Talk:Half-sword

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wouldn't {{martialartsproject}} be a better fit here? dab (𒁳) 21:05, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Half-sword, in 14th- to 16th-century fencing with the longswords, refers to the technique of gripping the central part of the sword blade with the left hand" I take it this was only done while wearing gauntlets?Heqwm (talk) 09:46, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's a technique with the hand actually. You do not use force with the left hand, you only use it as a 'guide.' As long as the sword does NOT slide in the hand, you will not be cut. 68.51.194.203 (talk) 03:31, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

His grace caresseth[edit]

Sordidly sesquipedalian salutations, as per usual, you poor, woefully neglected article.

If I could, I would append a stub-designation to you--not to say that other people haven't already--but, as of yet, I haven't found quite the appropriate subcategory of stub under which to place you.

Yes, yes, it's all very droll for people to question the bluntness of European swords due to European armor, but, if we could bring to you prominence, all that gibbering apocrypha would be quickly expunged from the public's perception. Sure, even most military historians are unfamiliar with you, but you did play quite a prominent role in battling armored opponents for a fair while, there--before armored opponents disappeared entirely, of course.

Someone really needs to mention how the mordhau wasn't your only technique, too--don't they know that you can grip it with two hands? They seem to think that the ricasso would ever be used in only one hand, too--as if. What would be the point of that? You may as well just put that hand under the guard.

I don't necessarily blame these individuals--mostly because they heard these things from other individuals, who, in turn, heard it from other individuals, in an ever-pullulating cycle of misinformation--but I hope they're acquiescent about this whole affair.

I wouldn't to wax didactic with you too grossly without any sources to yet proffer, however, so, for now, let this letter serve as a portent of things to come.

Trust in me, oh piteous stub, and heights even the celestials only dream of shall be yours to attain. Ghost Lourde (talk) 02:25, 7 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]