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Title: hammaborg talhoffer variations for viking shield and sword
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2008-06-16, 04:02:59

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8SRaa33otU[/youtube]

Title: Re: hammaborg talhoffer variations for viking shield and sword
Post by: Das Bill on 2008-06-17, 03:32:28

The Hammoburg guys do a lot of good work. They are basing their material on much of what Steve Hand wrote about between the relations between Renaissance shield sources, the duelling shields seen in German sources such as Talhoffer, and the period iconography of Viking and Migration art work. Since there are no known sources of sword and shield (besides bucklers) prior to the Renaissance, there is a fair bit of extrapolation from other areas to figure out what was historically done.

Title: Re: hammaborg talhoffer variations for viking shield and sword
Post by: Sir Brian on 2008-06-17, 11:39:05

Wow! That was a very interesting demonstration. I liked it a lot!  :)