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6th October 2023, 04:40 AM | #1 |
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Yes. Posts 41 and 37 both show the different stages to go through to modify the Scythe blades . The soldiers are waiting in the Forge picture above with poles waiting to be fitted as spears and as illustrated in the earlier battle scenes.
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6th October 2023, 05:00 AM | #2 |
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1831 PolishScythemen fighting Rusian Cavalry.
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6th October 2023, 07:22 AM | #3 |
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Thank you for your response Peter.
I do appreciate your clarification of my understanding of the scythe as a weapon. I believe that what we can see on the anvil is a billet and it appears to be being forged out to a different dimension, so perhaps what the smith is working on is intended for use in mounting the already modified blade to shaft, I cannot see how it relates to the modification of the blade, but it might relate to the mounting of the blade. |
26th October 2023, 10:14 PM | #4 |
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nit-picking
Are AG's arguments relevant to the subject?
Scythes as 'weapons of war' is the subject; and a fascinating one at that. It appears to me that the soldiers are waiting on the blacksmiths for blades to be attached to their poles... it is an exceptional image in many ways. It matters-not what is on the anvil, and any spurious speculation to that end is very much beside the point (no pun intended). Of course the rural Chinese peasants were masters at developing very effective fighting styles using domestic materials and farming implements. Please excuse my late appearance. |
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28th October 2023, 06:31 PM | #8 |
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"and it is always a pleasure to attract a response these days... "
I ran across some images a while back of forward curving swords in "Diderot's L'Encyclopedie, Art de L'escrime " that I thought i would share. Two have a forward curving blade complete with a cross section (non-scythelike) in the second plate. The third has some sheathed blades with guards that could indicate a forward curve, but more likely an artistic error. Secondly, I have attached some pictures of a modern North American scythe to help clarify the issue on tangs. I do not know if Europe used this same system. To me the tang looks easily adaptable with only a few heats to a pole arm. The tang could be lengthened with a scarp weld and reinforced with a long sleave to add strength and some defense against being cut. This combination was used in some early middle age spears to my understanding. |
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