“ So, here’s a hottie historical reenactor. If you first looked at him you’d think he was playing fast and loose with the concept of recreation. The reality is, he is showing us something that was entirely realistic during the 1400s and early 1500s for menfolk who went to war, either as mercenaries or conscripted soldiers.
Repairing the clothing one had in battle often could not be fully achieved. Sometimes it was a quick and dirty reassembly of the base structure, sometimes, as here, it was left alone, because the requirements of battle did not allow time for repair at all.
I would imagine that there was a certain amount of male bravado accompanying this when it happened.Oh, and, you’re welcome. “
Found here.
Among the pictured weapons there are pikes, schlachtschwerts(montante/spadone), longswords and katzbalgers as well as some early firearms.
Meyer has a section on staff,halberd,pike and other similar weapons so you may want to check out the Meyer polearm’s section. And there’s also a lot of overlap with staff use, especially within Meyer’s system so one can check out the Basic Meyer Quarterstaff series on HROARR as a starter to learn the bodymechanics of use.
If you are interested in learning how to use a longsword check out these few links.
If you want to learn how to use katzbalgers check out Giovanni Dall'Agocchie-a great facebook group for folks interested in the various Bolognese sources that study general sidesword use Alternatively and less likely but it may be used a bit more similarly to earlier era arming swords.
If you’re interested in learning more about how to use schlachtschwerts check out this link.
For anyone interested in historical firearms check out the tag here as well as this blog.
