tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post3353466538474596345..comments2024-03-27T23:28:19.341-07:00Comments on Telecanter's Receding Rules: Sword Family TreeTelecanterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-34277393249229454762011-06-08T07:51:50.412-07:002011-06-08T07:51:50.412-07:00Dean was the best kind of dangerous lunatic. And h...Dean was the best kind of dangerous lunatic. And his cladistics of claymores is the sort of disciplinary cul-de-sac I just can't resist. Of course the thinking around it is nonsense, I suppose, but I can't argue exactly why ;)richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-61353529735156471432010-06-11T07:43:22.779-07:002010-06-11T07:43:22.779-07:00Yeah, what kind of a douche complains that there i...Yeah, what kind of a douche complains that there is too much good stuff on the damn OSR blogosphere hivemind? ;)<br /><br />Anyway, I've seen this chart in many places, but did not know the museum put together a whole booklet of them. Great stuff. I'd seen the shields and polearm charts before but not the others.<br /><br />Ewart Oakshott's typology of swords does not try to show lineage but is interesting too. <br />http://www.albion-swords.com/articles/oakeshott-typology.htm <br />See also his books. Interesting stuff.<br /><br />RFBurton's Book of the sword must in the public domain now too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-21426601709589154872010-06-11T06:44:42.443-07:002010-06-11T06:44:42.443-07:00Come on dude, snakes as books is worth at least 20...Come on dude, snakes as books is worth at least 20 posts over here ;)Telecanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-11506454185647516142010-06-10T23:45:59.999-07:002010-06-10T23:45:59.999-07:00STOP POSTING COOL SHIT I CAN'T KEEP UP1!!!STOP POSTING COOL SHIT I CAN'T KEEP UP1!!!Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.com