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Wilkinson made these lances..This is a copy of the inscription.
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Very Nice Items!
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Room 101, Glos. UK
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just a tidbit: 'male bamboo' used for lances is a thicker stronger species than normal bamboo, comes from india/south east asia, and will not grow in the UK climate. (i know someone who has tried
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I understand lancers were also unpopular because of the ease with which they could wander among the dead and fallen and by simply leaning on their lance from horseback kill those too injured ti fight back. I think this cold-blooded killing from a relatively safe distance was regarded as verging on the cowardly. Snipers suffer from a similar prejudice.
Regards Richard |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Going back to lances themselves
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Location: Route 66
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I show a website video of how they practiced in Victorian times...Please see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fcp_4rQPlU |
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