Ogrork the Mighty Explorer. Also remember that the sheath can be placed diagonally across the back, a 6-foot sword isn't necessarily several feet above one's head. CombatWombat51 First Post. You slide the sheath off your shoulder, grab the sheath in one hand and the sword in the other. Unsheathe your sword, drop the sheath, and go kill stuff. After the battle, you hope you remember where you dropped your sheath. Or at least that's what I do These responses are clear, easy to visualize and very helpful.
Thanks, all! I can't remember what book it was in The scabbard was attached to a loose 'belt' effectively, that ran over his shoulder, across his chest and then up his back again, looped over like a courier bag or similar conveyance.
Or how a longbow is traditionally illustrated as being stowed. To draw the sword, he would flip the belt over his head, and draw the sword with one hand while pushing the scabbard away with the other and throwing it to the ground. He'd then go back and collect it after the battle. Hand of Evil Adventurer. I was watching Wild West Tech: Gunslingers on the history channel and it is amazing the different types of holsters there were in use, two that I thought was interesting were the 'clip' which basicly clipped your gun under it and the 'Swivel', which many cell phone hosters are based on, allowing the gun to go in complete circles and slide off.
I can see this same tech being applied to swords. Here's one used for a two-handed Claymore. Last edited: Jul 26, Looks very nice. I thought that Claymores were consistantly long enough to require 2 hands to use. Isn't that weapon pictured, although in Claymore style, too short to be a historically accurate Claymore? Bryan Heff wrote:. Posted: Tue 17 Dec, am Post subject:.
I ran across this fellows video while I was watching scholagladiatoria clips, he looks a bit on the wild side, but still seems to have practical experience. I find that is often the case with Historic Fencers. This ain't exactly knitting. No disrespect to knitters! Posted: Wed 18 Dec, am Post subject:. My theory for the Hollywood Back Scabbard is that it allows for the sword to be in the frame during dialog.
You can zoom in on someone and the audience still knows he's armed and dangerous. Just a thought. The church is close but the roads are icy; the tavern is far, I will walk carefully. Posted: Thu 19 Dec, pm Post subject:. Ottomans wore Yataghans across the lower back Does that count? I've practiced, I can draw and sheathe the sword that way quickly and reasonably easily.
It's not over the shoulder though There was also a debate about Chinese Qing Bannermen drawing from behind the back, mainly because of the odd to our eyes, but I bet not to theirs way they hung their swords from their belts. In the end, nobody really knows, but it works I think it may be logical to assume that carrying a longer weapon that way as in your photos and the s Ninja movies would be comfortable while traveling or marching?
Posted: Fri 20 Dec, am Post subject:. Edward Rees wrote:. Macaraeg Joined: 25 Aug Posts: Bennison N wrote:. Legolas in Lord of the Rings carries his on his back.
But, his first weapon is a bow so he needs his hands free. He needs the secondary weapon on his back. Of course they will want him to put his arms back behind his head. Grand Master Giron said it best, whoever gets there first is the winner and that means whoever delivers the real cut first will win.
How long are real sword fights? And he said the longest engagement that he saw was two strikes. He either swung and hit him or the guy swung and was countered. Duels Duels can last a little longer but duels come down to one or two decisive actions. They started making duelists fight without their shirts because they started wearing chain mail to protect themselves.
Draw from hip or the back? All things being equal, you and I face off and we have the same wielding speed, when you have it on your hip and I have it on my back, what is your advantage? A draw from the hip allows for the classic upward rising strike which we call an upward figure 8 and it is a wicked strike to try and deflect or evade. It comes from below your eye sight and my body as a target moves away from you as my blade moves into you.
Whereas the downward strike inherently brings the arm and torso into the fight as a target. There are whole arts dedicated from drawing the sword from behind and the swords are specifically made to be efficient for the draw from behind the back. Many of the ninja arts have this. But they needed it behind the back because maybe it was a secondary weapon and they needed their hands. Similar to the way the animation was when he would pull his steel sword in W1. I may be wrong though. EDIT: Love the way the guy in the second does a hand gesture and says "cut".
While I understand that yes the drawing of the sword from the back is difficult at the least - more likely impossible - this is still a fantasy based game, so yeah, if that is the least of their reality based issues, well, it's not. Fantasy based game after all. This is not immersion breaking, in fact it is part of the immersion in my opinion. Blothulfur Mentor 6 Oct 12, Good thing about Witcher 1, you could keep your sword on your hip.
Still the twin sword bandolero of Assassins of Kings is cool and we're stuck with it because of what Sapkowski wrote. Sirnaq Rookie 7 Oct 12, Bloth said:. Blothulfur Mentor 8 Oct 12, That Korean blokes sword's about a foot shorter than any of Geralt's swords in game though isn't it, though as I remember his Sihil in book is quite short.
Garrison72 Mentor 9 Oct 12, The animations presented in the Korean video which is very interesting are probably too lengthy and complex for CDPR to bother with. Even in TW2, drawing the sword is basically an annotated animation, clipping included. Geralt needs to get his sword out immediately when the key is tapped.
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