BIG Posted January 20, 2017 Report Posted January 20, 2017 Hi, find a int. Pdf about the evolution of arms and armor in medieval era.. http://www.temixwten.net/biblio/IQP-EvolutionOfMaterials-MedievalEra.pdf Best Regards Quote
IanB Posted January 20, 2017 Report Posted January 20, 2017 Oh dear! Talk about drivel. Even the first diagram has terms such as 'mettonniere',' tuille' and 'knee cop' that had fallen out of use when Edward VII was a lad. Other images are equally misleading - Fig. 19 having less to do with hourglass gauntlets than a wheelbarrow. Then we come to Japan and learn (on p.68) that they invested their resources in making weapons, armours and Bushido - the latter being very tricky to make without the right tools and a good stout vise. We also learn that bows were 'usually more than 6.6m long' and reinforced with palm stems' - these 21 foot bows must be a type I have yet to encounter. An excellent example of a so-called dissertation compiled from snippets culled from the internet without a shred of understanding or apparently actually reading them. Ian Bottomley 3 Quote
Shogun8 Posted January 20, 2017 Report Posted January 20, 2017 At first I thought "great!", but just actually skimmed the Japanese section - very basic and erroneous statements... Quote
Brian Posted January 20, 2017 Report Posted January 20, 2017 Hahaha. Love the way you write Ian Quote
Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini Posted January 21, 2017 Report Posted January 21, 2017 Still thanks for the effort Peter 2 Quote
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