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I'm in the middle of my work day, so, didn't have time to watch the whole thing, but seems like a quality production. Anyway, it has Jake in it saying: "Swords! Oh my gosh! Swords! We love swords! Everybody loves swords!"


youtu.be/mmTi-NGQNh8

An outstanding article about historical records of actual knights doing some real duelling: https://www.quora.com/What-would-a-real ... -look-like

Breakdown of 14th century armor by steel type: http://willscommonplacebook.blogspot.co ... lurgy.html

Essentially, modern mild steel is a pretty accurate representation of pretty much all 14th century armor, except for the tempered steel ones.

Slow motion footage gives nice insight into buhurts and maneuvering: http://thechive.com/2015/04/17/medieval ... nds-video/

That HEMA video sums it up nicely. Found a local HEMA club and joined them a few months back. Lots of fun! Hell yeah for longsword!

Good on you, man! That's awesome to hear!

Be sure to tell us when you meet the ProGauntlet guys.

Awesome! http://www.christies.com/features/Disco ... 932-3.aspx

And the condition it's in!

Looks really heavy without benefit? But yeah, great condition

This is probably the best image of a medieval siege that I've ever seen: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/YJnV

higgins wrote:This is probably the best image of a medieval siege that I've ever seen: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/YJnV

It's very immersive. I love the immobility of everything. It's not one of those Wimmelbilder(teeming pictures) where there is action/fire/fighting/explosions everywhere, but a much more authentic version. Like a modern-day building site: A couple of people working, the rest eating sandwiches and "supervising"

That is great.

EinBein wrote:Like a modern-day building site: A couple of people working, the rest eating sandwiches and "supervising"

I think this has a lot to do with it, yes.

Outstanding timelapse of traditional helmet making: https://www.facebook.com/plessisarmouri ... 865972226/

Sparring chivalry quote of the day: "Let's agree upon not hitting each other in the dick."

higgins wrote:Sparring chivalry quote of the day: "Let's agree upon not hitting each other in the dick."

Truly a gentleman's agreement.