delcaran
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- Comment on I miss Levis 1 week ago:
He’s right: I use only 501s straight, and after a year at most the fabric between the thighs is very thin if not ripped (yes, I am chubby).
On the other side, I have an old pair of jeans of unknown maker dismissed from my uncle which I use weekly for yard work: ten years in my possession, unwashable stains, destroyed sockets, but the fabric is still perfect.
- Comment on Oh, that's... umm.... 2 weeks ago:
Receipts? In Italy?? That’s both sad and funny
- Comment on Ten extra points for people who have seen the third show. 4 months ago:
One of the best, together with In The Mouth of Madness and The Thing. Carpenter’s trilogy of Apocalypse is peak.
- Comment on Ten extra points for people who have seen the third show. 4 months ago:
Prince of Darkness?
- Comment on Transformation 1 year ago:
The flamberges were never used in combat, they are cerimonial swords used in parades to display wealth and prowess: the flame shape of the blade was very difficult to forge, and only most proficient bladesmiths were able to do it, charging an hefty sum for it. Plus they are way bigger and heavier for most combat use.
Landsknechts used very big two handed swords swinged horizontaly at head heigth or above to cut the enemy pole weapons. As such, they were supposed to die quickly (two days of combat was the average), and they received double pay, double rations of food and better barracks. So the sword was as cheap as possible, because it was likely to be missing at the end of the battle. Plus the flame shape is not very sturdy and its quite impratical, its only really beautiful.
Source, I’m an HEMA athlete in Italy for an association that promotes the study of renaissance combat.