Timeline for When would one carry a sword on a shoulder with grip upwards?
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| Jul 1, 2022 at 6:49 | comment | added | Damion Keeling | @DevSolar Your answer was not up when I made my first comment and subsequent comments have been replying to this thread so I did not ignore it, I simply didn't notice it. | |
| Jun 30, 2022 at 5:30 | comment | added | DevSolar | @DamionKeeling Other ways of carrying a sword exist. So do scabbards, which are very clearly part of my answer, which you keep ignoring. You are free to write your own answer. | |
| Jun 29, 2022 at 22:38 | comment | added | Damion Keeling | @DevSolar I was involved in medieval combat myself for the better part of 20 years so I know the blade can be handled but doing so is kept to a minimum to keep skin oils off the blade which can cause rust as well as safety reasons. It also means you're able to use your sword more quickly than if holding it by the blade. For longer distances you can cross your arms with your sword like this: qph.fs.quoracdn.net/… The fight master Talhoffer shows another method of carrying: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Hans_Talhoffer.jpg | |
| Jun 29, 2022 at 15:08 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | @DamionKeeling - I'd suggest watching the vid I posted in the answer. He found holding the blade even bare-handed is really not that dangerous. He did it that way the whole video, after demonstrating its sharpness. | |
| Jun 29, 2022 at 6:10 | comment | added | Damion Keeling | @DevSolar The complete lack of contemporary images showing swords being carried by the blade either sheathed or not would suggest they weren't. Video of a modern person carrying sword by handle in a parade: youtube.com/watch?v=dVIo3cndEsc&t=47s | |
| Jun 28, 2022 at 12:22 | comment | added | DevSolar | @DamionKeeling: A sword handle is weighted to make it easier to fight with. That lump of metal at the end makes that end of the sword pretty heavy. Feels good when squaring up for a fight, yes -- when walking through the streets, you will prefer having that weight on your shoulder, not in your hand. If you're in the business of walking around with a sword, you'll usually be wearing gloves. Or have a scabbard. Or both. ;-) | |
| Jun 28, 2022 at 8:27 | comment | added | Damion Keeling | @Giter A shovel head is not something you'd want to carry a shovel by when you have a nice smooth handle. Ditto for a large sword, it has a nice handle and is weighted to be comfortable holding it that way. Look at historic art showing landsknechts carrying their big swords. Reenactors typically have blunt weapons so carrying a sword by the blade for a lengthy period poses no problems. | |
| Jun 27, 2022 at 23:53 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | @Giter - Lol. I honestly didn't even remember that I'd written one of those answers. | |
| Jun 27, 2022 at 23:33 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | @Giter - That's a good point. In fact, I remember there was a question here once about the physics of carrying the little hobo bag-on-a-stick that might be relevant here. | |
| Jun 27, 2022 at 23:24 | comment | added | Giter | @T.E.D. : It makes sense as a way to balance the weight, letting your shoulder do most of the carrying instead of your arm. I've definitely carried shovels over my shoulder like that, so the heavy metal blade of the shovel is behind me and I can just rest my hand on the end of the wooden handle. | |
| Jun 27, 2022 at 22:45 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | @MCW - I will admit that if you're just trying to tote it around that way, it doesn't make a ton of functional sense. Its apparently not utterly ridiculous either, though. | |
| Jun 27, 2022 at 21:34 | comment | added | MCW♦ | Neither of those is done with the sword sheathed, and they are both done in combat, against an opponent who is at medium range. These techniques are not about carrying the sword. (we've discussed both techniques in my sword class, but never used them.) | |
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