was a quick and dirty reassembly of the base structure, sometimes, as here, it was left alone, because the requirements of battle did not allow time for repair at all. Ā Ā
I would imagine that there was a certain amount of male bravado accompanying this when it happened.Oh, and, youāre welcome. ā
Found here.
Among the pictured weapons there are pikes, schlachtschwerts(montante/spadone), longswords and katzbalgers as well as some early firearms.
Meyer has a section on staff,halberd,pike and other similar weapons soĀ you may want to check out the Meyer polearmās section. And thereās also a lot of overlap with staff use, especially within Meyerās system so one can check out the Ā Basic Meyer Quarterstaff series on HROARR as a starter to learn the bodymechanics of use.
If you are interested in learning how to use a longsword check out these few links.
If you want to learn how to use katzbalgers check outĀ Giovanni Dall'Agocchie-a great facebook group for folks interested in the various Bolognese sources that study general sidesword use Alternatively and less likely but it may be used a bit more similarly to earlier era arming swords.
If youāre interested in learning more about how to useĀ schlachtschwerts Ā check out this link.
For anyone interested in historical firearms check out the tag here as well as this blog.
