Hey Jim (Medieval Weapons Edition)

[nathonicus]

This is that channel I was talking about last night. English accent makes it doubly entertaining. I love listening to this type of amateur historical research. It seems like one of the fields where an enthusiastic layman can still make valuable contributions.

 

[Gailbraithe]

That was extremely interesting, and completely changed my understanding of how bucklers work.

[nathonicus]

Yeah, the channel has been awesome for reinvigorating my imagination when it comes to medieval (and later) arms and armor. It's also amusing to note that a lot of my preconceptions about what arms & armor were like and how they functioned are completely based on fiction.

[JMGraham]

Nice! Really enjoyed that. I hadn't considered shape before, but I've always considered strapped shields (like the kite) more of a passive defense, while a boss-held shield is much more active. Given, his round looks a bit smaller than some of the ones I've seen historical re-enactors use, but the idea that you have to move it for protection makes sense to me.

 

I'll bring a handful of books for you to borrow on Tuesday, Nathan.

 

This is totally going to result in us putting together a bunch of wooden swords and boffers and drunkenly beating the crap out of each other in Brad's backyard. You know, for "research purposes".

[nathonicus]

Can we get a grant to do that?

 

Funny you should say that about the shield; in another video, he responds to comments along those lines and then goes into exhaustive detail about archeological finds and shield sizes.... I love this stuff. So nerdy, but endlessly fascinating.