Giantess World
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Date: April 05 2012 10:13 PM Title: Chapter 15
Author's Response: The falchion was a curved sword; sort of a European counterpart of the Near Eastern scimitar. While a buckler was a small shield usually held up by one's clenched fist, rather than sported on the forearm just above the elbow (like the bigger, more usual shield). In other words; if a swordsman was right-handed, the buckler would enable him to parry blows with his left. And, if there was a spike in the center of that buckler, it could be used as an eye-level, counter-offensive weapon!
[Report This]Date: April 05 2012 10:13 PM Title: Chapter 15
I might have forgotten these from an earlier reference in the story, but what are a falchion and a buckler? Sounds interesting.
Author's Response: The falchion was a curved sword; sort of a European counterpart of the Near Eastern scimitar. While a buckler was a small shield usually held up by one's clenched fist, rather than sported on the forearm just above the elbow (like the bigger, more usual shield). In other words; if a swordsman was right-handed, the buckler would enable him to parry blows with his left. And, if there was a spike in the center of that buckler, it could be used as an eye-level, counter-offensive weapon!