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What your warbows... (can't do?)
toomanyknots:
Why didn't they try a couple different bodkins? Like instead of a stubby bodkin, why not a long sharp needle bodkin. A needle bodkin might not work for metal, but I would wonder if it could puncture the linen.
Del the cat:
It's not all about penetration :o :-* >:D
A ruptured spleen and 2 broken ribs will slow you down a tad.
Del
(Most things with 'society' or 'guild' in the title irritate me ;D... come to think of it...
'most things irritate me' pretty much covers it ;) )
adb:
Cats are usually looking down at someone with disdain. ;)
WillS:
--- Quote from: toomanyknots on November 19, 2013, 12:39:38 pm ---Why didn't they try a couple different bodkins? Like instead of a stubby bodkin, why not a long sharp needle bodkin. A needle bodkin might not work for metal, but I would wonder if it could puncture the linen.
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Because it was mike Loades. That's the point...
Goose Fletch:
--- Quote from: WillS on November 19, 2013, 02:19:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: toomanyknots on November 19, 2013, 12:39:38 pm ---Why didn't they try a couple different bodkins? Like instead of a stubby bodkin, why not a long sharp needle bodkin. A needle bodkin might not work for metal, but I would wonder if it could puncture the linen.
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Because it was mike Loades. That's the point...
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ah, i sort of see what you mean though, this is just a clip from a documentary that was meant to shed some light on william wallace from the film braveheart. so your understanding is that he may have just used that scene with a stubby bodkin to demonstrate that scottish militia at the time were armed and had a fighting chance. and we think a needle bodkin would do the job...especially since we saw was that well known bowman taking the shot using what looks like a pretty hefty bow
id love to make my own gambeson. thanks, Will, for the explanation.
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